JamesVegas
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Alright, this needs to be said. Apologies to people that already know this. Half the sh*t in the products that you are buying (the consumer grade junk) is linked to HAIR LOSS, skin drying, and skin irritation.
Many of the consumer products are, unfortunately, geared towards people who don't have the time or means to become fully educated about the cheap, toxic crap they are putting on their scalps along with the small percentages of worthwhile chemicals.
One of the main causes for thinning hair, shedding, and hairloss is clogged scalps and toxified/poor scalp health. What do you think you are really doing to your scalp and hair follicles when you are drowning them in propylene glycol and alcohol every single day?
What do you expect to happen when you apply synthetic fragrances (dervided from toxic petroleum distallates,) coloring agents, thickeners, fillers, menthol and poly/methylparabens to your skin that are directly linked to skin irritation, skin drying and hair loss?
This stuff is all VERY, VERY toxic. They are included as cheap ways to make the product smell/look better to the uneducated and naive populus.
It is the product BASE that is the problem. Now, imagine if you were to apply just those ingredients -- a solution of just alcohol, syntheic coloring agents, petroleum distillates, and menthol to your scalp every day. You'd lose hair!
Rogaine is the biggest offender. Propylene glycol is a chemical that you DO NOT want on your scalp. The materials saftey data sheet for this chemical requires all workers to WEAR GLOVES AND MASKS when dealing with it. Rogaine is 50% percent PURE PROPLYENE GLYCOL. Yet, some of you are applying this to your scalps! [It should be advertised as "Propagaine: Propylene Glycol for men with added minoxidil."]
Companies make money by including chemicals that have grown hair in *clinical trials* using *clinical doses* of unadulterated/diluted/toxified versions of the chemical in question. It's very potent, it stinks, and it's not easy to apply. However, this is where the real results come from.
You, however, are buying a very small dose of that same chemical inside of a generic and unhealthy spritz, shampoo, or gel that has been very cheaply consumerified to make it smell nice, apply easily, dry fast, and not seperate in the bottle/tub.
RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES:
Dr. Lee understands that there are educated people buying his products. That's why he offers a propylene glycol free version of his minoxidil products. He propylene glycol is replaced with alcohol, which is not an ideal solution, but which is the only cheap and effective penatrating agent that will carry the minoxidil.
DS Laboratories includes within its Revita booklet the following information:
"Q: What is SLS/SLES free ?
A: SLS means Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and SLES means Sodium Laureth Sulfate, commonly used low cost detergents in shampoos and cleansers. They are linked to skin irritation, skin drying and hair loss due to follicle attack. Revita is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate free, and that means that Revita does not irritate you scalp and preserves your hair follicale health."
ADVICE:
Avoid putting the following on your scalp (in order of damage caused): SLS/SLES sodium lauryl sulfate, propylene glycol, menthol, synthetic fragrance, perfume, coloring, methylparaben, polyparaben.
This is NOT a comprehensive list, but just the most common junk components of a snake oil product.
Products can smell nice using essential oils, and can penetrate the scalp using natural penetrants. They can be maintined with natural preservatives and colored with natural substances (why the hell do you need a scalp product to be colored, anyway?) If a company is substituting these elements with dirt cheap cosmetic fillers to make more of a profit, AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS. If a company produces a hair loss product with SLS, RUN FAR, FAR AWAY AND NEVER LOOK BACK. They use these chemicals to make a profit and they don't care because they aren't the morons slatering it on their scalps.
Trust me, the chemists that design these products with synthetic and toxic products would NEVER use them on their on scalp. I know this because I know a few.
I hope this leads a few of you in a more effective direction for a solution to your hair loss problems!
- James
Many of the consumer products are, unfortunately, geared towards people who don't have the time or means to become fully educated about the cheap, toxic crap they are putting on their scalps along with the small percentages of worthwhile chemicals.
One of the main causes for thinning hair, shedding, and hairloss is clogged scalps and toxified/poor scalp health. What do you think you are really doing to your scalp and hair follicles when you are drowning them in propylene glycol and alcohol every single day?
What do you expect to happen when you apply synthetic fragrances (dervided from toxic petroleum distallates,) coloring agents, thickeners, fillers, menthol and poly/methylparabens to your skin that are directly linked to skin irritation, skin drying and hair loss?
This stuff is all VERY, VERY toxic. They are included as cheap ways to make the product smell/look better to the uneducated and naive populus.
It is the product BASE that is the problem. Now, imagine if you were to apply just those ingredients -- a solution of just alcohol, syntheic coloring agents, petroleum distillates, and menthol to your scalp every day. You'd lose hair!
Rogaine is the biggest offender. Propylene glycol is a chemical that you DO NOT want on your scalp. The materials saftey data sheet for this chemical requires all workers to WEAR GLOVES AND MASKS when dealing with it. Rogaine is 50% percent PURE PROPLYENE GLYCOL. Yet, some of you are applying this to your scalps! [It should be advertised as "Propagaine: Propylene Glycol for men with added minoxidil."]
Companies make money by including chemicals that have grown hair in *clinical trials* using *clinical doses* of unadulterated/diluted/toxified versions of the chemical in question. It's very potent, it stinks, and it's not easy to apply. However, this is where the real results come from.
You, however, are buying a very small dose of that same chemical inside of a generic and unhealthy spritz, shampoo, or gel that has been very cheaply consumerified to make it smell nice, apply easily, dry fast, and not seperate in the bottle/tub.
RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES:
Dr. Lee understands that there are educated people buying his products. That's why he offers a propylene glycol free version of his minoxidil products. He propylene glycol is replaced with alcohol, which is not an ideal solution, but which is the only cheap and effective penatrating agent that will carry the minoxidil.
DS Laboratories includes within its Revita booklet the following information:
"Q: What is SLS/SLES free ?
A: SLS means Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and SLES means Sodium Laureth Sulfate, commonly used low cost detergents in shampoos and cleansers. They are linked to skin irritation, skin drying and hair loss due to follicle attack. Revita is Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate free, and that means that Revita does not irritate you scalp and preserves your hair follicale health."
ADVICE:
Avoid putting the following on your scalp (in order of damage caused): SLS/SLES sodium lauryl sulfate, propylene glycol, menthol, synthetic fragrance, perfume, coloring, methylparaben, polyparaben.
This is NOT a comprehensive list, but just the most common junk components of a snake oil product.
Products can smell nice using essential oils, and can penetrate the scalp using natural penetrants. They can be maintined with natural preservatives and colored with natural substances (why the hell do you need a scalp product to be colored, anyway?) If a company is substituting these elements with dirt cheap cosmetic fillers to make more of a profit, AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS. If a company produces a hair loss product with SLS, RUN FAR, FAR AWAY AND NEVER LOOK BACK. They use these chemicals to make a profit and they don't care because they aren't the morons slatering it on their scalps.
Trust me, the chemists that design these products with synthetic and toxic products would NEVER use them on their on scalp. I know this because I know a few.
I hope this leads a few of you in a more effective direction for a solution to your hair loss problems!
- James
