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Why Does Hair Science Make People So Angry? The Psychology Behind the Pushback in Black Hair Care I received a comment recently that genuinely made me stop and think because the question wasn’t really about shampoo, grease, oils, or even hair. The commenter explained that she had gone into a Black hair forum and shared some of the things she had learned from me and other content creators who discuss hair care from a scientific perspective. She wasn’t attacking Black women. Sh

Bask & Lather Hair Products: A Scientific Ingredient and Consumer Safety Analysis Before we get into Bask & Lather, hair-growth oils, rosemary oil, peppermint oil, scalp irritation, shedding, follicular occlusion, product buildup and contact dermatitis, I need everybody to understand exactly what we’re doing here. I’m approaching this conversation as a scientist. My job tonight is not to tell you what product to buy, what product to throw away, or what company you should or s

When we talk about thinning hair, one word needs to become part of the conversation: miniaturization. Hair loss is much more complicated than simply seeing hair come out in your brush or shower. In androgenetic alopecia, the real biological change is happening underneath the surface, inside the hair follicle. At the same time, we cannot ignore the environment surrounding that follicle. Sebum, sweat, dead skin, styling products, heavy oils, yeast, bacteria, inflammation and in

Softee Hair Grease, Lanolin & Black Hair: Why I Question What Years of Greasing the Scalp May Have Done

If you want to understand hair serums at the level of a trichologist, cosmetic chemist, and dermatologist, you have to separate marketing from evidence. The majority of cosmetic hair serums are designed to improve the scalp environment or hair fiber not actually regrow hair. Only a handful of ingredients have strong clinical evidence for stimulating follicles. Reviews consistently conclude that most “active” ingredients in commercial trichology products have limited or low-qu