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Nioxin Scalp Treatment
It's interesting how some people who give daily care and attention to the skin on their face and elsewhere on their body, seem to forget about giving the same care to the skin on top of their head. Yes, the scalp is covered by hair, but it's still skin, and it needs just as much care and protection. Nioxin has based its products on this dermatological approach to hair care and scalp care right from the start. For well over 20 years now, Nioxin has researched the treatment of thinning hair, starting with proper scalp care. Virtually every product line that Nioxin has offers either direct or indirect scalp care in one form or another.
For Special Abrasions
Nioxin's Scalp Renewal Dermabrasion Treatment is a two part system designed to help restore the scalp and hair to a healthy condition by combining an in-salon process of exfoliation with a follow-up home treatment you apply yourself. The in-salon process, called Dermabrasion, sloughs off aged scalp skin and in turn is reported to help speed up the regeneration of new scalp skin by up to 34%. The take-home, follow-up treatment, called Density Restoration, is intended to not only give the hair a full, healthy appearance, but to act as an ant-breakage treatment, helping reduce hair breakage by 54% on average. For optimal results, Nioxin recommends you undergo Scalp Renewal every 30 to 45 days.
On the Road to Recovery
Again, Nioxin is based on the understanding that a healthy scalp is vital to having healthy, fuller hair and thus offers a product line called Scalp Recovery to treat some of the most common scalp ailments. This complete, 3-part system is formulated to treat dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis (also known as seborrheic eczema). Seborrheic dermatitis is a skin inflammation that can develop on the torso or face, but it's the scalp, with its high concentration of sebum producing glands, that it seems to most commonly affect. If seborrheic dermatitis becomes severe enough or is not treated properly for long enough, it can damage hair follicles and contribute to hair loss. The effectiveness of the Scalp Recovery scalp treatment is promoted as in part due to the technologies employed – The anti-fungal, anti-bacterial agent, Pirithione zinc, and Green Tea Polyphenols which are antioxidants that help neutralize free radicals and in turn, help minimize the damage they can cause.
Per Nioxin, the 3-part Scalp Recovery system is most effective when the products are used in conjunction with each other. The Scalp Recovery system of course starts off with its Medicating Cleanser which contains dermatological ingredients that cleanse the scalp and help reduce hair loss that can accompany itching. The Moisturizing Conditioner soothes the scalp and smooths the hair. The third step in the system, the Soothing Serum, relieves itchiness and, as Nioxin states boldly, when used regularly as part of the complete system,it leaves your scalp and hair 100% flake-free.
It's Getting Pretty Intense
The products within Nioxin's Intensive Therapy product line are offered to further customize the 3-part Thinning Hair System Kits by targeting specific hair and scalp issues. If you're someone who's dealing with noticeably thinning hair, you may be particularly interested in the Scalp Shield. This lightweight sunscreen comes in a spray form and has an SPF of 20 along with UVB filters to help protect your scalp from the damaging effects of exposure to the sun.
But even given Nioxin's specialized scalp treatments, the whole notion of scalp care is just fundamental to any of the basic hair care products Nioxin offers. All of the cleansers within its Thinning Hair System Kits, for example, detoxify the scalp by removing excess sebum that can clog hair follicles while also washing away hair product build-up and environmental residue. Moreover, Nioxin's styling products volumize, hold, and smooth the hair, but are formulated to not allow products to build-up on the scalp which may then create scalp issues later on.