Nanogen Follicle Defence Techology

Treatment using Shampoo

Many treatment products for thinning hair are in the form of shampoos, and this format has many advantages. Shampoos are useful for thinning hair as a cleaner scalp is generally healthier and a better environment for hair growth. Topical actives target the area that requires treatment, and so can be used very effectively to target most hair or scalp concerns, and will not cause side effects.

However, in order for most of them to deliver useful levels of anti-hair loss actives, they need to be left on the hair for three minutes or more. Many of these products can be too harsh too leave on for that long, and leave the hair feeling dry and the scalp irritated. Even when left on for prolonged periods of time, most treatment shampoos are inefficient at delivering actives. The basic chemistry of any shampoo formulation means that surfactants remove components from the skin and hair, rather than donating them or leaving them behind.

One notable exception to this is the use of anti-dandruff and anti-inflammatory actives in shampoos. As these are generally small molecules that act on the surface they work efficiently even in a shampoo. The anti-inflammation and anti-dandruff actives in Hair Prepare are designed to act just below the surface of the skin, and so even with a short time between applying and rinsing they penetrate to where they are needed and work effectively.

Utilising Conditioners

Nanogen Hair Research has developed new conditioners called Active Conditioners to improve upon and replace treatment shampoos. In the same way as shampoo is chemically unsuitable for delivering most actives, conditioner chemistry naturally allows for molecules to be left behind after rinsing. Active Conditioners are based upon working with the inherent chemistry, rather than fighting against it.

Active Conditioners are an evolution of the normal conditioner in several key aspects.

Most normal conditioners coat the hair with a charged polymer- often a silicone. This creates a charge that causes some hair concealing fibres to bind to the hair less securely. A patent-pending combination of amphoteric surfactants and dipolar amino acids not only condition the hair thoroughly, they create the perfect charge for Nanofibres to bind to.

An additional benefit of the conditioning complex is in the highly penetrative ingredients that do not coat the hair, but instead penetrate the hair shaft to increase volume, shine and softness from within. This not only creates a long lasting effect, but does not cause build up or coat the hair which would weigh it down, leaving it with natural looking volume and no greasiness. The non-coating formula allows Daily Volume to be used as a conditioner every day without the hair becoming coated, weighed down, and greasy. An added advantage of non-coating conditioners is that they do not obstruct any treatment, leaving all treatment products to penetrate as efficiently as possible.

Follicle Defence also utilises the Active Conditioner system to deliver anti-hair loss actives. Active Conditioners are more effective at delivering actives than any treatment shampoo, and so can be used less frequently yet still donate more anti-hair loss actives through the scalp. Unlike all treatment shampoos, Active Conditioners do not dry the hair when left for several minutes.

Conditioners nourish the hair more the longer they are left, and so Nanogen's Active Conditioners can be left in contact with the hair for much longer than 3 minutes. This allows deep penetration of the anti-hair loss actives without any drying or irritation, and the only side-effect is well conditioned hair.