Scalp Med Review, Complaints. Does Scalp Med Work?


Scalp Med is the latest commercial product that combines the FDA approved treatment minoxidil with some other ingredients added to the formulation. Though it is effective for hair loss it's cost makes it far too expensive to be considered for long term treatment. The Scalp Med Routine will set you back $159.00 for a 2 month supply. Cheaper and more effective alternatives do exist however. Before I explain these alternatives I think it would be helpful if you fully understand just what the Scalp Med routine is.

The Scalp Med system contains three different products. A hair spray called "cortex enlarger". A product they call "Nutrisol - RM" and growth agent called Vitadel - 5A. The Vitadel - 5A contains minoxidil......which you can buy in any pharmacy for about $7 for a 1 months supply. The Nutrisol - RM is a herbal and vitamin combination you add to the bottle of Vitadel - 5A (minoxidil) before you apply it to your scalp.

My review starts by first eliminating the "cortex enlarger". This is nothing more than a glorified hair spray. You could accomplish the same by purchasing a cheap bottle of mousse and applying it to your hair to give you the illusion of thicker hair. Mousse is very inexpensive. I buy a product made by White Rain for around $1 a bottle.

As stated before the Vitadel - 5A is nothing more than minoxidil. The men's formula is minoxidil at a 5% concentration. The women's formula is minoxidil at a 2% concentration. You can purchase this locally for around $7 a bottle which should last you approximately one month.

The key ingredient that improves the hair growing effect of Scalp Med comes from the "Nutrisol - RM". Most of the vitamins and thing in this will do nothing to help you regrow your hair. However there are two ingredinets that I feel are important and helpful. The first is Sabal Serrulta....also known as saw palmetto extract. The other ingredient is beta sitosterol. Saw Palmetto, applied topically, has been shown to regrow some hair. Furthermore the active ingredient in saw palmetto has always been thought to be beta sitosterol. There have been patents issued in Japan that use topical beta sitosterol for treatment of baldness in men. So adding this compound to the brew makes for a pretty powerful combination.

Unfortunately nothing will probably regrow all your lost hair. In my humble opinion, the before and after pictures advertising Scalp Med leave me extremely suspect. I've been running a website dealing with male pattern baldness for more than 10 years now. No treatment for hair loss will ever give you results that dramatic. The best is to hope to regrow some hair but mainly keep what hair you have left.

Furthermore, any hair you succeed in regrowing will be quickly lost as soon as you stop applying the formula. So be prepared to make a long term commitment to religiously applying the stuff. For this reason, one should consider the long term expense for Scalp Med. Spending $159.00 for a two month supply is one thing, but spending this much every two months for years and years is quite another.

A cheaper alternative would be to make your own version of Scalp Med. All you need to do is first purchase your own minoxidil locally. Men should purchase the 5% version and women should purchase the 2% version. You can find it in any pharmacy. My favorite source is Walmart. It will cost you around $7 for a one month supply. Next you purchase a product I sell called "Hair Muck". Hair Muck is a concentrated extract containing saw palmetto and beta sitosterol. A one year supply will cost your $34.95.

When your extract arrives you simply utilize the plastic measuring cup supplied and measure out 5 mls of the Hair Muck. Then dump it into a fresh bottle of minoxidil and shake it up. Then simply apply the formula to all areas of your scalp you wish to treat. In a few days you again measure out another 5 mls of the Hair Muck and again dump this amount into the same bottle. Continue to apply as before. You see if you add 10 mls of the Hair Muck initially it will overflow the bottle of minoxidil.

Here's another thing I think you should do. Purchase and begin using a product known as Nizoral. Nizoral is a dandruff shampoo. You can locate it in any pharmacy in the "medicated shampoo" section. Nizoral was not originally invented to help people with hair loss. This was something people have surmised after understanding one of it's mechanisms of action in human skin. The active ingredient is ketoconazole which is a known antiandrogen. An antiandrogen is a fancy way of saying it cuts DHT in the scalp. As you probably already know DHT is the hormone responsible for you losing your hair. Nizoral is to be used twice per week but many hair loss sufferers use it more often than that. It can have a drying effect on the scalp however if you use it too frequently. But everyone who is suffering from hair loss should use this shampoo consistently (in my opinion). It is cheap, and does not take anymore time to use than any other kind of shampoo.

On the days you are not using Nizoral shampoo your hair with your fasvorite shampoo. Just don't use any shampoos that contain zinc. For example Head And Shoulders shampoo contains zinc therefore you do not want to be using this anymore. In some studies zinc has been shown to reduce the benefits of the minoxidil you are applying. Since Minoxidil is one of the ingredients in our Scalp Med alternative we do not want to be using anything on our scalps containing zinc. Make sure you check your shampoo bottle to make sure it does not contain it. If it does, switch to another brand that does not.

If you would like to purchase the saw palmetto/ beta sitosterol concentrated extract (I call it Hair Muck) to make your own version of Scalp Med click on the link below.

Click here to order Hair Muck.




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