Scalp tonic designed to enhance hair density and boost hair growth  / 3.38 oz 

TWELVE Beauty’s The Scalp Cure is designed to encourage healthy hair growth, and it does so in a very TWELVE-like way: it promotes a well-balanced scalp microbiome through a blend of botanicals while also delivering a heap of corosolic acid to the scalp to support those with thinning hair or excessive hair loss.

Corosolic acid, extracted from the leaves of a plant called Eribotrya Japonica, has been shown to do the following exciting things:
- Inhibit the production of DHT, the hormone that causes hair loss
- Reduce the production of proteins that trigger hair loss, like FGF-5
- Increase the production of proteins that stimulate hair growth, such as FGF-7, VEGF, and BMP-2

The particular extract that TWELVE uses has also been shown to help enlarge the groups of dermal cells that are essential for a healthy hair root, making for thicker and stronger hair. (If you’ve followed us for some time, you may remember our horror at the phenomenon referred to as “miniaturization of the hair follicles.”)

Additional botanical extracts in the non-comedogenic, fragrance-free formula help with corosolic acid’s efforts. Maca extract, rich in peptides and sugars, encourages healthy hair growth; additionally, three plant extracts — coltsfoot, yarrow, and quinine — help feed the bulb (as Pedro told us in this interview about the formula, “bulb starvation is a thing”). And prebiotics like epilobium extract and inulin, sourced from chicory, keep the scalp and hair around it healthy and balanced.

The super-fine mist is easy to spray close to the scalp, and it can be used on virtually any type of hair (wet or dry, chemically treated, etc.) and by anyone (including those who might be pregnant or breastfeeding).

We love applying it to the scalp after washing our hair, and we also love working it into a nighttime hair routine on dry hair. First, brush hair from roots to ends using one our brushes from TEK. Next, spray on The Scalp Cure very close to the roots by lifting up sections of hair. Give yourself a nice scalp massage, then drift off into slumber. Bonus: you’ll probably wake up with a little extra volume at your roots.