07/15/2019
Love love love this wording on shedding!!
The extra hair loss that some experience is because of the reduction of inflammation on the scalp and the production of collagen which helps open the follicle wider in preparation to allow new stronger hair to grow in. Once the follicle is properly cleansed and opened wider the hair that is already in the resting phase will shed. This growth, rest and shedding process does not happen to all of the hair at one time and over the years of built up hair products, environmental deposits, scalp disorders, nutritional deficiencies, the start of DHT production as we age and even our own overactive Sebum production can all cause an imbalance in the follicle activity and can cause some to be slower producing.
So the Monat starts to cleanse and open the follicles, the resting hair will slip out a little quicker making way for the new growth to come in stronger and stay in the growth period longer. The amount of shedding will be determined by how healthy the scalp and follicles were to begin with. After the follicle is in better functioning condition the hair will grow quicker and stronger. This process will also wake up dormant follicles as long as they are not already dead the dormant follicles will begin to produce again.
Monat also helps the anchoring of the hair in the bulb, which strengthens the hair and keeps it in it's growth period longer. But of course all of this takes time and is included in the 90 day detox period along with the process of breaking down the gunk on the hair shaft.
