The label, decoded.
What each ingredient is doing in the formula—and where the evidence stops.
Hemisqualane, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Serenoa Serrulata (Saw Palmetto) Fruit Extract, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Dimethyl Isosorbide, Nigella Sativa (Black Cumin) Seed Oil, Eclipta Alba Oil, Punica Granatum Sterols, Ethoxydiglycol, Tocopherol, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil, Bisabolol, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract.
Lightweight emollient and slip agent used to make the oil phase feel less heavy.
Fast-spreading emollient that contributes a dry, silicone-like sensory finish without silicone.
Stable, lightweight carrier oil that helps dissolve and distribute oil-soluble ingredients.
Headline botanical. Saw palmetto extracts have been studied around 5α-reductase biology and in small human AGA trials. Those studies do not establish the efficacy of this finished topical formula.
Botanical oil with human oral and topical pattern-hair-loss studies using different preparations. Also contributes emollience.
Wax-ester-rich emollient used for spreadability and scalp conditioning.
Polar cosmetic solvent used to support solubility and formulation delivery. We do not assign it a made-up “X% deeper” claim.
Botanical emollient rich in characteristic constituents including thymoquinone. Included as a supporting scalp-conditioning oil.
Traditional botanical hair-care ingredient used here as part of the conditioning botanical phase.
Plant sterol fraction used for richer lipid conditioning and formula texture.
Also known as diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (DEGEE), a topical solvent with published literature on drug solubilization and skin delivery. Performance is active- and formulation-dependent.
Oil-phase antioxidant that also supports product stability.
Aromatic essential oil used at a low level. Rosemary oil has one randomized comparative AGA study, but that does not prove Scalp Defense produces the same result.
Common cosmetic soothing ingredient with experimental anti-inflammatory skin evidence.
Aromatic component that contributes the fresh sensory profile.
Oil-phase botanical extract used in the antioxidant/support system.
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