Collection Instructions
You need at least 1.5 inches of dye-free, non-bleached, and free of hair products scalp hair.
Prior to Collection
Collection
- Ideally we want to collect the day after you shampoo your hair.
- Scalp hair should be used whenever possible. Beard hair and pubic hair can be used when scalp hair is not available but collection must be done on your own.
- Hair needs to be cut as close to the scalp as possible from 3-4 locations at the base of the skull. If you do this test in the office, practitioner will select the hair strips and perform the cuts.
- If using the kit at home, use the light blue paper scale that was provided to you in your collection kit. Fold edges of scale to create a teeter-totter. Once hair has been cut from the scalp, cut off the long ends (further away from the scalp) so that the total length of hair sample is 1.5 inches. We WANT THE PORTION CLOSER TO THE ROOT not the ends. Add hair to high side of scale. Continue to add hair to scale until scale tips like a teeter-totter. This means you have collected enough hair.


