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Collection Instructions

  • You need at least 1.5 inches of dye-free, non-bleached, and free of hair products scalp hair.

Prior to Collection

  • Hair should be free of dye, bleach and/ or hair products
  • If you have recently dyed your hair, please wait a minimum of 3 weeks (8 weeks is better) before collection
  • If you use Head and Shoulders, Selsun Blue or any other anti-dandruff shampoo please discontinue for 2 weeks prior to collection and note this on your submission form. If it is impossible to temporary stop, please make sure to indicate use on submission form 
  • If you use shampoo with hormones or hair loss ingredients- please discontinue for 2 weeks prior to collection and note this on your submission form.
  • Please avoid the use of public pools for at least one week prior to collection
  • If a client showers in softened water or hard water, this can affect mineral levels. Please have your client wash their hair for 2 weeks with distilled water prior to collection. This will help you get the most accurate result.

Collection 

  1. Collection hair sample at least 6 hours after washing it
  2. Scalp hair should be used whenever possible
  3. Beard hair and pubic hair can be used when scalp hair is not available but the results will be more difficult to interpret
  4. Hair needs to be taken from 3-4 locations at the base of the skull
  5. Hair must be cut as close to the scalp as possible
  6. Use the purple scale that was provided to you in your collection kit
  7. Fold edges of scale to create a teeter-totter
  8. 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
  9. Add hair to high side of scale
  10. Continue to add hair to scale until scale tips like a teeter-totter
  11. This means you have collected enough hair