A Korean scalp ritual for postpartum shedding that dissolves years of hardened buildup and calms the inflammation beneath it, so follicles your liquid shampoo silenced can finally wake up.
12 Fermented Herbs
Breastfeeding-Safe
Dermatologist Approved
Sulfate-Free
WARNING: LOW STOCK — Fermentation takes weeks, so our batches are small and they move fast. . We've run out more times than we'd like. If it's in stock right now, that's the window.
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The hormones behind postpartum shedding are out of your hands — what happens next isn't. Picture your scalp as soil. Every liquid shampoo you've used is mostly water plus sulfates, and what they leave behind is a waxy film that settles over the follicles and blocks anything trying to push through. Take the water out and you're left with a dense bar: twelve fermented Korean herbs at full strength, going straight onto the skin. Sixty seconds of massage — one-handed, while the baby naps — is enough to break that film down, settle the irritation underneath, and give each follicle clean ground to work with. A ritual, not another chore.
Is it safe to use?
Yes, and it was built for exactly this stretch of life. Everything in it is plant-derived — no pharmaceuticals, no hormones, no minoxidil, nothing harsh — which is why it stays on the shelf while nursing and through pregnancy, when almost every other hair treatment comes off it. It's pH-balanced and needs no scrubbing, so a scalp that's already stressed gets calmed rather than stripped.
How long does one bar last?
Somewhere between 40 and 60 washes, so roughly one to two months depending on how often you wash. Do the maths and it lands around 42 cents a wash — less than one sachet of serum, and a long way from the $88 a month for a bottle or the $100 for pills you'd have to keep re-ordering.
Can I use it with my existing serums?
Keep them. This is the step that was missing at the front of your routine — clear the buildup first and whatever's already in your bathroom cabinet (The Ordinary, Vegamour, take your pick) finally has somewhere to sink in instead of beading up on a waxy layer. Plenty of women tell us the products they'd given up on started earning their keep again.
Biota Orientalis Leaf Extract · Isatis Tinctoria Root Extract · Dendrobium Officinale Extract · Polygonum Multiflorum Extract · Angelica Sinensis Extract · Ganoderma Atrum (Mushroom) Extract · Sophora Flavescens Extract · Sesamum Indicum (Sesame) Extract · Lycium Chinense Fruit Extract · Morus Alba Fruit Extract · Panax Ginseng Extract · Morus Alba Root Bark Extract · Vitex Trifolia Fruit Extract · Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Oil · Mentha Haplocalyx Extract · Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil · Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil · Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil · Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter · Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil · Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil · Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride · Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Oil · Melaleuca Alternifolia (Tea Tree) Leaf Oil · Boswellia Carterii Oil · Cedrus Atlantica Bark Oil · Cymbopogon Citratus Leaf Oil · Butylene Glycol · Glycyrrhiza Uralensis (Licorice) Extract · Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Extract · Taraxacum Mongolicum Extract · Paris Polyphylla Chinensis Extract · Isatis Indigotica Extract
Give it a proper run of wash days first — a full cycle, not a couple of washes. If you're not seeing less hair come out in the shower after 60 days, write to us and we'll refund you in full. No forms to fill in, nothing to justify. We can offer that because the women who use it for a full cycle mostly don't ask.
Delivery — Every order leaves us within 24 to 48 hours, then 6 to 9 business days to your door.
Returns — You have 60 days from delivery to send it back, in its original packaging. Just get in touch and we'll walk you through it.
I've probably spent close to $600 over the last two years. Rogaine, biotin gummies, rosemary oil, one of those $88 serums everyone swears by. Nothing. Six weeks in with this and what comes out in the shower just isn't what it used to be. There are tiny hairs at my hairline that were not there before, I've been staring at them in the mirror. My husband spotted them before I did.
Verified buyer
Nobody tells you about the hair thing after you have a baby. Nobody. I was crying in the shower most wash days and when I finally brought it up my OB basically shrugged at me. I ordered this half expecting to be let down again. It's the first thing I've bought that didn't feel like someone selling me hope. My part isn't as wide as it was and my ponytail actually has some weight to it when I tie it up.
Verified buyer
I'll be honest, I rolled my eyes when it arrived. A bar of soap, for hair loss? But the more I read about clearing the scalp first the more it actually made sense. First wash and my scalp felt different straight away — properly clean, not stripped. Week 10 my hairdresser stopped halfway through the blow dry and asked what I'd changed. That was the moment for me.
Verified buyerA follicle needs three things to keep producing hair: a clear opening, blood flow at the root, and nutrients that actually reach it.
When all three are in place, your scalp does its job quietly:
But liquid shampoo is roughly 80% water, and the sulfates added to make that water clean anything leave behind a fine, waxy layer. Add sebum, styling residue and hard-water minerals, and after years that layer seals the scalp shut.
This is why "I've tried everything and nothing works" is so common. The treatments weren't fake — they were landing on a surface that was already closed.
Hair moves on a biological clock, not a marketing one. Here's the honest version.
Panax ginseng
Fermented
The flagship of hanbang scalp tradition
Fermentation breaks the ginsenosides into smaller molecules that move through the skin barrier instead of sitting on top of it. Supports circulation right at the root.
Polygonum multiflorum
Fermented
Root extract, traditional preparation
The single most-used herb in East Asian hair care, going back centuries. Its name translates roughly as "the man with black hair" — the legend came before the lab work.
Rosmarinus officinalis
Essential oil
Plus a second rosemary leaf extract
The one your feed won't stop talking about — at a concentration that isn't decorative. Two rosemary inputs in the same bar, delivered by direct scalp contact rather than a rinse-off.
Biota orientalis
Fermented
Leaf extract
First on the ingredient list, and not by accident. The botanical most associated with reduced shedding in traditional Korean scalp formulas.
Sophora flavescens
Fermented
Alongside ganoderma and licorice
The soothing side of the formula. A scalp that's been stripped by sulfates for years is a reactive one — this is what stops the clarifying step from making things worse.
Zingiber officinale
Essential oil
With tea tree and peppermint
This is the tingle. Sixty seconds in, you feel it — and that sensation is the clearest signal that something is reaching the skin instead of running off it.
Said it visibly reduced shedding
Said their scalp felt healthier
Said they'd never go back to liquid shampoo
Work the bar along your scalp section by section. Nothing to lather in your palms first.
Small circles while the fermented herbs settle in. That tingle means they've reached the skin.
Condition your ends as usual. Same shower, same routine — one step swapped out.
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Others | |
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| Safe while breastfeeding | ✓ | ✕ |
| No pills, no minoxidil | ✓ | ✕ |
| Won't strip or dry out your hair | ✓ | ✕ |
| Rinses clean — no waxy residue | ✓ | ✕ |
| Clears buildup so growth comes through | ✓ | ✕ |
| One 60-second step | ✓ | ✕ |
Everything worth knowing before your first wash. Something still unclear? Write to us — every message gets a reply.
Pick up a bottle of liquid shampoo and most of what you're holding is water. To make that water clean anything, the industry adds sulfates — which strip the scalp and leave behind a waxy film that settles over your follicles. A solid bar has no room for water: what's left is concentrated fermented botanicals, pressed directly against the skin. You work it in for a full minute instead of letting liquid run off in ten seconds. One washes your hair. The other actually reaches your scalp.
Postpartum shedding runs on your hormones, so no two timelines match exactly. That said, here's the pattern we hear most often with steady use: the scalp feels calmer and cleaner within the first fortnight, fine new hairs start showing along the hairline somewhere between weeks four and eight, and density builds over three to six months. Nothing here overrides your hormones — it simply gives the scalp the best possible ground to grow back on.
It isn't. Straight, wavy, curly or coily — the formula was built for all of them. Everything active in the bar does its work on the skin of your scalp rather than the hair shaft, so your hair texture doesn't change the equation.
You can, and we understand why you're asking — it's the question that comes up more than any other. Where minoxidil comes off the table during pregnancy and nursing, this bar contains nothing but plant-derived ingredients. No pharmaceuticals, no hormones. You get to look after your hair without wondering what's sitting near your baby.
Expect somewhere between 40 and 60 washes, so one to two months depending on how often you wash. That works out to about 42 cents a time — cheaper than a single serum sachet, and nowhere near the $88 a month you'd hand over for a serum while you're living on maternity leave.
Not at all — keep them, that's how it works best. Think of the bar as the step that was missing from the front of your routine. Once the buildup is gone, whatever you already own has a clean surface to sink into rather than a film to slide off.
Because taking the water out leaves nothing but actives — every gram earns its place. And a bar asks you to spend 60 to 90 seconds working it into the scalp at full strength, roughly three times longer than liquid shampoo ever sits on your head before it disappears down the drain.
Then our 60-day money-back guarantee has you covered. Give it a proper run of wash days first — and if you're still not happy, send us a note and we'll refund you in full. No questions, no hoops.
All of them — every order ships internationally. Most parcels land within 6 to 9 business days.
Sixty days from delivery to start a return, and items need to come back in their original packaging. Our return policy covers the rest.
