Welcome back, beauty lover! Today I’m sharing my review of the haircare brand that’s helped to restore my thinning hair over the last 3 months. It’s Megi Wellness!
Our hair truly has the power to make us feel great. After all, when our hair looks good and feels good, we in turn feel good.
But if we start to experience hair loss, it can really hit our confidence. For some, this spins into depression and self-loathing.
Most people think of hair loss as a male problem, but in fact up to 50% of women experience hair loss too. In pre-menopausal women, this can be due to the hormonal shifts brought about by pregnancy and especially in the postpartum period. For peri-menopausal, menopausal, and post-menopausal women, hair loss is thought to be caused by female-pattern hair loss (FPHL).
What can we do about hair loss? Knowing that it is normal, and – as hard as it might be – working on accepting it, is important for your mental health. Understanding that there is no quick fix is important.
What’s personally helped me is to focus on a hair care routine centred on helping women with hair loss. And that’s how I met Megi Wellness.
Megi Wellness – the right hair care for your life stage
Megi Wellness offers a complete solution for women who want to tackle hair loss and naturally restore the thickness and density of their hair.
The products directly address the needs of ageing and menopausal hair. They can also help if you’re suffering with hair loss and thinning in the postpartum period – or both these conditions – like me!
My hair thinning story
I had our fourth baby in 2023 and went though the usual postpartum hair loss. I lost so much hair. It was really distressing, but I knew it would grow back.
However, since my thirties, my hairline has been thinning out to the point where I needed to change my parting to cover up the lack of hair. It’s really sad to think that my hair is slowly reducing and won’t be the same again. I’m willing to try any reasonable treatment to get it to grow back. I’d heard of AnaGain, one of the star ingredients in Megi Wellness, before – and used supplements containing it, with some success.
Here’s my before photo, taken in July 2024.
How can Megi Wellness help?
We use the latest science. Our products are supported by trademarked, laboratory tested, innovative ingredients which are proven to strengthen follicles, stimulate hair growth and prevent hair loss in just 3 months!
Indeed, looking over the ingredients profile for the products, we can see that they include both those backed by scientific research, and those used traditionally. They include trademarked and rigorously tested ingredients such as AnaGain, SymHair, proteins, amino acids, fermented vitamins, biotin, aloe vera, and more.
Before we take a closer look at these beautiful products, let’s take a moment to appreciate the wonderful lady behind them – step forwards Aneta!
Aneta runs her own organic hair salon in Wimbledon Village, London. And as a veteran of the hair care scene, living and breathing hair care for 18 years, she is the perfect person to trust with solving all your hair problems. In fact, she founded the brand after experiencing her own personal hair thinning struggles.
Let me say, from the moment I first used these products, I knew they were for me! From the packaging design to the look and feel of the products. Everything is so beautifully done so that my experience of the products is perfect.
The range consists of 4 advanced natural products that are all made in the UK, vegan, cruelty-free, and suitable for all hair types: a powerful growth serum, stimulating growth shampoo, fortifying conditioner, and a hair growth supplement to take every day to make sure you’re getting everything you need from within.
So let’s take a deep dive into the products of Megi Wellness, and learn how they can help our thinning hair and hair loss!
Megi Wellness Growth Stimulating Shampoo
Described as a meticulously formulated shampoo with powerful growth-stimulating and repairing actives including: AnaGain, SymHair Restore, biotin, caffeine, vitamin B5, and vitamin E. There are so many gorgeous ingredients in the products, just take a look!
The shampoo was created with the knowledge that how we treat the skin on our scalp is important – just like the skin of our face. The promise is revitalised, stronger, and healthier looking hair, detoxifying of the scalp, and reduced inflammation. With this shampoo, we create the perfect environment for healthy follicles, stimulating hair growth, and slowing down hair loss.
What is AnaGain?
AnaGain is a natural ingredient derived from pea shoots. It works on the dermal papilla cells found on the scalp. These cells play an important role in the hair growth cycle. In a clinical study involving AnaGain, respondents saw a 78% increase in hair growth in just 3 months.
What is SymHair Restore?
This repairing ingredient can improve the strength and resistance of hair so that breakages are less likely. It thickens strands by restoring their mass, and can help repair split ends. It also improves manageability and appearance.
How does biotin help hair loss?
Biotin is an essential vitamin for hair health. However when it comes to hair growth, its efficacy when applied topically is subject to hot debate. One thing is for sure, hair care products with biotin can help treat brittle or unhealthy hair, and may help reduce split ends and breakage.
Read on to learn my thoughts on both the shampoo and conditioner.
Megi Wellness Growth Stimulating Shampoo
Buy Now – £26.99 at Megi Wellness
Megi Wellness Fortifying & Nourishing Conditioner
This sumptuous silicone-free conditioner contains AnaGain, caffeine, biotin, protein, vitamins B6 and E, and promises promote healthy hair growth, and nourished and strengthened hair. As with the shampoo, it contains SymHair to “deeply nourish and restore damaged follicles whilst giving your hair the glossiest shine, the fullest body and the most silken softness possible”.
My experience using the shampoo and conditioner
Now I’d like to share my review of using Megi Wellness products. I wash my hair about 3 – 4 times a week – what can I say? I have 4 kids! I’d love to wash it every day, but I simply don’t have time right now.
The shampoo and conditioner come in squeezable plastic packaging. The products smell natural and beautiful – a light citrus scent. The shampoo is really concentrated so that only a small amount is needed. It lathes up beautifully and I feel like my hair and scalp are getting really clean.
When it comes to rinsing the shampoo, sometimes I find it hasn’t rinsed out completely and is caught in the dry and coloured part of my hair. In this case, I actually use a small amount of conditioner to condition my hair twice. I find this doesn’t happen at all if I’ve used a pre-wash treatment such as hair oil. This said, I still think the shampoo and conditioner would suit all hair types. The conditioner is so creamy and lush, it’s a real delight to use. It rinses off like a dream and my hair feels so silky and swishy afterwards.
The key with both the products is to keep them on for at least a minute to ensure the active ingredients have chance to work. I focus my applications around my hairline, which is where I want to see regrowth the most.
How’s my hair?
They leave my hair clean, soft, and manageable. What’s more, I can go several days between washes with them. I also feel like they thicken my strands in a cosmetic way and help to tame my frizziness. My hair feels like it has more natural lift and bounce to it. I’m so happy with these products! I can’t imagine life without them now and I’ll likely have them permanently on subscription.
Megi Wellness Fortifying & Nourishing Conditioner
Buy Now – £26.99 at Megi Wellness
Megi Wellness Growth Stimulating Hair Serum
The lightweight serum promises thicker, fuller, healthier looking hair and won’t damage your style or make your hair look lank or greasy. In fact, as well as helping you to grow thicker longer hair, it also conditions the scalp and improves the manageability of the hair.
It contains AnaGain, Capilia Longa, Capixyl, as well as peptides, biotin, and vitamins B5 & E.
What is Capilia Longa?
Derived from turmeric, Capilia Longa, rich in plant growth factors, stimulates dormant hair follicles to reactivate growth. Remarkably, it can reduce hair loss by up to 89% and increase hair density by as much as 52% in just 150 days!
What is Capixyl?
An anti-thinning agent that’s a combination of a biomimetic peptide and red clover flower extract.
My experience using the serum
This serum comes in a dark glass bottle with a dropper. It’s light and watery, has no fragrance or colour. A few drops absorbs into my scalp readily. I start by applying the serum along my hair line, since this is the area I want to target with the serum. I use the serum once a day, but you can use it twice a day for better results.
This serum doesn’t leave my hair crispy or greasy – it’s really perfect. And my scalp feels comfortable after use, despite having psoriasis on my scalp. Since I don’t wash my hair every day, I find it a really quick and easy way to load my scalp with hair growth nutrients while also taming my hair a little, especially if I use it after washing my hair.
Megi Wellness Growth Stimulating Hair Serum
Buy Now – £32.99 at Megi Wellness
Megi Wellness Advanced Hair Growth Supplement
The Megi Wellness Advanced Hair Growth Supplement sits alongside the hair care products, since good nutrition is vital in working towards better hair. Described as the supplement your body needs to achieve its best hair, it’s packed with hair-loving ingredients such as AnaGain, biotin, folic acid, horsetail and selenium. The brand promises strengthened follicles, improved hair growth, and good overall nutrition to support hair growth.
AnaGain taken orally shows real promise. Based on 100mg (there’s 65mg in 2 tablets), according to the brand, after one month of treatment, hair loss decreased by 34%. Additionally, 71% of participants observed an improvement in their overall hair condition. Following two months of treatment, 86% of participants reported a reduction in hair loss.
Why is horsetail good for hair growth?
While there’s no specific evidence to back up anecdotal claims, horsetail is said to help hair growth thanks to its silicon content, antioxidant properties, and its potential to boost collagen.
My experience using the supplement
The tablets come in a plastic jar that provides 30 days supply of 60 tablets. The tablets come in a capsule that’s vegan. They are quite large but with a big gulp of water, they are manageable. It’s hard to assess whether or not the supplement has helped with my hair loss or thinning, but I do believe they’re helping. If you really want to give your hair the best chance of thickening up, or if you find it hard to include a wide range of foods in your diet, or know that you are biotin deficient, supplements are worth a try.
Megi Wellness Advanced Hair Growth Supplement
Buy Now – £31.99 at Megi Wellness
My results using Megi Wellness
I’ve been using Megi Wellness serum, shampoo, conditioner and supplement since the start of July, and I’ve seen great improvements in my hair’s density, regrowth and thickness. These photos show my before shot, taken July 2024, and my after shot, taken in October 2024. Just look how much my hair has grown!
It started, bizarrely, with my eyebrows, which I can only attribute to the supplement. Where they had been sparse, I started to see regrowth. Then I needed to pluck them again, which I haven’t done since my thirties over 5 years ago.
Despite having scalp psoriasis since childhood, the products haven’t caused this skin condition to worsen for me.
Now, I can see a large amount of regrowth of the hair that I lost postpartum, plus more besides. Those tiny fine hairs around my hairline have thickened up a fair deal, which is super thrilling! I also have a little mini-fringe where new growth has come through.
What’s also exciting is that I’m still waiting on seeing results, as it can take 150 days for the action of some of the active ingredients to kick in.
Final thoughts on Megi Wellness
Megi Wellness offer a truly comprehensive and well considered approach to tackling hair loss and thinning hair. The products are such a pleasure to use and bring about a real improvement to thinning and shedding hair.
I cannot thank Aneta more for the gift of bringing back my thinning hairline! Being able to pass this on to my followers is truly a blessing. I recommend these products wholeheartedly.
To shop the range and for more information on the brand visit megiwellness.com.
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