The Scalp Terrain

The now outdated germ theory stated that bacteria were the cause of both tooth decay and gum disease. We now know that this is not the case and that disease is about not the seed (bacteria) but the soil (microbial terrain).

The causes of both tooth decay and gum disease are imbalances of the terrain—the oral microbiome just as the cause of hair loss and gum disease are also in good part due to a damaged terrain- the scalp microbiome. It’s really an amazing paradigm shift in scientific understanding.

With this new awareness eliminating products that might damage and/or destroy the microbiome would make sense right? It's an interesting fact that the first synthetic shampoos were introduced to the market in 1950 which followed with the first anti-dandruff shampoo in 1963. See what's happening here? "Manufacture" the problem, "manufacture" the solution.

Time to move on from ethoxylated surfactant-based shampoos, skin cleansers, and toothpastes. To a healthy terrain.