Targeted scalp care to restore balance, encourage growth, and elevate every other service you receive. The foundation of every beautiful head of hair.
Beautiful hair begins with a healthy scalp. This service is for the client who treats her scalp the way she treats her skin — as something that deservesunderstanding before product, and care before it requires correction.
An honest read of your scalp, including the conditions and behaviours that are showing up.
A protocol-specific cleanse to remove congestion without stripping or over-balancing.
The treatment phase tailored to your scalp — soothing, balancing, or growth-supporting.
Manual stimulation to support circulation, lymphatic flow, and follicle activity.
You leave with a polished blowout, never a scalp-treatment-look.
A clear at-home routine and cadence for ongoing maintenance based on your scalp.
A close, honest look at your scalp — texture, sensitivity, congestion, and the patterns showing in the hair itself.
Together we decide on the right protocol — purifying, balancing, or growth-supporting — and the cadence to follow.
A calm, focused session. Cleanse, active treatment, manual stimulation, and recovery.
A finishing wash and a polished blowout. You leave looking salon-fresh, not treatment-fresh.
A clear plan for the next 4 to 12 weeks at home, and a return cadence based on how your scalp responds.
We decide on the right protocol together at consultation, based on what your scalp is actually doing — not on assumption.
For dry, sensitive, or congested scalps — a gentle detoxification that calms reactivity and resets balance.
For oily, reactive, or build-up-prone scalps — regulating excess without stripping or over-drying.
For thinning, shedding, or slowed growth — circulation and follicle support paired with scalp recovery.
Final pricing is confirmed at your consultation, along with whether a single treatment or a focused course is the better starting point.
Scalp health is the foundation of everything that grows from it. Sensitivity, build-up, dryness, oiliness, and reactive conditions all show up in the hair before they show up to the eye — as dullness, breakage, slower growth, or texture changes. Treating the scalp directly is what makes everything else hold.
Necessary for every client? No. Transformative for clients with sensitivity, build-up, oil imbalance, reactivity, or slowed growth? Yes. The consultation is honest — if your scalp does not need a treatment, you will not be sold one.
When thinning is linked to scalp health — congestion, inflammation, or weakened circulation — yes, often significantly. When the cause is hormonal, nutritional, or medical, scalp work is supportive but not a cure. Part of the consultation is identifying whether scalp treatment is the right tool for what you are experiencing.
For active issues — flaking, sensitivity, oil imbalance — a focused series of 3 to 5 treatments spaced 2 to 3 weeks apart usually resets the scalp. After that, a maintenance treatment every 8 to 12 weeks holds the improvement.
Yes, and many clients do. A scalp protocol the appointment before colour ensures the best canvas. For extension clients, healthy scalp maintenance protects the area around the bonds and supports long-term wear.
Yes — within scope. Targeted, gentle protocols can soothe and improve mild to moderate scalp conditions significantly. Severe cases are best treated alongside a dermatologist; the in-salon work supports rather than replaces medical care.
Scalp services are quoted at consultation based on the protocol your scalp needs.
New clients begin by reaching out on Instagram (@hairbykathely) to schedule a consultation. You will hear back personally, usually within a day.
"Healthy hair is not a product result — it is a scalp result. The work is slower than colour, less visible than extensions, and more important than both."
— Kathely
