REVIEW - Lush 'The Hair Doctor' Hair Treatment

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I decided to try out 'The Hair Doctor' as part of my very first Lush haul, since my hair and scalp were in need of some TLC. After years of bleaching, straightening and general mistreatment my poor hair is always a little worse for wear! My scalp occasionally gets a bit sore too, and I'd seen a lot of praise for this treatment's scalp healing properties.


The Hair Doctor is packed full of bizarre and lovely sounding ingredients - what else would you expect from Lush?! After seeing that extra virgin coconut oil, lanolin and almond oil (great conditioning agents for the hair) were included, I was more or less sold. Add peppermint to stimulate blood flow and fullers earth to absorb grease and it sounds like my ideal treatment...


I popped the whole sample tub onto dry hair, as instructed by the Lush lady I was talking to in store. The first thing to hit yous is the gorgeous smell! Earthy, herby, minty - very clean and refreshing. The peppermint really makes your scalp tingle, a very strange sensation indeed. I waited for 30 minutes, in which time the treatment dried in to my hair and made me look like I'd been in a mud wrestling competition. After washing and conditioning it out, my hair felt...no different to usual. My scalp, however, felt like it was burning - not the result I was after!

Overall, for me, The Hair Doctor was a bit of a fail. It wasn't particularly moisturising, the crispy hair while you wait to wash it out is quite disconcerting and the burning sensation afterwards was rather worrying.

Available from Lush store and online at £6.50 for 96g of product.

10 comments:

  1. I almost bought that last week! I personally was afraid that it would leave a residue on my baby-fine yet super thick hair, and that is what ultimately put me off. I'm sad that it didn't work well, because it smelled so yummy!

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  2. I think I'm going to pass on this...scalp ezcema doesn't need a murderous doctor! -_- x

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  3. I've been thinking about trying this but after hearing this I'm not so sure..

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  4. Awww, so sad to hear you've had a bad experience with it! Maybe the sample tubby on its own just wasn't enough, I tend to load my hair with it, I love it! And I have longish thick hair as well, and it's stopped both my sore scalp AND has soothed my annoying ends. I'm sure if you took the tub back to the store you bought it from, and explained, they may be able to point you in the direction of a more suitable hair product?

    (I don't work there btw, I just love lush...haha!)

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  5. I recently bought Retread (in my own first proper lush haul), as I already use extra virgin coconut oil to deep condition (every month or so). Hope it doesn't burn my scalp (my scalp is very sensitive)! I wonder what they put in it?! x

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  6. yikes! maybe try a bentonite clay mask for your hair :) mix in some apple cider vinegar and tea tree oil

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  7. Ouch D: I'll definitely be avoiding this, I already have a dry and itchy scalp, so I don't want to add burn-y to the mix too!

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  8. How do you know "burning" is not *actually* the result you are after?! This is the usual sign of medicine working (as it reacts with the nasties). How about flakes afterwards? Or were you already biased? I am asking coz my girlfriend adores it and I personally hate products (including some of Lush's) where I don't feel *anything* different after using them. So reading your review, it looks like the opposite, only you interpreted it differently.

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  9. @ Unknown, this isn't medicine - it's hair treatment. And while things like TCP sting on cuts, it's because it's an open wound. I didn't have a flakey scalp so I can't say anything on that front. As a general rule, anything that burns your scalp is usually a sign of an allergic reaction or ingredients being too strong...I know because I;m qualified in hair dressing.

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