Exfoliating your scalp: an underestimated step
Le scalp scrub is often overlooked in hair care routines, yet it plays an essential role in hair health. Like facial skin, the scalp accumulates impurities, excess sebum, skincare residue, and dead cells. As a result, roots become suffocated, growth slows, and imbalances (dandruff, itching, oily or dull hair) set in.
Discover why exfoliate your scalp has become an essential gesture, what are the 3 types of scrubs existing ones, their advantages and disadvantages, and how to choose the right one scalp scrub according to your needs.
Why exfoliate your scalp?
The scalp is an extension of the skin on your face: it breathes, regenerates, and produces sebum. Without thorough cleansing, pores become clogged, disrupting hair growth and vitality.
A valuable scalp exfoliant allows you to:
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Detoxify and purify the hair root
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Stimulate microcirculation and growth
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Promote oxygenation of the hair bulb
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Prepare the scalp to better receive care (shampoo, serum, mask, etc.)
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Regulate sebum and soothe sensitive scalps
The 3 Types of Scalp Scrubs
1. Mechanical exfoliation
Le mechanical exfoliation relies on small exfoliating particles (grains of salt, sugar, kernel powder, clay, etc.) which manually remove impurities.
✔ Advantages:
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Immediate and visible cleaning
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Feeling of fresh and light scalp
✘ Disadvantages:
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May be too abrasive for sensitive or irritated scalps
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Risk of unbalancing the microbiome if used too often
Ideal for : scalps prone to oiliness or to residue from styling products.
2. Chemical exfoliation
Le chemical exfoliation works thanks to mild acids (fruit acids, AHA, BHA) which dissolve dead cells and excess sebum without mechanical action.
✔ Advantages:
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Even and gentle exfoliation
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Suitable for sensitive scalps
✘ Disadvantages:
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Requires precise dosage and suitable exposure time
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Can be irritating if poorly formulated
Ideal for : sensitive or dandruff-prone scalps.
3. Enzymatic exfoliation
Le scrub enzymatic uses natural enzymes (often from fruits like papaya or pineapple) to gently remove dead cells.
✔ Advantages:
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Gentle action, without grains or strong acids
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Respects the pH and microbiome of the scalp
✘ Disadvantages:
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More gradual action, less “instantaneous”
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Less effective on very oily or damaged scalps
Ideal for : dry, sensitive, or itchy scalps.
Our expertise: MakeMyMask Active Scrubs
At MakeMyMask, we have developed a complete range of scalp scrubs inspired by trichology.
Our Active Scrubs exfoliate the scalp of gentle and effective way, without unbalancing the scalp microbiome.
???? Up to 100% ingredients of natural origin
💧 Respect for the scalp microbiome
🧪 Enriched with plant powders for gentle exfoliation and active ingredients targeting the problem encountered: hair loss, dandruff, psoriasis, excess sebum, etc.
🩵 Visible results from the first use: soothed scalp, aerated roots, lighter and shinier hair
They constitute the first step of our Complete protocols which aim to address each issue in several stages: exfoliate, wash, treat, optimize.
How to incorporate exfoliation into your hair routine?
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frequency: 1 times a week.
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Application: on dry scalp, apply section by section then massage with fingers or a stimulating brush and leave for 15 minutes.
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Rinsing: rinse and wash with a pH5 shampoo adapted to the problem.
Conclusion
Le hair scrub is not a luxury, but an essential step to maintain a healthy scalp and promote growth. Depending on your scalp type, opt for a mechanical, chemical or enzymatic exfoliant, or choose a combined formula, like our GMakeMyMask Assets, which combine effectiveness, naturalness and respect for the balance of the scalp.
