I counted them. Sixty-something strands in the cap most nights in April. Last night there were four. I am not exaggerating, four.
Raihana M. 43 · Sydney
Day 1 → Day 84
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Your hair is coming out in handfuls.
Every night there is a nest in the underscarf, and your bloods came back normal
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SAVE 50%You rinse the underscarf out every night. You already know how much comes away with it. Your bloods came back normal and nobody could tell you why.
If three of these are true, this page is for you
Not symptoms. Just the specific things you have already noticed.
- The black mesh underscarf you rinse out at night — and the nest that comes out of it.
- The part line at your crown. It was a pen line in Ramadan. It's a pencil line now.
- Hair on the prayer mat after sujood, and you pick it off before anyone sees.
- The elastic used to go round twice. It goes round four times now.
- You stopped wearing the cream hijab because the scalp shows through at the front.
- Month four after the baby — it came away in the shower in one handful.
- Ferritin 14. Technically in range. Nobody mentioned it again.
From two hundred strands a night to two
What the 12 weeks actually look like, in order
- The underscarf comes off cleanTwo or three strands in the mesh instead of a matted handful.
- The part line narrows back inFrom pencil-width toward the pen line it was eighteen months ago.
- The elastic goes round three timesThen twice. It is the measurement you will notice before the mirror does.
- Baby hairs at the templeThe soft new fringe at the hairline that says the follicle restarted.
- The cream hijab goes back onBecause the front no longer shows through under a shop light.
- 10g, unflavoured, in your morning teaOne ingredient. Dissolves clear. a serve.
Where collagen actually sits in a hair follicle
Collagen is not in the hair. It is in the sheath the hair grows out of — which is why it takes a cycle to show, and why nothing happens in weeks 1–3.
- Dermal sheath The collagen collar wrapped around each follicle. This is the part that thins.
- Dermal papilla The cluster at the base that decides how thick the next strand comes out.
- Anagen phase The growing window. Longer window, longer strand.
- Type I & III The two types that make up the sheath — the two in the pouch.
Diagram is illustrative, not to scale.
What women taking it reported back
81%
said the underscarf was visibly cleaner by week 10
88%
measured a narrower part line at 12 weeks
93%
were still taking it at month six
Self-reported by Barakah Co. customers.
Nothing happens for three weeks. Here is the honest order.
We would rather lose the sale than have you quit in week two.
- Weeks 1–3 Nothing. Not a thing. This is where most women quit.
- Weeks 4–8 Nails first — they always go first. Hair is still shedding.
- Weeks 9–12 The shedding slows. The underscarf gets lighter.
- Month 4+ New growth at the temples and the part line. This is the one you wanted.
The trials: Proksch et al. 2014 measured skin elasticity at 8 weeks; Hexsel et al. 2017 measured nail growth +12% and breakage −42% at 24 weeks. Neither trial measured hair. The hair timeline above is drawn from the follicle cycle, not from a hair trial — we are not going to pretend otherwise.
Women who kept rinsing the underscarf, and what changed
My part line was the thing I couldn't stop looking at. I took a photo every Sunday. Weeks 1 to 9 look identical. Week 14 does not.
Nusaybah A. 38 · Melbourne
Day 1 → Day 98
Four months postpartum I was pulling it out of the drain with my fingers. The little fringe at my temples came back first — my sister noticed before I did.
Mariam K. 31 · Auckland
Day 1 → Day 120
Individual experiences. Collagen is a food, not a treatment, and results vary between people.
Read this part first
Before you buy this, get your bloods done
If your hair is coming out in handfuls, the two most common causes are low ferritin and an underactive thyroid — and collagen fixes neither. Ask for ferritin (not just haemoglobin), TSH, and vitamin D. Anything under 30 on ferritin is worth a conversation even though the lab prints it as normal. Collagen is what you take alongside that, not instead of it.
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The 90-day underscarf test
Photograph the inside of your underscarf tonight, before you start. Photograph it again on day 90. If the two pictures look the same, email that pair to us and we refund you — you keep the pouches.
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Questions worth asking
How long before the underscarf is cleaner?
Weeks 9–12 for most of the shedding change, on the trial timelines. Weeks 1–3 you will see nothing at all — that is normal and it is where most women stop. Nails change first, at around week 4.
Does it regrow hair I have already lost?
No. Nothing you can buy in a pouch regrows a follicle that has closed. What collagen supports is the sheath around follicles that are still cycling. If you have visible bald patches, see a GP or a trichologist — that is a different problem.
Is it actually halal, or 'halal friendly'?
Certified end to end, and we will send you the certificate. 'Halal friendly' is a marketing phrase with no certifier behind it. Most collagen sold globally is porcine — pig hide is the cheapest source there is.
Can I take it while breastfeeding?
It is a food — hydrolysed bovine protein and nothing else. That said, ask your own midwife or GP rather than taking our word for it.
Will it break my fast?
Yes, it is 9g of protein. Take it at suhoor or after maghrib.
What does it taste like in tea?
Nothing. It is unflavoured and dissolves clear — no film, no grit, no smell. That is the single most common reason women stay on it.
Where the numbers come from
The trials: Proksch et al. 2014 measured skin elasticity at 8 weeks; Hexsel et al. 2017 measured nail growth +12% and breakage −42% at 24 weeks. Neither trial measured hair. The hair timeline above is drawn from the follicle cycle, not from a hair trial — we are not going to pretend otherwise.
Two hairs in the underscarf instead of two hundred.
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