Our Story
I spent eighteen months on the surface of a problem that started deeper.
I was doing everything right. That was the part that didn't make sense.
Where it started
It started in the shower.
I noticed it there first. Not gradually — one day it was just there. A clump of hair against the drain every two to three days. The kind of thing you note, then file away, then can't stop noticing.
Normal shedding clears once every one to two weeks. I was clearing every two to three days — two to three times above normal, by any standard measure. I wasn't panicking. But I was paying attention. And everything I was doing — the clean food, the sleep, the eight glasses of water — none of it was touching it.
Eighteen months of topical logic
I tried everything the internet and my dermatologist agreed on.
In roughly this order, over eighteen months:
- DHT-blocking shampoos — Nioxin, Alpecin, Kérastase Densifique
- Washing once a week — let scalp oils protect the follicles
- Then four times a week — keep the scalp clean and unclogged
- Scalp massages, five minutes daily, for three months straight
- Rosemary oil — the TikTok consensus for everything
- Castor oil overnight treatments, twice a week
- A derma roller — used it four times, never consistently
- Silk pillowcase, zero heat styling for three months
- Biotin at 10,000mcg per day for six months
Nothing moved. The drain told me the truth every two to three days.
A different question
A functional medicine practitioner asked: what does your gut look like?
I'd never connected the two. I had a scalp problem. She was asking about digestion. The question felt off-topic — until I spent three weeks reading the research it led me to.
When the gut lining is compromised, chronic low-grade inflammation can disrupt the hair follicle cycle — specifically the anagen (growth) phase. The growth factors that signal follicle activity — IGF-1, EGF, TGF-β — are also found in high concentrations in colostrum. I wasn't treating a scalp problem. I was treating a surface symptom of something deeper.
The experiment
Two capsules every morning. No other changes. I waited.
I found colostrum. I started with what I could source at the time — not ideal, but enough to run the experiment. And then I watched.
The clump in the drain was smaller. Not dramatically. Just smaller. I almost dismissed it — but I'd been watching long enough to know what normal looked like.
My hair felt different in my hands. Fuller at the root. Less fine at the ends. Something was rebuilding.
I was telling everyone. Not because I'd been asked — but because when something changes after eighteen months of nothing, you want to say it out loud.
Why ORALEA exists
I looked at what I'd been taking. The label said 18% IgG.
I researched: colostrum potency peaks in the first 6–12 hours after birth — the first milking — and drops sharply in subsequent milkings. Most commercial colostrum is sourced from mixed batches, heat-processed for shelf stability, and packaged in plastic. The label rarely tells you any of this.
ORALEA is what I built when I couldn't find what I was looking for. First milking only. Verified at a minimum 40% IgG — more than double what I'd been taking. Cold-chain processed from farm to capsule, because heat destroys the bioactivity that makes this worth taking at all. Glass packaging, because the bottle matters as much as what's inside it.
- First milking only — collected within 6–12 hours of birth
- Minimum 40% IgG — verified at every batch
- Cold-chain processed — bioactivity preserved from farm to capsule
- Frosted glass — zero plastic, because precision extends to the container
Begin the ritual
The same two capsules I take every morning.
Start with two capsules every morning. As your body adapts — usually within 60–90 days — you may find three or four suits you better. There is no universal dose. There is only what works for you.
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