Denise, 56
I wear my hair relaxed, and the thin areas around my temples were getting harder to style around. They're looking a little less noticeable now. I'm happy with that so far.
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Hair growth supplement · DHT Blocker
Clinically proven formula
Pressed cold. Never heated. No chemicals. Pure oil that fights DHT and fuels hair growth.
100% natural ingredients
Formulated for peri & menopause
Denise, 56
I wear my hair relaxed, and the thin areas around my temples were getting harder to style around. They're looking a little less noticeable now. I'm happy with that so far.
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Tasha, 43
Wash day was already enough work without stressing over all the hair coming out. I've been noticing less lately. Still keeping an eye on it, but that's been encouraging.
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Aaliyah, 34
My edges have been my biggest insecurity for a while. I've tried different oils and honestly got tired of buying stuff. With Oren, I'm starting to notice a little more fullness around my temples. Hoping it keeps going.
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A board-certified dermatologist explains what's really going on.
2,000 mg cold pressed pumpkin seed oil and 200 mg saw palmetto whole berry extract. No fillers, no proprietary blend. 60 softgels, one month.
Two softgels once a day, in the morning with food. Nothing goes on your scalp, so your braids, your wig or your protective style stay exactly where they are.
If you are pregnant, trying to conceive, or nursing, this is not for you right now. Saw palmetto acts on hormones, and there is no safety data for pregnancy or breastfeeding. Talk to your doctor, and come back to us after. Postpartum shedding is real, but it is not the moment.
Ships from Iowa, USA. Free US shipping on orders over $40, a flat $4 below that. 90 days to change your mind: write to us and we refund you, even on an opened bottle. No form, no photo.
Orders and reviews across all Oren markets since launch. Reviews collected after purchase, not incentivised.
Not because you didn't care. Because in a fifteen minute appointment, nobody looked at your crown, and nobody explained what a hormone does to a root after forty.
Prevalence figures: Black Women's Health Study, 5,594 participants, Lenzy et al. *Density figure: Cho et al. 2014, 24-week randomised double-blind trial, 76 adults, 400 mg per day of a pumpkin seed oil blend. Conducted in men. Individual results vary.
hair density after 24 weeks, in a 2014 double-blind trial*
have never seen a doctor about it
were ever given a diagnosis
Monique is 46, she lives in Southwest Atlanta, and she grew up watching her grandmother's wig sit on a foam head in the bathroom. In her family the answer was always the same: it runs in the family, baby.
At 44 the part in her hair got wider. Two years of castor oil, rosemary, high-dose biotin, and braids pulled tighter to cover it. Her notebook says almost nine hundred dollars. Nothing changed.
“Mama, am I gonna lose my hair too?” Kayla, 16
That question is where Oren starts. Not a promise, not a cure: the plain fact that what runs in a family is a sensitivity, not a sentence, and that after forty it is DHT doing the shrinking, not her braids.*
It stops with me.
Monique’s story is a dramatization inspired by the 9,157 Black women we listened to. Actor portrayal. Individual results vary. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Individual results vary. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Nothing you put on your scalp reaches this. It happens under the skin, in the follicle itself, and it happens one cycle at a time.
Before menopause, estrogen kept DHT in check at the root. The follicle stayed wide, and every hair grew back the same thickness.
The enzyme 5-alpha-reductase turns testosterone into DHT. DHT binds at the root and the follicle narrows a little more with every cycle.*
Plant sterols and saw palmetto act on that enzyme, not on the hair. Less DHT produced means less pressure on a follicle you still have.*
Oren acts on the middle term. That is the only place a softgel can act.*
This is why the oils never held. They sit on top. The root is underneath.
Itching, burning or smooth shiny patches? See a dermatologist first. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Pumpkin seed oil is not one thing. What acts on DHT inside it is a family of molecules called plant sterols, and whether they survive depends entirely on how the oil was made.
Plant sterols are built on the same four-ring frame as the hormones your own body makes. Four rings of carbon, almost the same silhouette.
Because they look the part, they can occupy the enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT. Less enzyme available, less DHT reaching the follicle.*
Industrial extraction heats the seed and washes it with hexane to pull out more oil. That frame does not survive either one. The oil remains, the sterols do not.
Heated · solvents
Sterols broken
The oil looks the same. It lost what acts on DHT.
Oren · pressed cold
Sterols intact
Never heated, no solvent. Every sterol kept.*
Pressing cold yields less oil per seed, so a bottle takes more seed. That is where the price goes.
Cold pressed, never heated.
Whole berry extract, standardized.
No fillers. No proprietary blend.
Most brands promise week six. Our own customers did not see it that way, and we would rather tell you now than lose you at month two.
Less coming out when they washed.
New hairs growing back.
Felt put together again.
Self-reported, in a survey of 476 Oren customers in France. Not a clinical trial, and not a study on Black women.
Keeping a hair is easier than bringing one back. That is the part worth starting today.
Both plants act on the same target, the hormone that shrinks the follicle a little more each cycle.*
Nothing is applied, so nothing has to be rubbed in where your hairline already feels fragile.
Braids, a wig, a protective style: two softgels change nothing about how you wear your hair.
I had a shelf full of things I’d tried.
BeforeAfter“I had a shelf full of products and the same thin spots, so I was skeptical about Oren. Seeing my edges look fuller has finally given me something to feel hopeful about.”
I just wanted to put my hair up and go.
BeforeAfter“I used to redo my puff before leaving because I worried about my edges. Now the front looks fuller, and I can put my hair up and head out feeling good.”
I was already blaming myself.
BeforeAfter“Every time I did my hair, I’d stare at that thin patch and blame myself. Seeing my temple look less sparse has helped me feel like I can move forward.”
I wanted to choose a style because I liked it.
BeforeAfter“I used to choose styles around that thin spot at my temple. Now that my edges look fuller, I feel comfortable pulling the sides back and choosing a look I actually love.”
I almost missed the little changes.
BeforeAfter“Checking my temple every morning, I wasn’t sure anything was changing. Comparing pictures helped me notice a little more coverage. It’s a small difference, but it gives me hope.”
I’d stopped expecting much from that spot.
BeforeAfter“I’d stopped expecting that thin spot above my ear to change. My fullness isn’t all back, but seeing more coverage there has given me a reason to feel hopeful again.”
I didn’t want to keep hiding that side.
BeforeAfter“I used to check my temple from every angle before going out. Seeing that spot look less bare has helped me feel comfortable wearing my hair back and showing my profile.”
I wanted to see my smile first.
BeforeAfter“I used to zoom straight into my hairline in every picture. Now I enjoy wearing my hair down and being in the photo. It feels good to notice my smile first.”
I kept wondering who could see the top.
BeforeAfter“I worried about my crown whenever someone stood behind me. There’s still some thinning, but seeing more coverage has helped me feel comfortable again.”
I wanted my hair to frame my face again.
BeforeAfter“I wanted my hairline to frame my face again. Seeing the front look more filled in has made getting ready easier. I can finish my hair and feel put together.”
Unretouched customer photos, shared with permission. Individual results vary. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
“Every week a woman sits in my chair, pulls off her wig, and tells me she's tried everything. She has, and none of it ever reached the root.”
Dr Gabrielle Jackson
Board-certified dermatologist, United States. She sees hair loss in Black women every single day.
Shorter than a quarter is wide. Take them together.
Food helps them sit well. Any meal works.
Three months at least. That's how long hair takes to show a change.
We would rather lose the order than the trust.
Ask your doctor if you take any medication. The full list is on the label and in the FAQ.
Most of our customers noticed less shedding around week four. New hairs came later, around month two. Anyone promising you week six is selling you a date, not a result.
There is no warning on our label about losing what you gained. This is not minoxidil. What stops is the support, so thinning resumes at its own pace.
Ask your doctor first, especially if you are on hormone therapy or blood thinners. Saw palmetto acts on hormones and that matters.
On edges thinning from hormones, yes. On edges pulled out by tension, no, and no supplement will. The cause decides.
No. It is swallowed, not applied, so nothing lands on your skin. Saw palmetto acts on the hormones linked to thinning on your scalp.
Because of how the oil is made. Cold pressing yields far less oil from the same seed than heating or using chemical solvents, so a bottle takes more seed. We pay that difference rather than sell you an oil that lost what makes it work.
It is the difference between an oil that acts on DHT and one that only looks like it does.* The active part is the plant sterols, and they are fragile: heat and solvents strip them out. Pressed cold, they stay intact. Same seed, same label, not the same oil.
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Imani, 37
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I still wear my wigs. I just wanted to feel good when I take them off too. My hairline is looking a little fuller, and that makes me happy.
Danielle, 40
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I used to crop pictures if the angle showed too much of my hairline. Kept the whole picture the other day. Small thing, but it mattered to me.
Nicole, 49
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My sister knows how much my edges have been bothering me. I sent her an old picture next to a new one, and she could see the difference too. Made me feel a bit more hopeful.
Maya, 30
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I’m good about wash day. Remembering an extra scalp routine every night? Not so much. Oren has been easier for me to keep up with. Too early to say much else.
Tamara, 46
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Still have thin spots. Still have days when my hair won’t cooperate. But getting ready hasn’t felt like such a struggle lately, and I’m happy about that.
Unretouched customer photos, shared with permission. Individual results vary. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Take it for three months. If your part looks the same, write to us and we refund you. We will not ask you to prove anything, and we will not ask for before and afters.
The minimum a hair cycle needs.
No form, no photo, no call.
Even on an opened bottle.
Her words, not ours. The window is the whole point.
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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.