A hair scan report is a structured read of four photos, not a medical chart and not a forecast. ScalpAnalysis lays that read out as five pages, in this order: Hair Attributes, Hair Health, Recession Analysis, Hair Style Recommendations, and Your custom program. You see that same layout before you pay and after you pay.
The useful question is which words you can read on the first pass, and which words wait until the full reading is unlocked. This guide walks the five pages the way the report is built today, including the $2.99 unlock and what a refund does and does not cover.
What are the five pages?
Each page answers a different question. Attributes describe the hair you can see. Health summarizes surface signals. The hairline page names an appearance stage. The style page suggests cuts for men and for women. The care page lists wash-day steps. None of them replaces a clinician.
| Page | On-screen title | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Attributes | Hair Attributes | Six cards: Density, Type, Texture, Porosity, Volume, Shine. Appearance tiers from the photos, not a lab test. |
| 2. Health | Hair Health | A scalp-health label plus signal cards such as density, hairline, or crown coverage, only when the photos support them. |
| 3. Hairline | Recession Analysis | An appearance stage in words. Early-looking reads and further-along reads do not share the same sentence. |
| 4. Hairstyle | Hair Style Recommendations | Men's styles and women's styles, side by side. Each cut has a name and a short reason. |
| 5. Care | Your custom program | Daily and weekly step names, plus product names. A routine for how you wash and style, not a treatment plan. |
What stays clear before you pay?
Taking the four photos and previewing the report is free. The preview is the report, with three kinds of words blurred: the values on the cards, the stage wording on the hairline page, and the reason under each hairstyle. The four photos stay sharp at the top of the page. Card names stay readable. So do the men's and women's style tabs, the haircut names, the care step names, and the product names.
- Clear: the four angles (top, side, back, front), sitting above the cards.
- Clear: card names such as Density, Type, Texture, Porosity, Volume, Shine, Scalp Health, and Recession Stage.
- Clear: haircut names, and the switch between men's styles and women's styles.
- Clear: care step names, such as a gentle cleanse or a weekly clarifying wash, and the product names under them.
- Blurred until unlock: the tier or value on each card, the stage words on the hairline page, and the reason line under each cut. The short purpose line under a care product is blurred too.
That split is deliberate. You can see that a real report was built from your photos, and you can see the names of the things it talks about. You cannot read the judgment, the stage, or why a specific cut was chosen until you unlock it. There is no second, substitute layout that replaces those five pages.
How should you read each page?
Hair Attributes
Read the six names as categories, and the blurred or unlocked word as an appearance tier. Density here means how coverage looks in the photo, not a count of hairs. Type is the curl pattern the photo suggests. Texture, porosity, volume, and shine are the same kind of tier: a label for what the picture shows, not a salon lab result. If a card has no readable value after you unlock it, the photo did not support one. An empty card is more honest than a guessed Medium.
Hair Health
The large word under Scalp Health is an overall appearance label. The smaller cards are signals the photos actually supported, often things like density, hairline, or crown coverage. A missing signal means that view was not clear enough. It does not mean the scalp is fine, and it does not mean something is wrong. Low confidence on this page is a lighting note. Reshoot in softer light before you treat the label as a trend. For what those surface signs can and cannot mean, see scalp health at home.
Recession Analysis
This page is the hairline read. The label Recession Stage stays visible. The stage words themselves are part of what blurs before you pay. Those words describe the silhouette in the photos. They are not a millimeter measurement, and they are not a prediction. An early-looking hairline can be described that way. A pattern that has already moved on is described as further along. Those are different sentences on purpose. Calling a later pattern early would be a false reassurance.
Use this page together with your own photos, not instead of them. If you want the longer version of how a maturing line differs from one that keeps moving, read am I balding or maturing. Bring the dated photos to a dermatologist if you want a medical opinion. The stage word is not that opinion.
Hair Style Recommendations
Men's styles and women's styles both stay on this page. The haircut name is readable in the preview. The reason under it is not, until you unlock. Treat the pictures as illustrative examples of a cut, not as a promise that your hair will look that full. When density is low, a useful suggestion is a short cut, such as a Caesar, a buzz, or a skin fade for men, or a cropped cut such as a pixie for women. A tall, full shape asks for coverage the photos may not show. The longer styling notes are in short haircuts when density is low.
Your custom program
The care page is a wash-and-style routine: daily steps and weekly steps, with product names you can read and a short purpose line that blurs before unlock. It is not a prescription, and it is not a claim that following the steps will grow hair or push a score upward. Use it to keep photo days comparable: gentle cleansing, less heavy product at the roots, and the same routine when you rescan. Finished analyses are a delivered reading. They are not a guarantee about the next scan.
What will the report not tell you?
- It will not diagnose pattern hair loss, a scalp condition, or any other disease.
- It will not count follicles or give you hairs per square centimetre.
- It will not measure the hairline in millimeters.
- It will not map the next ten years.
- It will not promise regrowth, a cure, or a higher score if you follow the care steps.
- It will not call a further-along pattern early.
Phone photos can support a careful appearance tier and a dated baseline. They cannot see under the skin. If shedding is sudden, the loss is patchy, or the scalp hurts, itches badly, or scales, take that to a qualified professional regardless of any label in an app. The at-home check versus a dermatologist guide is the longer version of that split.
What does the full reading cost?
The four photos and the blurred preview are free. You do not need an account to take them. Unlocking the full analysis is $2.99 once. Other scan apps charge $4.99. Invite 3 friends and your next scan is free. Premium is optional: $4.99 a month or $29.99 a year, for repeat scans and saved history you can compare. There is no weekly plan.
Refunds follow the refund policy, not a slogan. An unused $2.99 scan credit can be refunded. Once the credit has been used and the analysis is delivered, it generally is not refunded. A failed analysis does not use the credit. For Premium, a refund applies to the first subscription charge, and only if you ask within 14 days. Renewals generally are not refunded. Cancel anytime from your account; you keep Premium through the end of the period you already paid, and unused days in that period are not refunded as a partial.
Checkout is handled by Creem, the merchant of record. The card statement shows CREEM.IO. That is the processor, not a second product.
Questions
Good to know.
What does a hair scan report include?
Five pages in a fixed order: Hair Attributes, Hair Health, Recession Analysis, Hair Style Recommendations, and Your custom program. The same layout is on screen before and after you pay. Attributes cover density, type, texture, porosity, volume, and shine as appearance tiers. Health covers surface signals. The hairline page names an appearance stage. Style keeps men's and women's cuts. Care lists wash-day steps.
What can I see before I pay?
The four photos stay sharp, and card names stay readable, including haircut names, care step names, and product names. The values, the stage wording, and the reason under each hairstyle are blurred. The short purpose line under a care product is blurred as well. Unlocking those words is $2.99.
Is this a diagnosis?
No. It reads appearance in photos. It does not name a condition, count hairs, measure a hairline in millimeters, or tell you what will happen over the next ten years. A dermatologist can examine the scalp and decide whether anything needs treatment.
Will a later stage be described as early?
No. An early-looking hairline can be described as early. A pattern that has moved further along is described that way. The two are not the same sentence, and the stage words stay blurred until you unlock the page.
Can I get a refund?
An unused $2.99 credit can be refunded. A finished analysis generally cannot. Premium's 14-day refund applies to the first subscription charge only, not to renewals. The full rules are on the refund page.