Scalp Conditioning
First Application
07 May 2024 to 12 July 2024
9 Weeks Elapsed
The earliest documented case, and the longest interval in the set.
Core and Shield is a two-vial topical finishing system for licensed aesthetic clinics. Never freeze-dried, shipped cold, mixed fresh the day it is used. Look at what it does before we talk about what it costs.
Two pharmaceutical-grade kits, one for face, one for hair. See the split →
Six cases documenting Core and Shield in use, unretouched. Where capture dates were recorded, they are shown with the time elapsed. Where they were not, we say so instead of estimating. Look first, then decide whether the rest is worth reading.
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Individual results may vary. Appearance only. Photographs are published with the written consent of each individual and are unretouched. Core and Shield is a topical cosmetic for external use. It is not a drug and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
You are not adding a second service to your menu. You are upgrading the one you already run. Same patient, same room, same chair time. The only thing that changes is what that appointment is worth.
You already do the work. This is the part you have been giving away.
| Format | 2ml Core + 2ml Shield |
| Use | Topical, post-treatment |
| Manufacturing | Made in USA, quality-controlled facility |
| Verification | Third-party lab tested, CoA per batch |
Freeze-drying strips the water out of a serum so the powder can sit on a shelf for months. The water gets added back at the last minute, right before it reaches the skin. Core and Shield is never dehydrated. It stays a liquid from the day it is made, ships on dry ice, and is mixed fresh the day you use it.
Cold is how you keep a liquid intact. Drying it out is what you do when you cannot.
This is the part that fills your rebook calendar. Clients do not read your spec sheet. They look in the mirror, and they tell people.
Skin can look more luminous, hydrated, and radiant.
Texture can look smoother, with the appearance of fewer fine lines and a more even looking tone.
A firmer looking, revitalized, refreshed finish.
Individual results vary. Core and Shield is a topical cosmetic for external use. It is not a drug and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
This is not a new service line to build. It attaches to the treatments you already run, on the patients already on your books, using the room and the staff you already pay for.
One kit, one add-on line, priced by you. The kit pays for itself on the first treatment it is part of. Everything after that is margin you were not capturing before, and it compounds with every chair you fill.
Move the sliders. These are your numbers, not ours.
See wholesale pricing →Anyone can describe a serum. Very few will hand you the paperwork. Every lot we release is third-party tested and carries a Certificate of Analysis, so the quality you are told about is the quality you can verify before it touches a client.
One formulation, one specification, held batch after batch. What you use on your hundredth client matches what you used on your first.
| Sterility | Tested on every lot |
| Mycoplasma | Tested on every lot |
| Endotoxin | Tested on every lot |
| Certificate of Analysis | Issued per lot, sent on request |
| Testing performed by | An independent third-party lab |
Independent third-party testing on each released lot, with the CoA available to your account on request. Documentation is the standard, not a favor.
One formulation, one spec, documented from production through to the vial in your hand. No seasonal reformulation, no silent substitutions.
Produced in a quality-controlled US facility, shipped and held cold end to end, in consistent kit-standard vials.
It is always such a pleasure to share good news when a longevity product or service actually works.
As the CEO of Ageless and Timeless, it is my ethical obligation to employ absolute discernment when experimenting with products and procedures. When I met Jeffrey Turk of Mount Hydra at a biohacking conference, I was skeptical to say the least. I did a lot of research and due diligence, including reference checks.
Thank you, Jeffrey, for being one of the most conscientious, honest and caring executives in this space.
This is one individual's experience and individual results vary. Core and Shield is a topical cosmetic for external use. It is not a drug and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
The extra line on the invoice shows up in the first week. What builds after that is the thing you cannot buy: patients who like how they look, say so publicly, and send you people who already trust them.
A clinic known for how its work finishes does not compete on price for long.
Reviews follow the last thing a patient remembers. When they walk out looking at their own reflection instead of a care sheet, your front desk is asking at the best possible moment.
Aesthetic practices grow on word of mouth far more than on ad spend. A patient pleased with how they look does the introducing for you, and a referred patient arrives already trusting you.
Anyone in your market can buy the same device. Being known as the clinic whose work looks better afterward is a position a competitor cannot order from a catalog.
A defined finishing protocol gives the front desk a natural next appointment to book, and gives the patient a reason to keep it.
Priced as an add-on line, the kit is a fixed cost against a price you set. No new equipment, no new room, no new payroll. The margin lands on services already on your menu.
A premium tier on an existing service, backed by a protocol you can point to. Reputation is what lets you hold that price instead of discounting to win the booking.
Both kits pair Core with Shield. Core is conditioned differently depending on where it is used: normoxic for face, hypoxic for hair. Same 3D, xenofree, pharmaceutical-grade Conditioned Media platform underneath, and the same price either way.
| Conditioning | Normoxic |
| Format | 3D, xenofree, pharmaceutical-grade, 2ml Core 1 + 2ml Shield |
| Conditioning | Hypoxic |
| Format | 3D, xenofree, pharmaceutical-grade, 2ml Core 1 PLUS + 2ml Shield |
Full application protocol provided with your kit. Select Face or Hair on the order form.
Run the math before you commit to anything. This is what five treatments a month looks like at membership pricing.
| Five treatments a month, revenue | $3,000 |
| Five treatments a month, product cost | $1,125 |
| Five treatments a month, gross contribution | $1,875 |
We are not asking you to commit to $1,125 of inventory. We are asking whether you can sell five premium finishing treatments a month.
The Complimentary Clinical Evaluation Kit is one complete Face or Hair kit, a $450 product value. You pay only the approximately $100 cold-chain shipping cost, and no membership is required.
Your evaluation exists so you can decide whether Core and Shield fits your protocol before making any membership commitment. We do not ask you to sign a 12-month agreement before you have tried the product. Shipping is non-refundable, but if you join the Founding Clinic Membership within 30 days of completing your evaluation, your evaluation shipping is credited toward your first membership order.
Request your evaluation kit →The Founding Clinic Membership locks your price for the year in exchange for a committed minimum. Here is the whole trade, side by side.
Only 50 memberships are available at each pricing level, and each new cohort opens at a higher price. Whatever you join at, that is your price for the full 12-month membership.
Only 50 memberships are available at each pricing level.
Individual vials: Core 1 or Core 1 PLUS $287 · Shield $197
| Annual minimum | 60 kits, $13,500 over the 12-month term |
| Billing | Auto-billed monthly, shipped in increments of 5 or more |
| Unused kits | Roll forward as credits for up to 90 days |
| Escape valve | One membership pause during the first 12 months. Pause one monthly billing and shipment cycle once during the term, and the term extends by one month. |
Savings shown against the $450 standard single-kit price.
Mount Hydra Core and Shield are professional topical cosmetic products intended to support the appearance and condition of the skin, scalp, and hair. They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or medical condition.
That is exactly why we give you the evaluation first. We do not want you in a membership until you know you want the product on your menu. The $225 price is 50% below regular because it is based on a committed minimum of five kits a month, and in exchange we lock your price for the year. If your patient volume fluctuates, unused kits roll forward rather than being lost.
The $225 price is 50% below the standard $450 because it is priced against committed volume. A lower minimum would mean a higher price for everyone at that tier.
Unused kits roll forward as credits for up to 90 days. You are not stacking inventory, you are carrying a credit forward to your next order.
You are billed monthly, and kits ship when you ask, in increments of five. You control the timing of each shipment.
Yes, one pause during the 12-month term. Pausing skips one monthly billing and shipment cycle, and the term extends by one month.
No. The evaluation carries no membership obligation. If you join the Founding Clinic Membership within 30 days of completing your evaluation, your evaluation shipping is credited toward your first membership order.
Core and Shield is the starting point, not the whole platform.
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Pairs with either kit. A handheld sonic applicator on a lease, refundable deposit, no equipment purchase.
For Salons →Use your first kit on a real patient. If it does not do what you wanted, or your patient is not happy with it, tell us and we refund the full price of that kit. That is the whole policy.
One email to [email protected] and the refund goes back to your original payment method. The only thing you can lose is the shelf space.
Place a first order, free for the first 50 accounts, just pay shipping. Licensed clinicians, physicians, NPs, and aestheticians.
Use it as a topical finishing step and price the add-on for your market. We handle supply and quality control.
Stock three to ten kits, or join a membership for up to 50% off with automatic monthly billing. Your per-kit cost drops as you grow.
Get the launch kit free, just pay shipping, put it in one real treatment, and judge it with your own eyes. When it earns its place, join a membership and drop your per-kit cost by up to 50%.
Full refund if it is not right for your protocol · ships within 48 hours