This conditioner is formulated for adults with medium-to-coarse hair texture who have chemically treated hair — color, bleach, relaxer, or perm — and are experiencing progressed thinning at the scalp. It's a consumer retail product meant to be used as the second step of the full System 6 regimen (cleanser, conditioner, scalp treatment), not as an isolated, one-off conditioner.

Chemical services like color, bleach, and relaxing treatments tend to leave coarser hair drier and more prone to breakage right around the time thinning becomes noticeable, which makes a generic conditioner a mismatch — it either doesn't add enough moisture to offset the damage, or adds so much that it weighs down what's left at the root. System 6 Scalp Therapy Conditioner is formulated specifically for that combination of medium-to-coarse texture, chemical treatment, and progressed thinning, so it's balanced to soften and strengthen strands without the added weight that flattens thinning hair further.

Use System 6 Scalp Therapy Conditioner as the second step after Nioxin's System 6 Cleanser Shampoo:

1. Shampoo with System 6 Cleanser first and rinse.
2. Apply the conditioner evenly from scalp to ends.
3. Leave it on for 1 to 3 minutes.
4. Rinse thoroughly.
5. Follow with System 6 Scalp Therapy treatment as the third step, if using the full regimen.

• Pro: Formulated specifically for chemically treated hair, so it's positioned to work with color, bleach, or relaxer services rather than as a generic all-purpose conditioner.
• Pro: Peppermint oil and menthol give a light cooling sensation on the scalp, which some people find helpful for scalp discomfort.
• Pro: Designed to add moisture and manageability without extra weight, which matters for hair that's already thinning at the root.
• Con: Contains parabens and a silicone conditioning agent, so it isn't a fit for people specifically avoiding those ingredient categories.
• Con: It's designed as one piece of a three-step system — used alone, without the matching Cleanser Shampoo and Scalp Therapy treatment, it won't address the thinning or scalp side of the regimen.
• Con: Formulated for medium-to-coarse texture specifically, so finer chemically treated hair is better matched to Nioxin's System 3 or 4 conditioners.