Ovation Cell Therapy/Mega-Tek Challenge

[Aggie]

Received my MT yesterday, used it last night, will be using it again.

I mixed it with olive/castor oil and put it on my wet scalp ONLY and massaged it in. I also did a pre-emptive strike by washing with garlic shampoo/DC with alter ego before even applying it for the first time. One cannot be too careful. I also purchased garlic supplements. Thanks to Aggie for answering so many of my questions!
~*Janelle~*

It was my pleasure to help and by the way, good idea on using the garlic poo and treatment right away, I did the same thing too.

 

[JustKiya]

I use MT (plus SAA, Vitamin E Oil and Castor Oil) mix, and my shedding has gone down - significantly. I really think it depends on your own head of hair. *think*

I'd have to read back through the thread to see if I, personally, saw increased shedding at first - if I did, I honestly don't remember - that's how insignificant it was (to me) in terms of the benefits I've seen in my hair since using it.

But, as I said - that might change depending on your head.

 

[Jessica Rabbit]

I mix my mt with a few things and it's still a pretty thick consistency but after a few days, it gets runny. That happen to anyone else?

 

[xxBlackRosexx]

I have started using mega tek and i wanna join the challenge, i have been using for around a week and i have a photo...but i am new to this site...who adds me to the list lol!!!

 

[xxBlackRosexx]

Ok I just ordered the OCT MAximizing pack and thank god for that 10% discount!!!!


Okay... I have been peeping... BUT is there ANYTHING I will need to buy for OCT to curb shedding or something?

lots of the ladys on here suggest buying a garlic shampoo and con.

 

[Soliel185]

I mix my mt with a few things and it's still a pretty thick consistency but after a few days, it gets runny. That happen to anyone else?

Do you shake it up before you apply it? It might be separating, so the runniness is the thinner ingredients coming off the top. I always shake mine before hand, b/c the oils tend to rise and sit on the top half....just a thought.

 

[Mz.Shug]

Does anyone apply mega-tek to the length of the hair when in need of protein. (ie.experiencing breakage) If so did it stop?

 

[JustKiya]

Does anyone apply mega-tek to the length of the hair when in need of protein. (ie.experiencing breakage) If so did it stop?

I've added MT to my DC's to up the protein, once, and my hair definitely felt stronger afterwards - I think it would be a great breakfixer....

 

[MissMeWithThatIsh]

Okay so it looks like I should just "relax" when it comes to worrying about shedding and wait til I try OCT and see.

For those who have texture differences:

- Is it only the new growth, or the whole head of hair as a whole?
- How is it changed? Stronger? softer? Silkier?

 

[genesis132]

Okay so it looks like I should just "relax" when it comes to worrying about shedding and wait til I try OCT and see.

For those who have texture differences:

- Is it only the new growth, or the whole head of hair as a whole?
- How is it changed? Stronger? softer? Silkier?

This my second wk on the complete OCT set..my new growth is CRAZY soft. It's never been hard or anything before....BUT, i cant keep my hands out of it...there's definitely a difference...I dont know what the OCT is doing yet..but somethings good is going on.

Also, I'm sitting here waiting for the abnormal shedding I've heard others mention, to start...but it hasn't and I'm not complaining .

I only wash with the OCT 'poo on Mondays tho'..but I apply the cell therp/rinse 2x's a week.
I do deep cond 2x's week with my other products...maybe that's why i'm not experiencing shedding yet....

 

[mnemosyne]

I mix my mt with a few things and it's still a pretty thick consistency but after a few days, it gets runny. That happen to anyone else?

Yeah just shake it up again. The castor oil and saa like to separate out of it.

 

[explosiva9]

Hi Ladies

I don't know about anyone else, but stretching is going to be impossible with this product. My ng is now out of control. I thought I could hang and stretch my relaxer but damn, I have to dig to reach the scalp. Its been yrs since I've stretch and I am only 8 weeks post and been using MT for two weeks and before I started I had ng but I could stretch and was a lot more manageable. Now, A mess.

I didn't want to let my DH help me but as he stood next to me yesterday watching me struggle with the application, he snatched the bottle out of my hand and said sternly, "LET ME HELP YOU!!" So as I separated and held the hair apart, he applied, and I have to say it cut the app time in half and it was nice to have his help. Although while looking at my hair, he was like, "whoa babe, you def need a relaxer." Like I didn't already know that.

Also have good and bad news. The bad, I suffered from the massive lay-off's that are happening so I gotta find a new job. The good news is that I got my extra bottle of MT before it happened so I don't have to worry about running out!! :woohoo:


What is everyone else doing to stretch and handle the massive ng?

 

[leona2025]

Hi Ladies

I don't know about anyone else, but stretching is going to be impossible with this product. My ng is now out of control. I thought I could hang and stretch my relaxer but damn, I have to dig to reach the scalp. Its been yrs since I've stretch and I am only 8 weeks post and been using MT for two weeks and before I started I had ng but I could stretch and was a lot more manageable. Now, A mess.

I didn't want to let my DH help me but as he stood next to me yesterday watching me struggle with the application, he snatched the bottle out of my hand and said sternly, "LET ME HELP YOU!!" So as I separated and held the hair apart, he applied, and I have to say it cut the app time in half and it was nice to have his help. Although while looking at my hair, he was like, "whoa babe, you def need a relaxer." Like I didn't already know that.

Also have good and bad news. The bad, I suffered from the massive lay-off's that are happening so I gotta find a new job. The good news is that I got my extra bottle of MT before it happened so I don't have to worry about running out!! :woohoo:


What is everyone else doing to stretch and handle the massive ng?

Girl you too funny. Im going to see if I can get my bf to help me when I get mines, lol. It's a struggle to get him to take pics for my fotki.

 

[JustKiya]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about the layoff, explosiva - that's rough! It seems like it's happening everywhere.

Thrilled to hear the good news about your hair though!

Now - I'm natural, but if I understand it correctly, the logic behind stretching is NOT to go for a certain amount of time, but to have a certain amount of NG that needs to be relaxed, so that you reduce the risk of overlapping, right?

If that's the case, and MT is making your hair grow faster, I think it's perfectly 'ok' to cut your stretch 'short', as you already have enough hair so that the risk of overlapping is low.

Does that make sense, or am I missing something?

 

[long2short2_?]

i want some mega-tek

 

[explosiva9]

Leona2025- Thanks, I try.

Justkiya- Thanks. I thought stretching was giving the scalp time to recoop and get healthy before relaxing again. If thats the case, I'm going to relax next week cause it's just out of control and airdrying is not even an option since the ng shrinks and I have to fight to get to the scalp.

 

[leona2025]

I order my Mega Tek yesterday and I got the email that it has been shipped just now. I'm still scared to use it, but it's safe right? Just like using mane and tail. You know that kinda dried my hair a little too. No shedding though.

 

[tapioca_pudding]

I order my Mega Tek yesterday and I got the email that it has been shipped just now. I'm still scared to use it, but it's safe right? Just like using mane and tail. You know that kinda dried my hair a little too. No shedding though.

I ordered mine yesterday and got the same email a sec ago!

I think all the ladies have been upping their moisturizing DC's to combat the dryness that may come from using the Megatek. Also mixing it w/ castor oil seems to be helping. Shedding is totally natural, imho. Nothing to worry about unless you just start shedding handfulls of hair...

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about the layoff, explosiva - that's rough! It seems like it's happening everywhere.

Thrilled to hear the good news about your hair though!

Now - I'm natural, but if I understand it correctly, the logic behind stretching is NOT to go for a certain amount of time, but to have a certain amount of NG that needs to be relaxed, so that you reduce the risk of overlapping, right?

If that's the case, and MT is making your hair grow faster, I think it's perfectly 'ok' to cut your stretch 'short', as you already have enough hair so that the risk of overlapping is low.

Does that make sense, or am I missing something?

That's how I've always understood it. So like you said, if the newgrowth amount is the same, the time in between isn't really a factor. If I have 2 inches of new growth, it doesn't matter if I got it in 4 weeks or in 20 weeks.

 

[tapioca_pudding]

I think this is my first formal post in this thread.

I am doing my touchup tonite. Thereafter I will be using Megatek (once it arrives) which I will mix w/ castor oil and SAA as I see many ladies here have done w/ success!

I'll post my starting point after I take pics tonite. (I've been using OCT off and on for the past couple months, so my newgrowth is already yellin and screamin for attention. ) I LOVED the OCT to death, but I see everyone is having great success w/ the MT. So I'll try it for the next 8-10 weeks to do a comparison of the two products.

Anywho, great thread tt8, thanks for bringing us all together. Much congrats to all the ladies who have had success so far!! Big thangs poppin in '08........

xoxo

 

[LaPetiteCoquette]

Anybody know where to get Megatek in Toronto? The only place I've found is 30 minutes away by car and costs $40 (not including the 13% taxes). If not an actual store, then an online retailer? Thanks in advance.

 

[Jessica Rabbit]

Do you shake it up before you apply it? It might be separating, so the runniness is the thinner ingredients coming off the top. I always shake mine before hand, b/c the oils tend to rise and sit on the top half....just a thought.

Yeah just shake it up again. The castor oil and saa like to separate out of it.

Yeah I shook it up and it's still runny. I guess I added a lot of stuff lol. But It's not bad. I actually like it.

 

[song_of_serenity]

Well. I combed my hair today. :S Quite a bit of shedding. However, I hadn't COMBED it since I last wash (2 days ago) so it was actually *just a bit* over the normal range of that. I'm not concerned, though. I'm off to take a garlic supplement. I may do another garlic wash tonight and DC. Is two days later too soon?
~*Janelle~*
ETA
Combed more thorughly...ok, a lot more shedding. Will def do that wash tonight.

 

[Aggie]

Well. I combed my hair today. :S Quite a bit of shedding. However, I hadn't COMBED it since I last wash (2 days ago) so it was actually *just a bit* over the normal range of that. I'm not concerned, though. I'm off to take a garlic supplement. I may do another garlic wash tonight and DC. Is two days later too soon?
~*Janelle~*

Janelle, I used my garlic poo like every 3 days for a couple of weeks to play it safe but I didn't have a lot of shedding to begin with so I don't think this is too soon. The only thing I would ask you to do is watch how your hair responds with the garlic poo so close together as it can be a little drying and that's the real reason why I diluted it to begin with. So watch the drying affects of it closely and if your hair looks a little dry afterwards, then make it every 3 days instead of every 2 days between garlic poo washes, okay?

 

[song_of_serenity]

Janelle, I used my garlic poo like every 3 days for a couple of weeks to play it safe but I didn't have a lot of shedding to begin with so I don't think this is too soon. The only thing I would ask you to do is watch how your hair responds with the garlic poo so close together as it can be a little drying and that's the real reason why I diluted it to begin with. So watch the drying affects of it closely and if your hair looks a little dry afterwards, then make it every 3 days instead of every 2 days between garlic poo washes, okay?

Thank you! I'm actually tempted to wait until tomorrow. I'm honestly not too concerned since shedding seems to be fairly normal with this as well as the fact that I didn't even comb during those days...I'll wait until tomorrow night. Thank you! I may actually just skip the poo and DC with alter ego instead.
~*Janelle~*

 

[Aggie]

Thank you! I'm actually tempted to wait until tomorrow. I'm honestly not too concerned since shedding seems to be fairly normal with this as well as the fact that I didn't even comb during those days...I'll wait until tomorrow night. Thank you! I may actually just skip the poo and DC with alter ego instead.
~*Janelle~*

Good idea to wait. Skipping the poo and using the alter ego instead is also a good idea.

 

[Aggie]

Ladies I can not begin to tell you how nice my hair feels with this MT Rebuilder and oil mixture, I mean - WOW!!! I've been using MT officially now for 4 and a half weeks. My hair actually feels softerplexed. I thought that seeing that it has a high percentage of protein in it that my hair would be feeling a little crunchy, but quite the opposite is happening.

I relaxed my hair bone straight (absolutley no visible kinks was left in there) only 11 days ago and I already feel some kinks going on in my new growth area when I apply my MT nightly. Could my mind be playing tricks on me? I haven't taken any pics of it yet because I feel like it's too early to do so.

Right now I'm just loving how my hair feels and if OCT is anything like this or better then I may have to get it but if not, I can be very happy with the results I'm experiencing right now with my MT. I gatta admit, I'm a little surprised......in a good way.

 

[CocoBunny]

Thankfully it doesn't smell like garlic.[/quoteMy Nutrine Garlic Shampoo STINKS. The Nutrine garlic condtioner smeels good and of course Alter Ego Garlic Conditioner is yummy, but I can't say enough how horrible the Nutrine Shampoo smells.

 

[song_of_serenity]

Thankfully it doesn't smell like garlic.[/quoteMy Nutrine Garlic Shampoo STINKS. The Nutrine garlic condtioner smeels good and of course Alter Ego Garlic Conditioner is yummy, but I can't say enough how horrible the Nutrine Shampoo smells.

You, like me, probably got the one that wasn't unscented! LOL. The ingredients were garlic instead of extract so I used the more seemingly "potent" one.
~*Janelle~*

 

[Blaque*Angel]

wow, what are y'all doing about the itches?

i sprayed rosewater on my scalp but it only relieves it temporary

 

[sunshinebeautiful]

wow, what are y'all doing about the itches?

i sprayed rosewater on my scalp but it only relieves it temporary

I've applied MT for the third time now and I don't have any itches. Anyone else?