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ELV / About

Elevren was started by a hair loss patient.
Not by a marketing team.

Elevren is an online, dermatologist-led hair care service in Pakistan for androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium and alopecia areata. This page is how it started and what we believe.

35+ iterations

Our compounded formulations went through more than 35 versions before we were happy with them.

PG free

Every formulation is propylene glycol free.

32 patients · 7 months

Our own trial: 32 patients saw significant hair density after seven months of the full programme. It is small, and results vary.

Medically reviewed by Research team, Elevren.

ELV / 01 · Where we came from

A letter from our founder

UsmanFounder · AGA patient

I have androgenetic alopecia. I was a patient long before I was a founder.

I have had it for over ten years. I once had such good hair that it was hard to comb. I lost it over time, and I thought it was just a hectic routine and a stressful work life.

So I tried everything the market had to offer. Aesthetic clinics and different therapeutic procedures. Over-the-counter topicals. Oral medication. PRP. A hair transplant, here and abroad.

Every one of them came with a new promise. None of them came with someone who stayed to see what happened next. And a procedure is easier to trust when the person advising you is not the one selling it.

What I eventually understood is something no product label tells you. Androgenetic alopecia is a chronic condition. It does not end when a course ends. Treatment that lasts needs a dermatologist who keeps watching, adjusts the plan, and checks the cause again.

So we built that. Not a product. A programme.

First, the formulations. Our team went through more than 35 iterations of compounding before we were willing to put a version in a patient’s hands. We changed bases, ingredients and strengths. We took out what irritated the scalp, and every formulation is now propylene glycol free.

Then the dermatologist. Your history stays with your dermatologist throughout the programme, so you do not retell your story at every visit. They examine your scalp for every possibility, and they check the risks: your clinical history and any other medication you use. Your blood reports and your diet plan show them what sits underneath. For androgenetic alopecia that means addressing DHT and the cause behind it. For telogen effluvium it means finding the trigger. For alopecia areata it means confirming the pattern and being clear about what we can and cannot do.

Then the follow-ups. Your dermatologist decides when: a month, three months, or sooner. Each time, you tell us how it is going and send a fresh photo of your scalp. They review it, and they may or may not change your treatment. That is the whole point of having one.

And when a procedure might help, such as PRP or exosomes, or the right moment around a hair transplant, we tell you when. We do not run an aesthetic clinic, so there is nothing in it for us. Our advice is independent, and it is in your favour.

We write a diet plan around each patient’s own conditions, even something as ordinary as high blood pressure, and we help with the parts nobody sells: stress, sleep and daily habits.

We ran the full programme, end to end, on 32 patients. After seven months they saw significant hair density. It is a small trial and we say so, and results still vary from person to person.

Is it perfect? No. Results vary, and no treatment can guarantee a result. That is why your dermatologist keeps checking, and why we keep going after the first review.

If you have been through the same cycle of starting over, we would like to be the place you stop.

UsmanFounder, Elevren

ELV / 02 · Who we help

Three kinds of hair loss.
One rule: find the cause first.

AGA

Androgenetic alopecia

Pattern hair loss driven by DHT sensitivity. It is chronic, so it needs ongoing dermatologist monitoring, not a single course.

Ongoing monitoring

TE

Telogen effluvium

Heavy shedding set off by a trigger such as illness, stress, childbirth or a nutritional gap. Finding and addressing the trigger comes first.

Find the trigger

AA

Alopecia areata

Patchy hair loss linked to the immune system. A dermatologist confirms the pattern, and we say plainly when a case needs in-person care.

Confirm the pattern

ELV / 03 · What a plan is made of

One plan, built around the cause

Not every plan uses every part. The dermatologist decides what you need.

See what each monthly plan includes and costs on our care plans page.

  1. 01 Blood-report review

    We read your reports before anything is prescribed. Together with your diet plan, they give your dermatologist insight into the long-term causes underneath.

  2. 02 A close scalp check

    Your dermatologist examines your scalp for every possibility, and checks the risks: your clinical history and any other medication you use.

  3. 03 Diagnosis

    They confirm the pattern and which condition you have: androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium, alopecia areata or something else.

  4. 04 The cause and DHT

    Where the condition is androgenetic alopecia, the plan addresses DHT alongside the cause behind it.

  5. 05 Compounded treatment

    Formulated for a healthy scalp and for scalp dermatitis, with the RCP peptide complex (Rydensyl, Capixyl and Procapil), and a prescription ingredient only where your dermatologist decides it suits you.

  6. 06 Propylene glycol free

    No propylene glycol in any formulation.

  7. 07 A diet plan for you

    Written around the conditions each patient has. Someone with high blood pressure gets a plan that fits it, not one sheet handed to everyone.

  8. 08 Stress and lifestyle

    Practical guidance on stress, sleep and daily habits, because they move hair too.

  9. 09 Follow-up on your clock

    Your dermatologist decides when: one month, three months or sooner. Each time you fill in a follow-up assessment and share a fresh scalp photo, and they may or may not change your treatment.

  10. 10 Procedure timing

    Independent advice on the best time for PRP, exosomes, or the weeks before and after a hair transplant. We run no aesthetic clinic, so there is nothing for us to sell.

ELV / 04 · Our promises

What you can count on

Not slogans. Each one is a decision about how Elevren works, and what it means for you. Open any of them for the longer story, or read our dermatologist-reviewed articles.

00

Start here

These are the promises Elevren is built around.

The longer story

These are the promises Elevren is built around. Each one is a decision we made about how hair care should work, usually because we lived the alternative.

Read them in order, or open the ones that matter to you. If something here is not true of your care, we want to hear about it.

01

One dermatologist who remembers

Your history stays with your dermatologist for the whole programme.

The longer story

Hair loss is a long story, and the most useful part of it is the order in which things happened. When did the shedding start? What changed that year? What did you try, and what did it do?

At Elevren, your history stays with your dermatologist for the entire programme. You tell it once. Every review, every adjustment and every follow-up is made by someone who already knows the whole picture, instead of someone reading a chart for the first time.

For a condition that unfolds over months and years, that continuity is a big part of the point.

02

Look closely, then look again

We check your scalp closely for every possibility, then we check the risks.

The longer story

Hair loss is not one condition. Pattern hair loss, shedding after a trigger and patchy hair loss can look similar from a distance and need very different handling. So before anything is prescribed, your dermatologist examines your scalp closely for every possibility, not just the one you came in worried about.

Then they check the risks. That means your clinical history and any other medication you use, because a treatment that suits one person can be wrong for another.

This is slower than recommending a product. It is also the only order that makes sense.

03

The cause is often not on your scalp

Blood reports and diet plans show your dermatologist what sits underneath.

The longer story

Hair is a late messenger. By the time it thins or sheds, whatever is behind it may have been going on for a while: a deficiency, a hormonal or thyroid issue, stress, what you eat, how you sleep.

That is why a plan starts with your blood reports, and why we write a diet plan around your own conditions, including something as ordinary as high blood pressure. Together they give your dermatologist insight into the long-term causes, not only the visible ones.

A treatment that only covers the scalp is half a plan.

04

Follow-up is a conversation

You report in, send a fresh photo, and your dermatologist decides what changes.

The longer story

A follow-up is not a reminder email. Each time, you fill in a follow-up assessment, tell us honestly how it is going, and share a fresh photo of your scalp.

Your dermatologist reviews both, and they may or may not change your treatment. Sometimes the right answer is to adjust a strength or add something. Sometimes it is to change nothing and keep going. Both are decisions, and both are made by a person who has your history in front of them.

Either way, you leave each review knowing why.

05

Your dermatologist sets the clock

One month, three months or sooner. The dermatologist decides.

The longer story

There is no fixed calendar. Some patients need a check after a month. Some after three. Some sooner than that.

Your dermatologist decides, based on your scalp, your history and how the treatment is going, not on a schedule that suits us. If something needs attention earlier, that is when the review happens.

06

Advice with nothing to sell

We run no aesthetic clinic, so our advice is independent.

The longer story

We do not own an aesthetic clinic. We do not perform procedures. That is deliberate.

So when we say PRP or exosomes might help, or that a hair transplant should wait, there is no procedure in it for us. Our advice is independent, and it is in favour of the patient, not for financial gain.

A recommendation is easier to trust when the person making it gains nothing from your answer.

07

A roadmap for the procedures

We tell you the best time for PRP, exosomes, or around a hair transplant.

The longer story

Procedures work best when they come at the right moment, and the right moment depends on where your hair loss is and what your treatment is doing.

So we give you an independent roadmap: the best time to go for therapeutic treatments such as PRP or exosomes, and the right timing before and after a hair transplant. You are not left to guess, and you are not told “now” by the person who would be paid for it.

What you do with the roadmap is up to you.

08

Chronic means ongoing

Androgenetic alopecia does not end when a course ends.

The longer story

Androgenetic alopecia is a chronic condition. It does not finish when a course finishes, and a bottle on its own does not manage it.

This is what our founder learned the hard way, after more than ten years and every route he could find: treatment that lasts needs a dermatologist who keeps watching, adjusts the plan, and checks the cause again.

We built Elevren around that, so continuing care is how it works from the first day.

09

Gentle enough to keep using

Every formulation is propylene glycol free, and went through 35+ versions.

The longer story

A treatment only works if you keep using it, and people stop using things that sting.

So we spent a long time on the formulation. Our team went through more than 35 iterations of compounding, changing bases, ingredients and strengths, and removing what irritated the scalp. Every Elevren formulation is now propylene glycol free.

It is made for a healthy scalp and for scalp dermatitis, with the RCP peptide complex (Rydensyl, Capixyl and Procapil), and a prescription ingredient only where your dermatologist decides it suits you. Version 35 is not the last. If we find a better formula, we will change it.

10

No miracle cures

Results vary, and we say so, even though our own trial was encouraging.

The longer story

No treatment can guarantee a result, and results vary from person to person. We put that in writing because it is true, and because a promise we could not keep would be the opposite of everything above.

What we can tell you is what we have seen. We ran the full programme, end to end, on 32 patients. After seven months they saw significant hair density. It is a small trial, and we say so.

We would rather you start with realistic expectations and a dermatologist watching than with a miracle.

11

Hand-picked dermatologists

Deep knowledge of hair science, grounded in clinical research and evidence.

The longer story

We do not take whoever is available. We choose our dermatologists by hand, for deep, specialised knowledge and experience in hair science, grounded in clinical research and evidence-based practice.

Just as important, we look for dermatologists who put the patient at the top of their priorities when they build a pathway to a healthy scalp and better hair.

You are trusting one person with your history for months. We take choosing that person seriously.

12

See the price first

Starting costs nothing. You see the recommendation and the price before you decide to pay.

The longer story

You should know what you are agreeing to. So Elevren charges nothing to start. You share your history and photos, a dermatologist reviews your case, and you see the recommendation and the price before you decide whether to pay.

If it is not for you, you have lost a little time and nothing else.

ELV / 05 · Vision

Everyone losing hair in Pakistan gets a diagnosis, and a dermatologist who stays.

A clear answer on the cause, a treatment made for their scalp, and someone watching how it goes for as long as it takes.

ELV / 06 · Mission

Find the cause, treat it properly, and keep checking whether it is working.

We say plainly that results vary and no treatment can guarantee a result. What we offer is one dermatologist who knows your history, advice with no procedure to sell, and follow-ups timed to you.

ELV / 07 · Team

The people behind your plan

Four roles, each with one clear job in your care. We hand-pick our dermatologists for deep knowledge and experience in hair science, grounded in clinical research and evidence, and for putting patients first when they build a pathway to a healthy scalp and better hair.

Founder

Founder

Started Elevren after his own androgenetic alopecia. Over a decade of building technology platforms and working with public-private partnership programmes around the world.

Usman · Founder

Clinical

Dermatologists

Review every assessment, diagnose androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium or alopecia areata, set the plan, and see the case again at follow-up. Nothing is prescribed before they have reviewed the history and photos.

Dr Rabia Ghafoor · Consultant Dermatologist

Pharmacy

Pharmacist

Has formulated pharmaceutical products for many years, and works on the formulations: the compounding iterations, the propylene glycol free bases, and how the treatment is prepared, packed into the monthly kit and delivered.

Dr Marium · Pharmacist

People

HR

Recruits and supports the clinicians and care team behind each plan, so patients are looked after by people who are properly onboarded and supported.

Sana · HR

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