GROWUS Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX

GROWUS

Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX

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The GROWUS Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX is an intensive leave-in hair treatment designed to repair, strengthen, and protect damaged strands without the need to rinse. Formulated with a nourishing blend of proteins, botanical oils, and conditioning agents, this lightweight yet powerful treatment helps restore smoothness, reduce breakage, and improve overall hair resilience. It works to seal split ends and tame frizz while enhancing shine and softness. Perfect for dry, color-treated, or heat-damaged hair, this no-wash formula absorbs quickly without weighing hair down or leaving a greasy residue. The GROWUS Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX delivers salon-level repair and protection in a convenient, everyday step, leaving your hair silky, manageable, and visibly healthier with continued use.

Key Insights

Haircare

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Contains emollients Contains humectants Contains oils Contains proteins Contains silicones Moisturizing Protein-rich Sulfate-free

Active Ingredients

3
AHA Ceramides Vitamin C

Risks

3
Alcohol
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Silicone

Full Ingredients

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CYCLOPENTASILOXANE Silicone CYCLOHEXASILOXANE Silicone ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE Emollient ALCOHOL DENAT. Drying Alcohol PARFUM CAPRYLYL GLYCOL DIMER DILINOLEYL DIMER DILINOLEATE TOCOPHERYL ACETATE WATER SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT MELIA AZADIRACHTA LEAF EXTRACT MENTHOL Scalp Active MORINGA OLEIFERA SEED OIL Oil BUTYLENE GLYCOL Humectant BIOTIN HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED OIL Oil SEA WATER SACCHAROMYCES/RICE FERMENT FILTRATE GLYCERIN Humectant SACCHAROMYCES FERMENT FILTRATE 1,2-HEXANEDIOL CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE Emollient HYDROLYZED KERATIN Protein BIFIDA FERMENT LYSATE HYDROLYZED ELASTIN Protein SPIRULINA PLATENSIS EXTRACT HYDROGENATED LECITHIN HYDROLYZED COLLAGEN Protein MILK PROTEIN EXTRACT PEARL EXTRACT LECITHIN CERAMIDE NP DIOSPYROS KAKI FRUIT EXTRACT CAMELLIA JAPONICA LEAF EXTRACT CERATONIA SILIQUA FRUIT EXTRACT TROPOLONE ECKLONIA CAVA EXTRACT GELIDIUM CARTILAGINEUM EXTRACT LAMINARIA JAPONICA EXTRACT LACTOBACILLUS FERMENT LACTOCOCCUS FERMENT UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA EXTRACT BACILLUS FERMENT SOLUBLE COLLAGEN Protein CITRIC ACID ASPERGILLUS FERMENT HIZIKIA FUSIFORME EXTRACT POLYSORBATE 20 HYDROLYZED PEARL Protein AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS FERMENT ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN Humectant COLLAGEN Protein GLUTAMIC ACID ASPARTIC ACID GLUCOSE MANNOSE COLLAGEN AMINO ACIDS Amino Acid LYSINE ARGININE Amino Acid METHIONINE CYSTEINE Amino Acid SODIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN Protein HYDROLYZED RICE BRAN PROTEIN Protein HYDROLYZED RICE PROTEIN Protein HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN Protein HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN Protein DISODIUM EDTA Chelator MALTODEXTRIN SORBITOL Humectant FRUCTAN FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES OLIGOPEPTIDE-3 OLIGOPEPTIDE-1 CITRONELLOL GERANIOL LINALOOL EUGENOL LIMONENE TITANIUM DIOXIDE UV Filter

What this product is

Written from the ingredient list. Where it describes how a formula behaves, that is inferred from what the ingredients are and where they sit in the list, not measured.

Overview

Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX is a leave-in from GROWUS, aimed at wavy hair, curly hair and medium hair. On the evidence of its ingredient list, the formula works on shine, frizz control and protein & strength. The ingredients doing most of that work are Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclohexasiloxane and Isopropyl Myristate. The list runs to 81 ingredients, 28 of which carry a role we recognise for hair.

How it feels on hair

By the balance of its ingredients the formula reads as neither especially rich nor especially light. It contains Cyclopentasiloxane and Cyclohexasiloxane. Silicones smooth the cuticle and cut frizz on contact; they are also what a clarifying wash is for, because they do not rinse out with a mild shampoo.

Protein

This is a protein-heavy formula, built on Hydrolyzed Keratin, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Hydrolyzed Collagen and Soluble Collagen. Protein reinforces a damaged cortex, which is why bleached and high-porosity hair reaches for it — and why hair that is not damaged can end up feeling brittle after too much of it.

On the scalp

For the scalp itself the formula carries Menthol.

Build-up and porosity

Several ingredients here stay on the hair between washes — Cyclopentasiloxane and Cyclohexasiloxane — so on low-porosity or fine hair this is a formula that will want a clarifying wash from time to time.

Where it goes

It is a leave-in: applied after washing and not rinsed out. After towel-drying, apply an appropriate amount to mid-lengths and ends. Distribute evenly and style as usual. Can also be used on dry hair to tame frizz and add shine.

What it is not for

Nothing in this formula is aimed at scalp soothing, oil control, volume / lightweight and curl definition — not a fault, just the shape of what is in the bottle, and the reason one product rarely covers a whole routine. No ingredient here is one we recognise as supporting hair growth. Reducing breakage and growing hair are different things, and this formula's evidence is for the first.

In short

Working for it

  • No sulfate detergents
  • Carries repair-grade protein
  • Suitable for colour-treated hair

Worth knowing

  • Contains silicones that need clarifying
  • Prone to building up between washes
  • Contains fragrance

What it is

Leave-in Moisturizing

Who it suits

Read from the formula's weight, its build-up and its protein — not from a claim on the packaging.

Suits

Wavy hair Curly hair Medium hair

Take care with

Low porosity

What it works on

Shine Frizz control Protein & strength Moisture Damage repair

Not what this one is for

Scalp soothing Oil control Volume / lightweight Curl definition Color protection Build-up avoidance

Nothing in this formula is one we recognise as supporting hair growth. Reducing breakage and growing hair are different claims.

Cleansing agents

Sulfate-free.

Silicones

Contains silicones that do not rinse out with a mild shampoo — smoothing, but they need clarifying eventually.

CYCLOPENTASILOXANE CYCLOHEXASILOXANE

Protein

Protein-heavy formula.

HYDROLYZED KERATIN HYDROLYZED ELASTIN HYDROLYZED COLLAGEN SOLUBLE COLLAGEN HYDROLYZED PEARL COLLAGEN COLLAGEN AMINO ACIDS ARGININE CYSTEINE HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN HYDROLYZED RICE BRAN PROTEIN HYDROLYZED RICE PROTEIN HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN

Build-up and weight

Estimated from which ingredients are present and how high they sit in the list, not measured.

Reads as neither especially rich nor especially light.

High build-up potential.

CYCLOPENTASILOXANE CYCLOHEXASILOXANE

Porosity

Inferred from the formula's weight, humectants and protein.

Low porosity Suits

Cuticles are tight; moisture penetrates poorly.

Medium porosity Suits

Cuticles are moderately open; moisture is absorbed well.

High porosity Suits

Cuticles are open; moisture absorbs fast but is also lost rapidly.

Curly-Girl method

Does not fit the method.

Non-water-soluble silicone Drying alcohol

On the scalp

Dry scalp Sensitive scalp

Where it goes on wash day

  1. Shampoo
  2. Conditioner
  3. Treatment
  4. Leave-in
  5. Oil

Composition claims

"Free from" is only claimed when every ingredient on the label resolved to one we know.

Paraben-free Microplastic-free Sulfate-free Dye-free
Fragrance Drying alcohol Silicones

Safety

No ingredient in this formula is flagged in our pregnancy database. That is not medical advice — ask your doctor about anything you are unsure of.

Declared fragrance allergens: PARFUM, CITRONELLOL, GERANIOL, LINALOOL, EUGENOL, LIMONENE.

What the formula is made of

One ingredient usually does several jobs, so these counts add up to more than the list length.

28 of 81 ingredients carry a role we recognise for hair.

Protein · 12 Humectant · 4 Amino Acid · 3 Emollient · 2 Oil · 2 Silicone · 2 Chelator · 1 Drying Alcohol · 1 Scalp Active · 1 UV Filter · 1

Questions

What ingredients are in Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX?

CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, CYCLOHEXASILOXANE, ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE, ALCOHOL DENAT., PARFUM, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, DIMER DILINOLEYL DIMER DILINOLEATE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, WATER, SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT, MELIA AZADIRACHTA LEAF EXTRACT, MENTHOL, MORINGA OLEIFERA SEED OIL, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, BIOTIN, HELIANTHUS ANNUUS SEED OIL, SEA WATER, SACCHAROMYCES/RICE FERMENT FILTRATE, GLYCERIN, SACCHAROMYCES FERMENT FILTRATE, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, HYDROLYZED KERATIN, BIFIDA FERMENT LYSATE, HYDROLYZED ELASTIN, SPIRULINA PLATENSIS EXTRACT, HYDROGENATED LECITHIN, HYDROLYZED COLLAGEN, MILK PROTEIN EXTRACT, PEARL EXTRACT, LECITHIN, CERAMIDE NP, DIOSPYROS KAKI FRUIT EXTRACT, CAMELLIA JAPONICA LEAF EXTRACT, CERATONIA SILIQUA FRUIT EXTRACT, TROPOLONE, ECKLONIA CAVA EXTRACT, GELIDIUM CARTILAGINEUM EXTRACT, LAMINARIA JAPONICA EXTRACT, LACTOBACILLUS FERMENT, LACTOCOCCUS FERMENT, UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA EXTRACT, BACILLUS FERMENT, SOLUBLE COLLAGEN, CITRIC ACID, ASPERGILLUS FERMENT, HIZIKIA FUSIFORME EXTRACT, POLYSORBATE 20, HYDROLYZED PEARL, AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS FERMENT, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, COLLAGEN, GLUTAMIC ACID, ASPARTIC ACID, GLUCOSE, MANNOSE, COLLAGEN AMINO ACIDS, LYSINE, ARGININE, METHIONINE, CYSTEINE, SODIUM ASCORBYL PHOSPHATE, HYDROLYZED WHEAT PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED RICE BRAN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED RICE PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, DISODIUM EDTA, MALTODEXTRIN, SORBITOL, FRUCTAN, FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES, OLIGOPEPTIDE-3, OLIGOPEPTIDE-1, CITRONELLOL, GERANIOL, LINALOOL, EUGENOL, LIMONENE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE.

Is Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX sulfate free?

Yes. There is no sulfate detergent anywhere in the ingredient list.

Is Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX silicone free?

No. It contains Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclohexasiloxane, which do not rinse out with a mild shampoo and will want clarifying eventually.

Is Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX Curly-Girl friendly?

No — the formula contains a non-water-soluble silicone, a drying alcohol, which the method excludes.

What hair type is Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX for?

By the weight and build-up of the formula it reads as suited to wavy hair, curly hair, medium hair. It may be less comfortable on low-porosity hair.

Does Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX contain protein?

Yes — Hydrolyzed Keratin, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Soluble Collagen, Hydrolyzed Pearl, Collagen, Collagen Amino Acids, Arginine, Cysteine, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hydrolyzed Rice Bran Protein, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Hydrolyzed SOY Protein. That is a lot for this kind of product.

Does Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX cause build-up?

Likely — Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclohexasiloxane stay on the hair between washes. This is an estimate from the ingredient list, not a measurement.

Is Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX good for a sensitive scalp?

It carries scalp-soothing ingredients and no harsh detergent.

Is Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX safe for colour-treated hair?

Nothing in the formula is the kind of ingredient that strips colour, and it carries conditioning ingredients that help it hold.

Where does Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX go in a haircare routine?

After washing, on damp hair, and it is not rinsed out.

Is Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX fragrance free?

No. The list carries PARFUM, CITRONELLOL, GERANIOL, LINALOOL, EUGENOL, LIMONENE.

Who makes Damage Therapy No-Wash Treatment EX?

GROWUS.

Brand
GROWUS

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