Let's face it: when it comes to looking good, we'll stop at nothing to achieve the desired results. Ingesting alarming quantities of grapefruit or giving that hot-wax-wielding aesthetician free reign over our virgin brows are never out of the question.

But don't let them fool you: there is an exception to the beauty-equals-pain phenom that doesn’t involve that shady colon-cleansing clinic above your office. Noel Sy's newest treatment, quite simply a "facial" for your scalp, promises to bring your sun-worshipping strands back to tip-top shape, in less than 90 minutes.

After dousing our scalp with a reparative fortifying oil, specialist Claire Chae reached for her go-to stress reliever: a warm, lavender-scented neck roll; a soft eye compress; and a paraffin wax treatment to mend our admittedly un-manicured hands. We zoned out instantly.

Then we noticed the Beauty Scope so explicitly projecting our scalp problems onto a screen for all to see. Ok, so it was about the size of a small laptop monitor, but still, thank God for private rooms. After using a combination of massage techniques, paddle brush movements and detoxifying lotions and potions, Chae managed to allay our issues in just under an hour.

With that, she popped us under a dryer, gave us the latest InStyle and instructed us to remain still for the 20-minute period before applying an antiseptic spray to calm the scalp and seal the pores. After a few more minutes of dryer action, we saw the results on (you guessed it) the soul-bearing Beauty Scope screen.

Post-treatment, we found our tresses slightly bouncier than usual, with the sheen dialed up and the oiliness dialed way, way down. We even managed to go a few extra weeks between dye touch-ups; with roots this shiny, forgoing that good old bleachy burn became easier than choosing sides in the Gosselin custody battle.

(We're with Kate, for the record.)