A partnership for National Alopecia Areata Awareness Month
QIQ (“Kick”) Skincare partners with the Children's Alopecia Project to help kids feel comfortable in their own skin
For kids living with alopecia, feeling comfortable in their own skin is both an emotional need and a literal one. Every QIQ Skin Savior Cleansing Spray helps fund CAP's camps, school visits, and community — turning everyday care into real-world support.
The Announcement
A partnership launched for National Alopecia Areata Awareness Month
Los Angeles, CA — August 31, 2026
QIQ — pronounced “kick” — the hypochlorous acid skin-health brand from Clinical Health Technologies USA, is partnering with the Children's Alopecia Project (CAP): the only nonprofit devoted specifically to children living with all forms of alopecia. Kicking off in September, the partnership turns everyday purchases into camp scholarships, school visits, and thoughtfully formulated daily care.
“Children should be thinking about camp, friends, school and everything they want to try next — not feeling defined by their condition.”
Jody Nicholas · QIQ Co-Founder
More than a skin condition
Alopecia is often described by what can be seen: hair loss. For kids, its impact reaches into classrooms, friendships, and the everyday experiences that shape self-esteem — and many also live with dermatitis, eczema, redness, and irritation. Since 2004, CAP has shifted the conversation from growing hair to growing confidence.
A shared definition of comfort
CAP gives children and families confidence, peer support, and community — the freedom to move through the world without being defined by a condition. QIQ brings biome-friendly, skin-compatible care that creates an environment where skin can thrive.
“When my daughter Maddie started losing her hair, what our family needed most wasn't a cure. We needed community — and people who understood that a child is so much more than a diagnosis.”
Jeff Woytovich · CAP Founder
The Missing Link
Why HOCl matters for an alopecia-affected scalp
Skin that has never been covered by hair behaves differently. Here's the plain-language version of what changes — and where a gentle hypochlorous mist fits into the day.
The Exposed Scalp Problem
Hair is a physical barrier. Without it, the scalp takes on direct UV exposure, loses moisture faster, and meets sweat, friction, and headwear that covered skin never has to deal with.
A Different Kind of Care Need
Without hair's natural protection, exposed skin can run drier, more sensitive, and more reactive — especially under hats, wigs, or headwear worn for hours at a time. Comfort here isn't optional, it's daily.
Where QIQ Fits
A gentle, alcohol-free hypochlorous mist cleanses and calms exposed skin without stinging or disrupting its natural balance — daily comfort for daily wear. This is skin comfort, not a hair or scalp treatment.
Why Hypochlorous Matters
- Dermatologist & pediatrician tested to cleanse, calm, soothe, and care for skin.
- No sting. Skin-neutral pH, non-irritating, non-toxic, non-sensitizing.
- Free from alcohol, lanolin, oils, benzalkonium chloride, steroids, antibiotics, and parabens.
- Manufactured to international standards in safety, reliability, and quality.
Hypobiome Technology™
High-purity, stabilized hypochlorous — biome-friendly and skin-compatible for all skin types.
Clinically tested
Dermatologist, pediatrician, and ophthalmologist tested.
Vegan
Plant-conscious formula, made without animal-derived ingredients.
No animal testing
Never tested on animals — cruelty-free from lab to bottle.
Free from the harsh stuff
No alcohol, steroids, fragrance, oil, parabens, or phthalates.
No sting, skin-neutral pH
Non-irritating and non-sensitizing for daily use on reactive, exposed skin.
The Mission
Where the support goes
Proceeds from every Skin Savior Cleansing Spray flow straight into CAP's programs — the camps, the classrooms, and the mentors that change how a childhood with alopecia feels.
What a purchase actually funds
Alopeciapalooza & Regional CAP Kid Camps
Camp scholarships give kids with alopecia and their families peers who understand their experience — sometimes for the first time. QIQ product kits come along for camp life.
CAP2U Speaking Tour
CAP founder Jeff Woytovich visits schools nationwide, turning curiosity into understanding before it becomes teasing or isolation.
CAP Kid Library Program
Alopecia-themed books donated to school libraries so kids see themselves on the shelf.
CAPCaresAboutYou.org
Connects kids and families with local mentors and support groups near them.
Dermatologist & School Outreach
Education sent directly to clinics, schools, and families who need answers today.
Every QIQ Skin Savior Cleansing Spray helps fund Alopeciapalooza, regional camps, and the CAP2U school tour — care turned into action.
CAP on the Road
The CAP2U van is hard to miss — that's the point.
Wrapped in the faces of Alopeciapalooza campers, the CAP van carries Jeff Woytovich and the CAP2U Speaking Tour from school to school — parking lot by parking lot, classroom by classroom, changing what kids see when they meet someone with alopecia.
The CAP2U Speaking Tour van — rolling CAP's message of confidence into schools nationwide
In Their Own Words
Real kids. Real stories. Real confidence.
Three short films with CAP kids and their families are in production now. Check back — or follow along on QIQ social.
Filming nowCAP Kid Interview 01 · Alopeciapalooza camper
“The first time I met someone who looked like me.”
Filming nowCAP Kid Interview 02 · CAP Kid & sibling
“What I wish my class knew about alopecia.”
Filming nowCAP Kid Interview 03 · CAP family
“Morning routines, sun, sweat — and feeling comfortable.”
Community Voices
The women showing CAP kids what comes next
Creators living with alopecia share their routines, their answers to the awkward questions, and the confidence that a younger version of themselves needed to see. More stories drop through awareness month.
Give back with every bottle
Proceeds from every QIQ Skin Savior Cleansing Spray support CAP programs — gentle daily care for your family, real camps for theirs.
Shop & give back
Support the CAP community
Donate directly to the Children's Alopecia Project's programs, camps, and school outreach.
Give a CAP kid hope todayIn the Press
QIQ partners with the Children's Alopecia Project
Media inquiries: Daniela Ciocan · daniela@clinicalhealthusa.com · 702-706-7210. CAP media: Jeff Woytovich · media@childrensalopeciaproject.org. Full press release available on request.