A preparation for hair, comprising A) at least one of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and ammonium salts of thiocyanic acid, B) at least one of estrogens, sulfur, sulfide ions, vasodilators, skin-active vitamins, inorganic selenium compounds, amino acids, and carboxylic acids physiologically occurring in the skin or mixtures thereof, and C) auxiliary and carrier materials selected from the group consisting of ethanol, glycerol, alkali metal alkanesulfonates, polyethyleneglycols, wool wax alcohols, triglycerides, and Alcoholes emulsivicantes, wherein thiocyanate ions are present in a concentration of from 0.001 to 1% by weight based on the total weight of the preparation.