While I'm here I do want to bring up a 3rd acid. And that is Valproic Acid. Valproic acid (including divalproex sodium, valproate sodium) is a prescription antiepileptic drug (AED) and mood stabilizer used to treat seizure disorders, bipolar disorder (manic episodes), and prevent migraines.
Valproic acts on the GABA receptor and ions of the brain. I bring Valproic Acid because it's been found that it can potentially induce follicle neogenisis (via wound inducing) and can stimulate the wnt pathway.
Now heres the ironic part, so just like oliec acid , valproic acid can only have a positive affect on follicles when topically! Patients the took the drug orally ( via tablets) hair loss was a thing being brought up... But when used topically it induces growth of hair.
Here's the result of a guy using Valproic Acid on his hairline via looksmax forum
I want to test this method of lowering the hairline (only topical). Once a week dermapen Valproic Acid (diy cream) calcipotriol Tretinoin (very low doses) CD34: topical PGE2 or topical Valproic acid(generic PGE2 gels is availble at 0.5% CD200: topical Calcitirol or Calcipotriol(generic creams...
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But (always a but with this androgenetic alopecia thing) Valproic Acid powder is very hard to source. Valproic Acid tablets can be "dissolved" but it's hard to dissolve which the guy in the picture complained about ( still got results as we can see even though it didn't dissolve 100 percent he literally has a feminine type hairline forming using this) there's other post on the looksmaxx forum that are going to be testing it out on their hairline and other parts of their head.
A couple of the guys ordered the powder it back in February but it still hasn't arrived....
Problem is, most DIY attempts to extract VPA from extended-release tablets (like Amvalor Chrono) turn into a headache: lumps, partial dissolutions, leftover binders, and no guarantee of a proper solution. On the flip side, sourcing “pure” VPA powder from random IndiaMart vendors is risky...
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I wonder if Valproic acid works the same as the Oliec Acid.