is there anything else to combat your hairloss?

[Guest]

a dht blocker, minoxidil, coper peptide, anti-androgen (topical).

what is there else? or is that everything effective?

thx for your answers!

 

[Guest]

Yeah, someone here posted an article out of a German medical newspaper which talked about the positive effects of 2,5 mg Biotin a day. I take about 5mg, you can´t overdose it and it is very cheap.

 

[stampede]

Biotin is vitamin B7.

Too much B7 can make your male pattern baldness worse! Be careful!

300 microgrammes is the RDA, so I wouldn't want to take 5mg, since it's nearly 17 times too much.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B7 (see the "excess symptoms" bit).

 

[Guest]

here is the source:

Authors: Floersheim GL.
Institution: Dermatologie FMH, Rennweg 15,CH-4052 Basel; Switzerland.
Title: "An examination of the effect of biotin on alopecia and hair quality"
Source: Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten. Vol 67(3) (pp 246-252+255), 1992.

Abstract: The effect of a daily oral dose of 2,5 mg biotin was studied in 93 patients with the symptoms hair-loss (mostly androgenetic alopecia) and reduced hair quality. The mean duration of treatment was 7,9 +/- 2,8 months. An obvious improvement of hair-loss was reported in 64%, and a slight improvement in 9%. Hair quality was clearly improved in 70% and slightly in 12%. Brittle finger nails as an additional complaint were improved in 80%. If alopecia, decreased hair quality and brittle finger nails occurred in combination, improvement was observed frequently collectively. The study allows - as already shown in a previous investigation concerning brittle finger nails - to suggest biotin as an effective and well tolerated therapy in cases of alopecia and decreased hair quality.

maybe I am gonna split the Biotin into two. Not sure about it!

 

[docj077]

Biotin is vitamin B7.

Too much B7 can make your male pattern baldness worse! Be careful!

300 microgrammes is the RDA, so I wouldn't want to take 5mg, since it's nearly 17 times too much.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B7 (see the "excess symptoms" bit).

That's wrong Excess biotin is excreted in the urine.