guys i have been lurking this forums since 2005.and have adequate knowledge on male pattern baldness.. initially i had the typical receding male pattern baldness at the side of my temples
Since then it has stabilised.. but hair seems to be thinning only.. i took finasteride for a few months at 1mg dosage and stopped. Never took it since 2005..
But on the topic of GLA and fish oil... I think GLA works ... its because my grandmum who is 70 yrs old , a female saw some benefits when she took some fish oil pills that contain GLA .. upoun checking i realised that .the fish oil is the OMEGA 369
EPA 60 mg
DHA 40 mg
GLA 33.3 mg
over a year the hair strands on her head was more.. previously it was like just much less strands. not only that my mum agrees with it as well. BTW we are Indians. Not Caucasian . though our genetic structures are kinda related or similar (* just afternote)
at the same time a 2018 study seems to confirm my observation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164340/
Since then it has stabilised.. but hair seems to be thinning only.. i took finasteride for a few months at 1mg dosage and stopped. Never took it since 2005..
But on the topic of GLA and fish oil... I think GLA works ... its because my grandmum who is 70 yrs old , a female saw some benefits when she took some fish oil pills that contain GLA .. upoun checking i realised that .the fish oil is the OMEGA 369
EPA 60 mg
DHA 40 mg
GLA 33.3 mg
over a year the hair strands on her head was more.. previously it was like just much less strands. not only that my mum agrees with it as well. BTW we are Indians. Not Caucasian . though our genetic structures are kinda related or similar (* just afternote)
at the same time a 2018 study seems to confirm my observation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164340/
Unsaturated fatty acid-derived prostaglandins, including latanoprost, isopropyl unoprostone, and bimatoprost, which have similar structures to omega-3, -6 and -9 fatty acids, have been shown to increase hair growth in mice or humans [24,25]. Studies on the reduction of hair loss using natural materials such as plants and seaweed containing unsaturated fatty acids have been conducted, with some studies showing that fermented foods such as cheese and yogurt are involved in regulation of gastric ulcer and inflammation [26,27]. Mackerel-derived fermented fish oil (FFO) contains omega-3 fatty acids, including docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) [28]. FFO is composed of about 57% unsaturated fatty acids and 40.8% saturated fatty acids, and DHA (7.4%) and EPA (5.4%) of FFO were reduced compared to those of unfermented fish oil. Nevertheless, DHA is the second most abundant unsaturated fatty acid in FFO [29].
While various effects of FFO containing DHA have been revealed in some studies for ameliorations of atopic dermatitis, memory loss and oxidative stress [29,30,31], reduction of hair loss using fermented materials have been rarely reported. We therefore investigated the effects and action mechanisms of FFO and DHA on hair growth.
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