My Zix Experience - How B6 And Zinc Have Saved My Hair
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What is it? Zix or hydrocortisone?
My hairloss should be aggresive. My dad and maternal grandfather were Norwood III at 27 and I am 27 right now and still having a Norwood II. How I did this? Probably mostly due to PFS derailing my natural male pattern baldness progression.
Well looking at both my dad and my maternal grandfather I have a clear NW6 destiny waiting for me.
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Cool, glad to hear, please keep us updated. It took me a month om this new formulation to notice an improvement. Do u have lots of shedding at the moment?
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Sorry brother, I've been off line the past few days enjoying the holidays with family. Are you still using minoxidil? I would try zinc or zix in the morning, then use minoxidil in the evening to make sure they are well spaced apart. See how that goes.
It seems like you respond well to minoxidil but your male pattern baldness is winning the war, so an anti dht solution should do you well. I'd try the zinc in the morning, it may take a month to respond. Make sure you spread them apart by at least 6 hours. You may want to add b6 eventually, but don't jump the gun. I've read about a few who are getting excellent results using both. Peppered throughout this thread I've posted a few posts where people have been getting great results using both.
- I wash my hair with a sulfate free shampoo
- Volumizing conditioner
- While hair is still very wet I rake a little bit of bounce curl light creme gel together with a little bit of shea moisture curl enhancing smoothie
- Let air dry for 30-50 minutues
- Add shea moisture root lifting styler and blowdry with diffuser
I do this process every other day.
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Thank you for the reply bro. So should I try Zix or Zinc ? Or are they the same thing. And do you know a website that’s tells me what I need to purchase to make the formula ?
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I would first try zinc, i posted the formula on the last page.
This is the brand of zinc i use - it's $5, and will last you 2 years or so.
https://www.amazon.com/PlusPharma-Z...0089&sr=8-1&keywords=plus+pharma+zinc+sulfate
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my hairloss is pretty aggressive. If people are getting good results with Zix topically & minoxidil. I would rather try that. Can you take both Zix and Zinc? Or is is best to just do one ?
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sorry I’m new to this. But is the Zinc a topical or a pill.
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It’s a pill but you dissolve it in water and ethanol. It’s zinc sulfate. Read worm’s formula everything you need to know is there.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3207614
"The effects of zinc sulphate and azelaic acid on 5 alpha-reductase activity in human skin were studied using an in vitro assay with 1,2[3H]-testosterone as substrate. When added at concentrations of 3 or 9 mmol/l, zinc was a potent inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase activity. At high concentrations, zinc could completely inhibit the enzyme activity. Azelaic acid was also a potent inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase; inhibition was detectable at concentrations as low as 0.2 mmol/l and was complete at 3 mmol/l. An additive effect of the two inhibitors was observed. Vitamin B6 potentiated the inhibitory effect of zinc, but not of azelaic acid, suggesting that two different mechanisms are involved. When the three substances were added together at very low concentrations which had been shown to be ineffective alone, 90% inhibition of 5 alpha-reductase activity was obtained. If this inhibition is confirmed in vivo, zinc sulphate combined with azelaic acid could be an effective agent in the treatment of androgen related pathology of human skin."
Fascinating. Did I overlook it or did no one actually post this?
"The effects of zinc sulphate and azelaic acid on 5 alpha-reductase activity in human skin were studied using an in vitro assay with 1,2[3H]-testosterone as substrate. When added at concentrations of 3 or 9 mmol/l, zinc was a potent inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase activity. At high concentrations, zinc could completely inhibit the enzyme activity. Azelaic acid was also a potent inhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase; inhibition was detectable at concentrations as low as 0.2 mmol/l and was complete at 3 mmol/l. An additive effect of the two inhibitors was observed. Vitamin B6 potentiated the inhibitory effect of zinc, but not of azelaic acid, suggesting that two different mechanisms are involved. When the three substances were added together at very low concentrations which had been shown to be ineffective alone, 90% inhibition of 5 alpha-reductase activity was obtained. If this inhibition is confirmed in vivo, zinc sulphate combined with azelaic acid could be an effective agent in the treatment of androgen related pathology of human skin."
Fascinating. Did I overlook it or did no one actually post this?
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That study is from 1988 . Lameless, not a single university made a study in vivo about this, shameless . But, it was tested in many forum users, it was very popular back in 1997 on hairsite . Do a search and you will find a very popular post about it.
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Bro can you please post the link to your formula again. And exactly how to make It. I’m desperate to get started. I really neeed your help
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It's on the previous page - https://www.hairlosstalk.com/intera...ave-saved-my-hair.101629/page-40#post-1597335
Otherwise read page one for more info
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Yes, that's what i use and what Joe strictly recommends.
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And do I open the capsules, or let them dissolve in the water ?