Nashville Hairline
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The Natural said:[quote="Nashville Hairline":1s2c3609]I'd love if supplements did actually work but while I'm seeing not a single human on the internet who can show pictures of maintenance or improvement of male pattern baldness over time with just supplements then I have to assume the "success" stories are the usual unverified testimonials.
Given your extended history at some of these hair loss forums, I was surprised to see your regimen of saw palmetto, cod liver oil, zinc, and B vitamins.
From what I have read and experienced, an internal regimen like this won't do much, if anything, for your hair loss. Further, if your EFAs are unbalanced, they could accelerate your hair loss.
DHT inhibitors like Saw Palmetto are not an effective long term treatment for hair loss. Neither are zinc and B vitamins. Any success that you experience with these herbs and vitamins will be brief, never to return, once your body has adjusted to them.[/quote:1s2c3609]
Yes, I need to update that..I really only take zinc and vit B for dietary reasons, I've long since given up the idea that they are affecting my male pattern baldness on way or another. I've also dropped SP
Those studies you posted aren't great tbh - the Vitamin C one seems to be only its benefits to hair growth, there's no mention of male pattern baldness. The Tocotrienols one is with an extremely small sample size (only 19 people, with only 11 taking the supps) and isn't double-blinded so is hugely unreliable. The Resv/Curc is also a very small study group