Zix, Zinc, B6 Home-made Topical: Any Consensus?

WangMQ

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So I came across this in a post by @worm .

Chiming a little late here, Ive been using a zinc/b6 mix called "zix" for over ten years and it's helped me maintain most of my hair since I quit finasteride 11 years ago - you make it yourself from vitamins I bought on amazon.

Zinc Sulfate and B6 p5p with ethyl alcohol (70%), very important to use "ethyl alcohol. I use plus pharma zinc, and ecological formulas b6 (in tablets). you may be able to find a better source of b6 though.

I just bought some azelaic acid from ebay to step up it's effectiveness.

I cant emphasize enough how much this helped me control my hair loss.

just google zix hair - I use the original zix

Cheers

Did a little search and it seemed to be the talk of the town back ten years ago mainly on HLH. A lot of guys claimed maintenance. A few with (seemingly temporary?) regrowth.

A guy named joe gave this open formula on his website and you can buy your own ingredients to make it at home.
http://www.qdbd.com/hair_formulas_7.htm

He also came up with a whole series of formulas over the years (super zix, super zix II, ...)

Study has it that zinc and b6 works agains 5AR (mainly type I):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3207614

However, study also has it that prolonged use of zinc might be detrimental to scalp and follicle by preventing the repairing of skin and depleting copper :
http://www.hairlosshelp.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=40223

The zix trend seems to have become silent after so many years.

If you used or are still using zix, please update us on your experience.
 

Afro_Vacancy

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Zinc, magnesium, vitamin B6 is the legendary oral "ZMA" supplement which supposedly boosts testosterone levels and muscle growth when taken orally before sleep.
 

WangMQ

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Zinc, magnesium, vitamin B6 is the legendary oral "ZMA" supplement which supposedly boosts testosterone levels and muscle growth when taken orally before sleep.
Orally that is. I read these too. Taking zinc for T seems common.
 
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