Biotin as a Hair Loss Supplement: Does it actually work?

Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens): Herbal Remedy for Androgenic Alopecia and Telogen Effluvium Hair Loss

Saw palmetto berries are one of the primary therapeutic parts of the Serenoa repens plant currently used in herbal medicine. What is saw palmetto? Saw palmetto is a plant extract that comes from the berries of Serenoa repens, a small palm tree that grows in the Southeastern United States. It may also be referred to as American dwarf palm tree, cabbage palm, Sabal, Serenoa serrulata, or Sabal serrulata. The extract of saw palmetto has unique antiandrogenic properties, and consists of fatty acids, phytosterols, beta-carotene (the precursor of vitamin A), polysaccharides, and vitamin E derivatives.  Uses of Saw Palmetto Besides being a treatment for hair loss, saw palmetto also has a variety of other uses. In my experience, to begin to truly understand a plant medicine, you have to at...

Apis Mellifica, Royal Jelly, Propolis, and Bee Venom for Hair Loss

Apis Mellifica and Bee Treatments for Hair Loss Ancient physicians once noted that if they applied a mixture of crushed honey bees and alcohol topically to the scalp as a remedy for hair loss, the patient’s hair would indeed did regrow. Today, scientists are experimenting with bee venom as a natural treatment for alopecia. And, like the ancient physicians who used crushed honey bees instead of an bee venom, today’s scientists have found that bee venom acts as a natural remedy for hair loss. Bee venom works to promote hair regrowth naturally by preventing the transition from anagen to catagen phase. According to studies bee venom was able to boost hair growth in a dose dependent manner compared to a control group of study participants who received minoxidil treatment instead. B...

Inositol Deficiency: Natural Treatment for Hair Loss, Gallbladder Dysfunction, and Fatty Liver Disease

 What is inositol?  Inositol (previously known as vitamin B8) is a water-soluble, vitamin-like substance that, like choline, is an essential part of all of the cell membranes in the body. It is present in a variety of different foods and is also produced by intestinal bacteria from glucose. It is also produced in the liver and kidneys. Technically, inositol is a sugar alcohol (note the ending “-ol”, like in sorbitOL, maltitOL, etc.), but unlike other sugar alcohols, inositol is actually a vital nutrient that the body needs in order to function properly.  There are actually 6 different forms of inositol. These are referred to inositol stereoisomers and are more or less the same except for the exact positioning of the hydroxyl groups in each isomer. The 6 natural forms of inositol are...

Brown Algae: Herbal Treatment for Hair Loss

Ecklonia cava and Ecklonia Kurome are types of brown algae that contain higher than average levels of iodine and that have the ability to make hair grow. Ecklonia Cava / Ecklonia Kurome as a Powerful Herbal Treatment for Hair Loss We've discussed the value of iodine as an essential nutritional supplement for hair regrowth. Ecklonia cava is an edible marine brown alga that grows in Korea and Japan. It contains an array of different bioactive compounds including: Iodine Peptides Phlorotannins Carotenoids Fucoidans The phlorotannins and polyphenols in Ecklonia cava are noteworthy for their ability to scavenge for free radicals, inhibit anitplasmin, inhibit cellular mutations, and for their ability to inhibit tyrosinase, and bacterial infections. Phlorofurofucoecko...

Why am I losing so much hair? Iodine Therapy, Cysteine, and Vitamin B12 Hair Loss Remedies

Big Pharma-sponsored content adamantly claims that there is no relationship between Iodine Deficiency and hair loss. I suppose that's because Big Pharma makes a lot of money off hair loss drugs that don't work to regrow hair, but also that make people with hair loss sicker. I've worked with clients in the past who took prescription and over-the-counter hair loss drugs only to later develop serious problems like neuropathy or pudendal neuralgia. If you're looking for a natural hair loss remedy, Iodine Therapy with vitamin B12 and Cysteine are an excellent place to start! Hair Loss Vitamin Deficiency and Mineral Deficiency Treatments That Also Restore General Health Most people who live in developed countries such as the United States are deficient in Iodine. Unless you specifically take...

Red Light Therapy for Hair Loss

How to Use Red Light Therapy for Hair Loss Red Light Therapy is not as gimmicky as you might think. The FDA has cleared this treatment modality which is elegantly simple using only LED lights of a particular wavelength to achieve its positive effects. The red LEDs stimulate hair growth by using 660 nm and 620 nm wavelengths of light to stimulate hair growth and the release of nitric oxide. If you purchase a red light therapy device for hair loss that covers the whole head, it’s easier to get broad scalp coverage and skin penetration.  Some studies have shown that 655 nm wavelengths of light also significantly diminished hair loss in men with androgenic alopecia. This study looked only at men with androgenic alopecia but there’s no reason to believe that this wavelength of light woul...

Thymus Peptides and Thymus Extract for Hair Loss

How to Regrow Hair Hair loss is a common problem. Both men and women suffer from hair loss which is perhaps why the hair loss links at our web site are so popular. Recently, we stumbled across thymus extract as a hair loss remedy while doing research to find an HIV cure. Thymus extract and topical products that contain Thymus peptides have the ability to help regulate the body’s immune system which is often malfunctioning when people experience hair loss. Studies at the University of California in San Francisco have discovered that thymus extract can be a valuable supplement for hair regrowth. Thymus Extract contains a type of immune cell that can control inflammation in the scalp and trigger stem cells directly in hair follicles to promote hair growth. Without the Regulatory T cel...

How to Use Essential Oils and DMSO to Regrow Hair

Introduction to the Use of DMSO and Essential Oils for Hair Loss The Alive-N-Healthy DMSO Guidebook - Buy Here! Essential oils are powerful, but they can be made even more powerful by using DMSO with them. Though it's possible to experiment with DMSO, there are some basic rules you MUST FOLLOW because DMSO is powerful stuff. Experiment at your own risk with DMSO! I always recommend that patients read a bit about the active ingredients in the essential oils that they're using first and even consult a doctor who uses DMSO regularly in their practice to determine which essential oils would couple best with this tree-derived substance. Essential oils are powerful medicines, but they can be made even more powerful by combining them with Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) . Though it's possible...

Sunlight and Hair Growth: Light as a Cure for Hair Loss

Sunlight is able to cure diseases and boost hair growth naturally by spurring the production of fumaric acid in the skin which is then used by the liver to produce ATP, the primary energy source for human cells. Sunscreen, on the other hand, disrupts reproductive hormones, increases our exposure to toxic chemicals that cause disease and it restricts sun exposure. A radical thought but maybe, just maybe---the sun can heal you. Radical, Heretical Facts about Sunlight Exposure and Hair Loss In a separate discussion, we’ve talked about the use of PUVA treatment for hair loss and red light therapy as a cure for hair loss, but in this discussion, we’re going to talk more directly about how sunlight can help you regrow hair. Sunlight, after all, contains full-spectrum light so it includes ligh...

PUVA Therapy for Hair Loss: Safe or Not?

Psoralea corylifolia is a natural source of NATURAL psoralen that can be used to treat hair loss at home in combination with 15 minutes daily of sunlight exposure (sans the sunscreen). PUVA Hair Loss Treatment in Conventional Medicine: A Critical Discussion Doctors have recently begun using a combination of psoralen and ultraviolet-A light exposure to treat hair loss. This phototherapy treatment, PUVA, is a conventional medicine therapy that has been used on psoriasis patients for quite some time, despite the fact that there are natural cures for psoriasis that offer a very high success rate. But when we stumbled across the scientific literature on the use of PUVA for hair loss in conventional medicine and its effectiveness in some cases of alopecia, we were excited about it, because it...