Someone wanted to know about the outcome of my hair loss research so I thought I would quickly write up what I’m planning to try for the next year or so. No word on how well it works yet.
I understand that the largest single component of marine proteins is glycine, which also seems to be helpful for improving sleep and preventing diabetes per examine.com, so I’m going to start taking 3-4g of glycine before bed every night: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LBILPCG/ (Romeo pointed out that taking marine proteins harvested from marine creatures might involve consuming excess mercury etc. which is another reason to take synthetic glycine. BTW, with regard to the diabetes thing, the CDC says more than 1 in 3 American adults is prediabetic and 88% of them don’t know this.)
I thought I might as well try emu oil, since right now my main issue is a receding hairline.
2% ketoconazole shampoo at least until my supply runs out.
Once I’ve been able to figure out how effective all this stuff is, maybe I’ll buy this and see if it seems to make a difference when added to the above in 6 months, otherwise return it. This review was optimistic about lasers, although this webpage points out that the parameters may matter quite a bit; I chose the iRestore based on low cost rather than optimism about its parameters.
I think this should be safer/less sketchy than the big 3 and fairly low cost, but plausibly less effective on expectation; let me know if you disagree.
I didn’t end up sticking to this because of various life disruptions. I think it was a bit helpful but I’m planning to try something more intensive next time.
Someone wanted to know about the outcome of my hair loss research so I thought I would quickly write up what I’m planning to try for the next year or so. No word on how well it works yet.
Most of the ideas are from this review: https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/492035
I’m planning to replace oral caffeine consumption with caffeinated shampoo/conditioner: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076FHJ3K5/ (In my experience caffeine is absorbed through the skin just fine)
Gonna start taking this as a source of procyanidin B2 and zinc: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K7GIMCU/
I understand that the largest single component of marine proteins is glycine, which also seems to be helpful for improving sleep and preventing diabetes per examine.com, so I’m going to start taking 3-4g of glycine before bed every night: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LBILPCG/ (Romeo pointed out that taking marine proteins harvested from marine creatures might involve consuming excess mercury etc. which is another reason to take synthetic glycine. BTW, with regard to the diabetes thing, the CDC says more than 1 in 3 American adults is prediabetic and 88% of them don’t know this.)
Everyone on hair loss forums seems to love microneedling and this study got a large effect size. Here is one microneedling guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/tressless/comments/a660h7/unofficial_dermapenroller_guide/
I thought I might as well try emu oil, since right now my main issue is a receding hairline.
2% ketoconazole shampoo at least until my supply runs out.
Once I’ve been able to figure out how effective all this stuff is, maybe I’ll buy this and see if it seems to make a difference when added to the above in 6 months, otherwise return it. This review was optimistic about lasers, although this webpage points out that the parameters may matter quite a bit; I chose the iRestore based on low cost rather than optimism about its parameters.
I think this should be safer/less sketchy than the big 3 and fairly low cost, but plausibly less effective on expectation; let me know if you disagree.
How are things progressing?
I didn’t end up sticking to this because of various life disruptions. I think it was a bit helpful but I’m planning to try something more intensive next time.
Did you end up trying the microneedling? I’m curious about that route.
Yes, I tried it. It gave me a headache but I would guess that’s not common. Think it’s probably a decent place to start.