Skin Care alone won’t do it It’s an undeniable fact: all the expensive or inexpensive skin-care products in the world, even those that are brilliantly formulated, won’t prevent your skin from “aging” or wrinkling. Hormone loss, genetics, the simple act of growing older, gravity, muscle movement, sun damage, bone loss, and fat loss, all inevitably […]

Eyelash growth-enhancing products are starting to be sold by a small but growing number of cosmetics companies. In one form or another, products like these have been around for some time without much success. The success ratio changed when Jan Marini launched her Age Intervention Eyelash product, which contained an ingredient the company merely referred […]

The number of hair-growth products on the market is literally hair-raising! Sadly, however, very few actually grow hair, although the companies that sell them are taking in a lot of your money. Several products and product lines make claims about hair growth, including Avacor, BioFolic, Fabao 101, Folliguard, Folligen, Hair Factor PX-2000, Hairgenesis, Hair Prime, […]

Mention hair transplants to someone and it will immediately conjure up images of ob­vious, unsightly plugs of hair dotting someone’s scalp like bad patches of grass on a lawn. Hair transplants from a decade ago did use strips of hair, grafts of scalp, and the results appeared like rows of planted hairs growing from a […]

Melatonin is an herbal supplement. One study, published in the British Journal of Der­matology (February 2004, pages 341-345), stated that because melatonin has been reported to have a beneficial effect on hair growth in animals, it was of interest to evaluate the effect of melatonin on hair growth in women with male pattern baldness. The […]

Birth-control pills definitely affect hormones, and there are many conflicting opinions about their effect on hair loss or hair regrowth. Regrettably, there are few scientific studies on female pattern baldness, and even fewer when it comes to the effect of birth-control pills on this condition. The small amount of research that does exist shows that […]

Hormone blockers (such as spironolactone, cyproterone acetate, and flutamide) are oral drugs that specifically reduce the production of testosterone by the adrenal glands and can thereby prevent DHT from having an effect on the hair follicle. But these are serious drugs and are not a consideration for men due to their feminizing effects, but can […]

Ketoconazole is a topical and oral antifungal medication. It is used topically to reduce the presence of fungus that might be triggering dandruff, and orally to reduce systemic fungal infections. It has been observed that oral doses of ketoconazole can lower serum testosterone and thereby reduce the presence of DHT (Sources: Journal of Dermatological Science, […]

Tagamet (active ingredient cimetidine) is an oral medication commonly used for acid indigestion and to treat stomach ulcers and other digestive discomforts. However, Tagamet has been shown to have an anti-androgenic effect, meaning it blocks the binding of DHT, and that can in turn reduce hair loss (Source: International Journal of Dermatology, March 1987, pages […]