primrose + fish oil? "Treatment of male pattern baldness and of unwanted hair growth."

protos Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:12 am

Anyone tried this?

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In a test of the effectiveness of the invention, four middle-aged males with rapidly progressing baldness were treated orally with either 6g of evening primrose oil or 6g of a mixture of evening primrose oil and concentrated fish oil (20%) per day. The primrose oil provided approximately 90mg of 18:3n-6 (gamma-linolenic acid, GLA) per gram and the fish oil 180mg of 20:5n-3 (eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA) and 120mg of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) per gram. After delays of 4 to 8 weeks, all four individuals reported unequivocal hair growth, with extension of hair growth to previously bald areas of the scalp, and a strengthening of growth in those areas where hair was present but thinning. Topical application of the unsaturated fatty acids provides better results by increasing the concentration of the fatty acid at the hair follicle level.

shaftless Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:47 am

Worth a try...but it's nothing new. You'd probably woulda heard of a lot of success stories by now. And fish oils dont seem to absorb easily on the skin. But I could be wrong.

Kazbar Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:39 pm

Might want to try the odourless stuff.

goten574 Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:04 pm

Is evening primrose estrogenic?

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primrose + fish oil? "Treatment of male pattern baldness and of unwanted hair growth."

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