Hair Million
Herbal formula for hair growth and restoration.
Rejuvinate your hair by taking safe and healthy herbs.
Lutein-6 and
Lutein-20
Lutein helps to protect your over-worked
eyes from aging and environmental harms.
Milk thistle
Silymarin helps to protect your liver, an
over-worked organ.
Saw palmetto
A herb that deters prostate enlargement.
Triple B Super Vision
Best eye nutritions in one tablet.
A visionary product for eyes.
Garlic, Ginger, and Grapeseed Extract
Majestic trio of garlic, ginger, and grapeseed
extract. What could be better?
Ginseng and Ginkgo
Ginseng and Gingko biloba together, for
sound body and sound mind.
DHEA
The hormone of youth and health.
Coenzyme Q10
Strong anti-oxidant that does your heart good.
Sleep Aid herbal formula
Good sleep, the best medicine.
Herbal Breath
Clean and healthy herbal breath.
Weight loss herbal formula
Best herbs for PMS and menopause.
Herbs for women's health.
Hair growth, hair restoration information pages.
What is hair?
Curly Hair
Biology of hair growth and development.
The phenomenon of hair loss.
Methods and treatments for hair loss and baldness.
Drugs and hair transplantation surgery for hair loss and baldness.
Hair loss linked to other health problems
Baldness by choice and fashion
Alopecia info.
Alopecia treatment info.
Alopecia treatment info.
Hair care info.
Hair loss and alopecia research articles: abstracts and source links.
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All Products
Double G SuperPower, Ginko Biloba...
AntiAging/AntiOxidants
Coenzyme Q10, Royal Jelly...
Eye Health/Vision Care
Triple B Super Vision, Lutein...
Liver Protection
Milk thistle, ViaVita Lecithin...
Breath/Stomach
Herbal Breath, Stomagic...
Immune Health/ Headache
Echinacea, Bye Mygrain... |
Sports and Stamina
Golden Ener-Z, DHEA, ProStamina...
Bodily Health/Tonic
Triple G Super Health, PeptiTonic...
Colon Cleansing/Weight Loss
Slim Essence, LaxaColon...
Hair Growth/Prostate Health
Hair Million, Saw Palmetto
Sleep Aid/Stress Care
Good Dream, MySerena...
For Women/menopause/PMS
Natural Wonder Woman, FeminiCare,... |
Hair Restoration
Baldness is difficult to cure. However, treatments are available for hair thinning and
hair loss problems to help promote hair growth and ward off hair thinning. For some
temporary types of alopecia, hair growth often resumes spontaneously.
The effectiveness of medications to treat hair thinning and hair loss varies significantly
among individuals depending on the cause and severity of alopecia. No supplement or
prescription drug works with 100% success rate. Traditional
herbal medicines have been in use for a long time, and have been anecdotally proven
to work with varying results depending on the response of the individual. "Anecdotal"
observation of efficacy and safety are based on large population and over long period
of time. However, these anecdotal convictions are not accepted as objective data. They
remain to be tested by scientifically controlled clinical trials under the guidance of
authorities, which requires a large sum of money. Herbs and nutrients are not attractive
candidate for investment because they are not patentable, thus not as potentially profitable
as chemically unique synthetic drugs that can be patented. This is why the herbal
treatment is regarded as dubious quackery. However, outside of the US, herbal treatments
have been respected and broadly practiced for centuries, in Asia and Europe and other
continents.
There are a few drugs currently approved by the FDA for treatment of alopecia.
Minoxidil is sold in the brand name
Rogaine, an over-the-counter drug, which is
approved for the treatment of hair loss. Rogaine is a liquid, 2% or 5% solution
of minoxidil, and rubbed on scalp twice a day for seveal months.
20-30% of the users experience varying
degrees of hair regrowth. Slower rate of hair loss is observed in more than 40%
of the users. The use of minoxidil often results in thinner and lighter hair than
original, sometimes resembling baby hair.
Side effects including headache, diarrhea, dryness and irritation of the scalp may occur.
The growth of new hair ceases soon after the discontinuation of the use of minoxidil.
Finasteride is a prescription
drug marketed under brand names Propecia and Proscar,
which purport to treat male pattern baldness, and are taken orally in pill form for
several months up to a year for visible positive effects. Like minoxidil, success rate
is modest and limited: some people taking finasteride experience a slowing of hair loss
and new hair growth. Like minoxidil, the hair growth effect ceases with the discontinuation
of Finasteride.
Finasteride works by inhibiting 5-alpha-reductase that the converts testosterone into
dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone that shrinks hair follicles and is an important
factor in male hair loss. Saw palmetto berry extract does the same, with little
side effects. Side effects of finasteride include reduced libido and sexual function.
Finasteride has neither been shown to be effective for women nor is approved for use by
women of childbearing age.
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