Category: Hair Products

I see in a previous post that you believe that St. John’s Wort will not directly contribute to hair loss. My question is, will St. John’s Wort inhibit or decrease the effectiveness of Propecia? Since Propecia is absorbed in the liver, and St. John’s Wort has been shown to decrease absorbtion of certain drugs, could it also be affecting the level of DHT bockers in the blood stream, thereby reducing propecia’s potency? I currently only take 2 300 mg tablets of St. John’s Wort at bedtime (I take my Propecia at bed time as well). Thanks in advance for your reply.

St. John’s wort is an herbal product used for its flavor or potential therapeutic in treating mild to moderate depression. In my opinion, a healthy liver should not have a problem with both St. John’s wort and Propecia. Discuss this with your prescribing physician. Like many other herbal products, there is not enough research on long term treatment, safety, and effectiveness of this product.

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i recently went to the doctors and i was worried about the thinning of my hair, and that my scalp was extremly itchy a lot. He told me to use selsun blue or sebulex, beucase it was most likely the sebacious something? (not really sure what he said it was). But i was wondering if i should go get it checked out from a dermatologist, if its something else. AS well, all the females on the mothers side have thin hair, but none of the men do, or did. Just wondering?

thanks

Some doctors feel that selenium has value in treating hair loss, but there is no proof that there is a deficiency of selenium with hair loss. There are even numerous claims that selenium causes hair loss. It is very confusing and I have no direct knowledge to based an opinion on.

Head and Shoulders Intensive Treatment and Selsun Blue both contain selenium sulfide, but this is topical and not in the vitamin supplement area. These two shampoos are both good shampoos, but I do not believe that they will help treat your hair loss. For more on selenium, see Medline.

I’ve been using MiN New York’s shampoo for more than a year now and I swear it has worked wonders for my hair. The ingredients are all high-quality (no sulfates, etc.) and it contains all sorts of DHT blocking compounds. It’s the best shampoo I’ve ever used, and I’ve used a lot.

I know you are skeptical of a shampoo’s ability to re-grow hair, and rightfully so. I don’t think MiN re-grows anything; what it does is create a healthier scalp environment. You can’t grow good crops in poor soil, and the same goes for hair. I use 1mg finasteride in the morning, minoxodil at night and MiN products throughout the day. My hair looks better now than it has at any time over the last few years.

Well, I like that you are using standard medications (finasteride and minoxidil) with your MiN products. Without good controlled studies though, nobody can tell which drug or product is giving you the benefits you’re seeing.

The claim that this shampoo is a DHT blocker flunks FDA regulations by making a medical claim that can not be backed up by the type of scientific research that the FDA supervises in their approval process. Don’t believe everything you read.