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Viviscal for Women?

Hello,I am a 31 years old female and a mother of one child. I am currently losing hair on the top of my head, you can actually see scalp. My hair has become very thin. I have always had fine hair but it is curly so I can cover it up very easily. I have been looking around for something to help me and came across Viviscal. Would you recommend this for a woman who has excessive body hair? If not what do you recomend? I thought of Rogaine but I hate the idea of having to take it forever.

Thank you

ViviscalI don’t recommend Viviscal, as it hasn’t been proven to my satisfaction to treat hair loss. It also isn’t FDA approved, as it is just regarded as an over the counter supplement. The key ingredient appears to be a marine protein extract, so if you’ve got a fish allergy you should steer clear. Another key ingredient is vitamin C. While the product might help nourish your hair, I don’t know that it would treat hair loss, particularly if it is genetic in nature. Otherwise if you wish to use it, that is your choice to make.

For women, your options for treating hair loss are unfortunately rather limited. Have you seen a doctor to find out what the possible cause of your hair loss is? We compiled a partial list of female hair loss causes here.


2011-01-27 08:36:33Viviscal for Women?

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Vitamins and hair loss

John Bell, M.S Business Marketing, University of Toronto (2005)
Answered Nov 12

Yes, it does. Your hair thrives on vitamins, but it can be hard to maintain optimum levels. The reason for that is because the sources for all of these vitamins can be so varied. It’s hard for most people to fit all the different foods in which all of these vitamins are found. Also, if you are lacking a significant amount of any single vitamin, your hair can be affected severely. Here is what each vitamin does for your hair.

vitamin A

Vitamin A is a natural vitamin that grows every cell in your body. Therefore it’s also one of the natural vitamins essential for hair growth. It is also responsible for allowing your scalp to moisturize itself by producing this oil called sebum. Without having sufficient amounts of it you’re sure to face hair loss. It can be found in foods like milk, eggs, and yogurt.

Vitamin B

Biotin, also known as Vitamin B, is one of the best vitamins for hair growth. It’s so essential to hair growth that it is also used to treat hair loss. Being deficient in vitamin B is nearly impossible because of how abundant it is in nature. It’s found in whole grains, almonds

Vitamin C

Out of all food vitamins for hair growth, this one is special because it essentially works as an anti-aging serum. That might be overselling it a bit, but essentially you get the point. Vitamin C produces collagen, which then prevents hair from aging. Great sources for this vitamin C include peppers, strawberries, and citrus fruits.

Vitamin D & E

Vitamin D isn’t really for hair growth, rather it’s to prevent hair loss. See, many of the food vitamins for hair growth are very straightforward, however, the role played by vitamin D in hair growth is not yet understood. All we know is low levels of vitamin D is also linked to hair loss. Vitamin E helps prevent the same kind of stress that vitamin C does. Sunflower seeds, almonds, avocados, and spinach are all great sources for vitamin E. Though it’s similar to C, it does not prevent aging.


2019-12-05 06:12:22Vitamins and hair loss

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Vitamin D saved my hair

So a few years ago I started to lose my hair and develop dark circles and facial wrinkles. I tried minoxidil for a while with limited results, then gave that up. Then on a hunch I read up on vitamin D deficiency, and found out that one of the symptoms was hair loss.

I started taking 4000 IU of D3 every day, and 6 months later my hair is almost completely restored – like nothing happened. Also my dark circles are getting much better, and my energy and mood have improved.

What can I say that you didn’t say! It is worth sharing here. Be careful at that dose as it may eventually cause overdosing.


2020-11-16 09:26:17Vitamin D saved my hair

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Vitamin D Deficiency, Should I Still Take Finasteride?

I got my blood test results and found out that my vitamin D was very low, my doctor said this could have lead to my excess shedding. Now knowing this info I’ve been taking fin for little over a week now and was wondering if I should stop taking it or be taking it just in case?

Should I just take vitamin d or take vitamin d and fin?

Does your balding reflect the genetics (Norwood type) or is it diffuse? If it is the genetic type, then even the Vitamin D deficiency might not reverse the hair loss.


2020-04-28 16:34:08Vitamin D Deficiency, Should I Still Take Finasteride?

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Vitamin D Caused My Female Hair Loss to Stop!

(female)
Hi – two weeks ago my Md told me I was really deficient in vitamin d. I started taking 5000 units a day and to my astonishment – when I washed my hair- almost NONE came out… ( usually its handfuls) … also muscle spasms stopped and i feel great…

Vitamin D is a miracle… really!

Now that your vitamin D deficiency is cleared up, so is your hair loss. That’s great news! Congratulations!

I’m posting this to show that female hair loss has so many potential causes (a partial list can be found here), and some solutions are as simple as adding vitamins to your diet. Talk to your doctor!

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Vitamin D Can Cause Hair Loss

When I was 22 I noted I had started thinning over the middle of my head. The hair density has gone way down were you can see through to the scalp in the right light, in various spots. I’ve not noticed it yet at the back of the top of my head nor the sides. The hair used to be naturally oily but now is more dry straw like.

I went to my GP and found I had low vitamin D and are taking supplements for nine days. But the NHS won’t give any further treatment unless you have bald patches and suggested a high protein diet and coconut oil, I think, massaged in.

This is a common problem in Nordic countries where there is not a lot of sun exposure to the general population year around.


2019-11-22 15:28:55Vitamin D Can Cause Hair Loss

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Vitamin D and Hair Loss

Does Vitamin D deficiency cause hair loss?

Yes! Hair loss and rickets are the primary symptoms of vitamin D deficiency so this is a good vitamin to take if you have hair loss caused by nutritional causes; however, the most common cause of hair loss is genetic.

A study published in the Journal of Endocrinology back in 2002 points to vitamin D fostering hair growth in mice. How that relates to humans is not known to me, but it’s worth a read if you’re interested — Vitamin D3 analogs stimulate hair growth in nude mice


2008-10-01 09:05:11Vitamin D and Hair Loss

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Vitamin B5 and Hair Loss

Hello,

I have been reading about the supposed benefits of taking large doses of vitamin b5 as an acne treatment. One of the side effects a few people online have mentioned is that they believe is has accelerated/caused hair loss. The only “evidence” that b5 causes baldness are posts on message boards, but some of these posts are by people who swear b5 caused irreversible hair loss. It seems possible that the onset of baldness and the b5 supplementation are unrelated. But assuming this is true and b5 causes hair loss due some kind of imbalance in your system, is it likely that hair loss caused by b5 would reverse once a person stops taking the supplement and their body re-balances itself? Can anything actually cause permanent male-pattern baldness besides a person’s genes? I realize there are no hard facts or actual studies involved here so I hope it’s not too silly of a question.

There seems to be a general agreement that vitamin B5 prevents hair loss, but I looked for objective scientific studies and could not find them. Based upon the general sense in the hair industry, I would doubt that it causes or accelerates hair loss though.

Patterned hair loss (as it is defined) is always caused by genetics. Many times, people take medications or have some stress which may precipitate patterned hair loss (like pulling the trigger of a gun — when once fired, can not get the bullet back). Without any objective, scientific evidence of what you are talking about, I can not comment on the validity of the claims or on any of the date in those observations. The Internet has its good and bad points — one of the bad points being that information may be deceiving and yet sound credible.

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Vitamin A Poisoning?

Hi,

I am a 21 year old male, and I’ve had a very healthy scalp and a full head of hair, until this month. I started taking multivitamins, which contain what I now see as too much Vitamin A (10,000 IU; my weight is low, so that dose is high for me, I weigh 57kg).

There is now a small bald spot (about 1.5in diameter) on the back of my head, and its onset was sudden enough that I do not think this is male pattern baldness. My hairline has not begun to recede.

I’ve stopped taking the pills today, as I’m quite sure the excess Vitamin A is the cause of this, but I would like to ask you if I am right about this.

Also, in the event that this was Vitamin A poisoning, can you tell me if it’s possible for my hair to start growing in that bald spot again? I’m worried this might be permanent.

Thank you for your time.

Hair loss is seen in both vitamin A deficiency, and vitamin A excess. I think you are right about the fact that your hair loss could be related to overuse of vitamin A. It is good that you stopped taking the pills. You may want to use other multivitamin pills with lower doses of vitamins A in the future or the ones without vitamin A. The hair loss is usually reversible and disappears with discontinuing the medication but one always must be aware that anything that causes hair loss can ‘flip the genetic switch’ and it may not be reversible. Give it a few months and your hair will hopefully grow back if you don’t have any other underlying causes.


2006-11-09 08:59:28Vitamin A Poisoning?