2013 APL CHALLENGE? ANY TAKERS?

Bt0wnzH0nnie wrote: Now ,look! I told you way back in texts that i made a challenge. you need to put that length check pic i took of you in your avi!   iluvmihair wrote: Bt0wnzH0nnie wrote: @happygrrrl those ingredients in that nioxin is looking pretty good! my BFF threw 2 bottles of biotin pills in my purse and i have yet to use them. im tempted now! Glad your regimen is working out for you also! Don't sleep on that Biotin! Good luck hunny!! And I am rooting for both of us!!  Im mad u didnt tell me u started a challenge!

Bt0wnzH0nnie Thank you I will not be sleeping on the Biotin because I have seen how well it works

OK ladies I like to research stuff, so let me tell you some interesting information I found in regards to why Nioxin apparently worked so well for so many. Apparently, this Proprietary Blend was the secret sauce that made this pill work its magic. Here is a breakdown of a few of them.

Wild Yam Root

This one is just for you ladies! Wild Yam Root promotes hair growth in women...and women only. The root produces Progesterone in your body, which not only balances the production of hormones, but also treats several menopausal symptoms, including hair loss. It makes a great natural hair restoration remedy and fortunately, it is available in many forms.

Saw Palmetto

Works just as well as Propecia, and without any side effects. Saw palmetto is also popular as an herbal remedy for a type of hair loss and baldness called androgenic alopecia, or male- and female-pattern baldness. This type of hair loss is typically the greatest at the top of the head or around the temples. Many naturopathic physicians have found that Saw Palmetto greatly helps women grow their thinning head hair back, while also reducing unwanted facial and body hair growth.

Stinging Nettle

Is said to prevent hereditary hair loss, called androgenetic alopecia, which accounts for 95 percent of all hair loss. Proponents of stinging nettle claim it is safe and effective in reducing hair loss caused by androgenetic alopecia, or the conversion of testosterone into follicle-harming dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

According to Christian Nordqvist, editor of Medical News Today if you take 320 mg of saw palmetto or 60 mg of pygeum capsules, along with the stinging nettles, it can stop testosterone from being converted to DHT (dihydrotestosterone). DHT blocks your hair follicles from absorbing protein, causing them to die.  Ironically, these are the same ingredients in Nioxins proprietary blend.  

Pygeum bark

Tocotrienol

"An eight month study performed at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Science Malaysia showed daily supplements of a patented tocotrienol (vitamin E) complex may increase hair growth in people with male pattern baldness by 42 percent.[56]"

Here is information regarding the study conducted;

http://www.tocotrienol.org/s/stories/pdf_upload/Magazines/tsuprabio%20hair%20loss%20prion%20and%20beyond.pdf - http://www.tocotrienol.org/images/st...d%20beyond.pdf

"An 8-month study was performed at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia with 28 volunteers aged 18 to 59 years with mild to moderately severe hair loss.

Volunteers supplemented with Tocomin SupraBio showed statistically significant higher hair counts postsupplementation (p<0.01). An average of 41.8% increase in the number of hair was observed after 8 months whereby

• 8 volunteers (40.0%) showed >50%
hair growth
• 1 volunteer (5.0%) showed 25-50%
hair growth
• 9 volunteers (45.0%) showed
10-25% hair growth
• 1 volunteer (5.0%) showed <10%
hair growth"

PHYTOSTEROL COMPLEX or Beta Sitosrerol

Exactly how beta sitosterol helps prevent hair loss is not very clear. Studies seem to indicate that it works by stopping the enzyme 5 alpha reductase dead in its tracks. This enzyme converts testosterone into another hormone called DHT, and if you did not know, DHT is bad news for hair. Therefore, if beta sitosterol can stamp out the action of 5 alpha reductase then a major cause of male pattern hair loss can be fended off.

As for side effects, the odd beta sitosterol user has reported a decrease in libido, if this happens to me I will cease using the product – hair is good, but not THAT good. Generally, people have reported an increase in libido. In addition, for the first couple of weeks you may experience an oily itchy scalp, apparently this is a “pre-cursor to regrowth”.