I found a new way to prevent hair loss, but i need info...

[metomeya]

Trying to lose some weight I looked at something to replace sugar. Refusing to take artifical sweetners since i believe its only a matter of time before they find something bad about every artifical sweetener, I came across a herbal sweetener called stevia.

I was always concerned about taking sweetener that are other than sugar. I did tons of google searches on it trying to find anything bad on it. The only thing i found bad about it was a test that found mice had slightly smaller prostates, and testicals at 10times the usual dosage. They believed that stevia seemed to take dht off the receptor site. After hearing this I thought it would be find to take stevia in my diet.

I have been fighting thinning hair lately. Thats when it dawned on me, most hair regrow system block the alpha-5 enzyme to lower dht levels, or bind to the receptor site so that dht can't. But (maybe there are drugs that already do this) stevia can take the dht off the receptor site of the cells already infected. Of course I can't take 10 times the usual dosage, and i don't want to see my testicals shrink.

Thats when i thought about topical application. Of course the steviside (the extract of stevia that worked on the mice) molecule would have to be small enough to penetrate the skin (which i'm not sure if its small enough yet). It might need a ingredient to help penetrate the skin.

Stevia is usually sold in power form (its most natural form after extract). I could just add water and apply that solution to my scalp. But it is also sold in liquid form, which it usually includes either alcohol, (SD 40 i believe) or glycerin. I though i read some websites that both had penetrative properties when applied to the skin.

So my question to you guys are should i just use the homemade water with the stevia? Or should i get a already liquid form? And which ingredient (alcohol, or glycerin) has better pentrative properties to get it to the hair follical?






By the way, right now i'm topically applying saw palmetto extract and swallowing a cocktail of saw palmetto, zinc, pumpkin seed extract followed with emu oil to the scalp after i take shower every night, since showering strips oils from your skin. I think i'm going to buy the revivogen or whatever its called.

[HairLossFight.com]

Metomeya,

I was looking through the forum for unanswered posts, and I came across this message of yours from April. Somehow your message slipped through the cracks as I don't remember seing it before.

Anyway, this is a very interesting and intriguing line of thought you have brought about about this stevia sweetener.

Can you point the way to any information you have found that shows a link between stevia and dht? I'd like to read the article on the mice with smaller prostates, and anything else that you have.

Have you discovered anything else on this since you posted the message? Have you started using it in anyway? If you are going to use it topically I would recommend the glycerin based product because if you use a product whose base is solely alcohol it can dry very quickly leaving the active ingredients on the scalp. The glycerin doesn't absorb as well, but it also doesn't absorb as quickly, thereby giving a better chance that the active ingredients will get absorbed.

You also said the following:

By the way, right now i'm topically applying saw palmetto extract and swallowing a cocktail of saw palmetto, zinc, pumpkin seed extract followed with emu oil to the scalp after i take shower every night, since showering strips oils from your skin. I think i'm going to buy the revivogen or whatever its called.

I don't think that this regimen is enough to be honest. I would drop the saw palmetto entirely, be careful with the zinc as I think I read somewhere that it can also cause telogen effluvium if used in high doses. The pumpkin seed extract and the emu oil can't hurt. Your last sentence about buying revivogen -- I think that's a great idea. I am very pleased with the shampoo and the scalp therapy. I have been using the topical exclusively in my crown area, and my excessive hair loss seems to have halted. My scalp hasn't been this healthy for years. Also, I have had great success using Tersaseptic shampoo once a week. Be very careful if you decide to use Tersaseptic because it is an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal shampoo whose active ingredient can be harmful if used excessively.

Anyway, again, I think the Revivogen is a good idea. I am not convinced that the saw palmetto in it does much, but the other active ingredients all have at least some real scientific backing in that they help control androgens, prevent them from binding to the receptors in the follicles, and stimulate growth of hair follices. If you haven't read the interview I did with Dr. Khadavi, I highly recommend that you check it out.

Best Regards,
Sam