I've done videos on drugs for hair growth, supplements for hair growth, and foods for hair growth.

What about natural options that you can apply topically?

I ended my food video on this study, suggesting consuming pumpkin seed oil could increase hair growth.

What about just rubbing it on your scalp? It works in mice, but what about men, or in this

case, women? Pumpkin seed oil, about a quarter teaspoon rubbed onto the scalp once a day,

was tested head-to-head against monoxidil foam, 5% once a day, for three months in women with age-related

pattern hair loss. Both treatments worked, but the drug worked better, though at about

five times a cost.

A similar experiment, comparing a topical of.2% caffeine solution, which is about five times

stronger than coffee, with 5% monoxideil,

found they work similarly well for balding men, though like in the pumpkin seed oil trial,

there was no third placebo group to ensure that they all weren't just somehow getting better

on their own. For example, due to seasonal influence, with typically greater hair shedding

in the fall than the spring.

Tripping caffeine on human hair follicles growing at a petri dish enhances hair growth,

and indeed, when finally put to the test against placebo, one out, for both female and male-patter

baldness, with 85% satisfied after unknowingly using the caffeine-containing shampoo

for six months, compared

to only 36 percent in the placebo shampoo group.

EGCG, one of the major constituents of green tea, also can promote human hair growth in vitro

and may help balding mice, but I fail to find any green tea clinical trials.

Prithion zinc shampoo, typically used for dandruff, beat out placebo for increasing

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