Hi, I have just found your website and am excited about your products and research!

Would like advice on which product to use.

For female hair loss - diffuse thinning all over but esp at crown and right side of head. auto immune thyroid, low DHEA & test. and probable copper, manganese deficiencies i'm now working on, w/added betacarotene. Taking all of the usual nutraceuticals plus moducare and shark liver oil for autoimmunity. Hair loss has stopped over last year on Armor Thyroid, but no new regrowth yet.

Thanks much

Many hair products for women cause long term damage. Many hair experts
think that women's hair was healthier 100 years ago. Old photographs
often show women in the 60s with hair down to their shoulders or their
waist.

Skin Rejuvenating Copper Peptides often improve scalp and hair health.


This may help.

1.If your scalp is irritated, then to calm your scalp and help hair
growth, the best would be to use the Emu Oil for Hair on your scalp in
the morning and Folligen Lotion at night in denser hair areas and
Folligen Cream on hairlines. Start with a very light amount of each.
You do not need to wash it out in the morning.

2. If there is no irritation, then use Folligen Solution on your scalp
- a small amount. Let it dry a little, then apply a light amount of
Emu Oil-S for Hair. You do not need to wash it out in the morning.

3. If you have very blonde hair, then use Folligen for Blondes. This is
a new lotion based on tin-peptides but most reports are very positive.

4. Also take daily supplements of MSM - 2 to 4 grams - and 1 gram each
of flaxseed oil and borage oil.

5. To increase your hair's natural pigmentation, take an additional 2
mgs of copper daily. Hair pigments are made from the amino acid
tyrosine by a copper-dependent enzyme call tyrosinase and copper is
often in short supply in the human body.

6. Always use a minimum of shampoo and conditioner. Folligen Shampoo
and Folligen Conditioner are very mild shampoos that help thicken and
keep more moisture on the hair shafts.

7. Keep heat off your head - blow dryers can boil follicles.

8. Stress can cause hair loss. Blood cortisol levels are raised and
this inhibits skin repair. Often taking a daily supplement of 75 to
100 mgs of DHEA for a few months will block the damaging actions of
cortisol.

9. Tight bindings, buns, braids, and so on, can cause hair loss. Keep
your hair loose and fluffy.

10. Sometimes new hair growth can push out older hair shafts and there
may be a brief period of hair shedding as the new hair shafts push out
the old dormant hair shafts. Old, non-growing hair is held in the hair
follicle for about four months before falling out.


Feel free to email more questions or call Skin Biology at 800-405-1912
during office hours (10 to 5 - Pacific time).

Best wishes,

Dr. Pickart

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Dr. Pickart,

Thank you very much for your personal reply.

I am going to try the Folligen Spray w/Emu oil, as per your suggestion.

2 questions:
How long should I give it before considering Hair Signals instead?

When I start the Folligen Spray should I stop using my homemade treatment of jojoba & grapeseed oils w/lavendar, thyme, rosemary, cedarwood, and burdock extract? Or can I use them concurrently?

Again, thank you!

You can use Hair Signals at any time. But Folligen is a better starting point.

Hair Signals is rather strong and we have to tell people not to overuse it.

I can't see any problem with using your homemade treatment and Folligen.

Thank you, Dr. Pickart. I will let you know how Folligen works for me.