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Can hair follicles be repaired??

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mohit80619
mohit80619

I first experienced hair fall about 10 years ago. And i guess the hairs were falling from 5 years before that. So total after about 15 years of hair fall I'm about 90% bald. The top of my head is mostly hairless, but when I examined closely i can still see some very thin and short hairs on mh scalp. Now i recently learnt that saw Palmetto, L-Licene and Lycopene can help in hair fall. Now what i want to know is two things.

1st (most important) --

Can hair follicles that are weak and about to die be rejuvenated??

2nd (again important)

Can i really grow back my hair i mean does saw Palmetto really works??

If anyone has any suggestions or info please please please do share. As only a person who is loosing hair and turning ugly day by day can only understand the pain of loosing hair

Please if anyone has any info about this do share it.

I previously thought that if hair follicles become weak then it remains like that and eventually dies. But saw Palmetto has given me some hope.

However I would still urge to share unbiased info though i have high hopes but I don't want to go after a product or a method that might not work.

Thanks in advance to everyone.

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  • Guest
    Guest mohit80619

    Posted

    Well, first of all, what type of hair loss do you have? If you have been diagnosed with alopecia areata, your hair follicles are not dead, they are just dormant. 
    • mohit80619
      mohit80619 Guest

      Posted

      I have been diagnosed with male pattern baldness. The sides of my scalp still has very nice thick hairs. It's only the top where I see absence of hairs.

    • Guest
      Guest mohit80619

      Posted

      Honestly, in my opinion, the only thing that works is hair transplantation for male pattern balding. They'll move the active follicles to where the dead follicles are. But it's worth taking supplements and see if anything helps, who knows? Sorry I can't give you any advice, I've got alopecia universalis.

    • mohit80619
      mohit80619 Guest

      Posted

      Thanks for your reply. I really appreciate it.
  • mohit80619
    mohit80619

    Posted

    Anyone who has any info on this please let me know. I really need some help.
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