It's incredibly kind and generous of you to have shared the amount of research you have done, especially knowing that it might interfere with your own products (people seeking out their own cocktails). Just incredibly generous!
Thing is I’m kinda sick of people claiming to know how to get thicker fuller hair when really their showing more complicated ways to get it like nah fam.
I've tried pumpkin seed oil for 2 months now and actually works great. The hair density visibly increased and the hair grows much faster, but unfortunately not in the areas affected by alopecia. Or maybe not yet, it's too soon. Anyway I will keep taking it every day because seems to be a very good food supplement, doesn't matter if will help with my hair loss or not.
In summary: Four ingredients showed promise according to the review: 1. Caffeine, for its potential ability to counteract stress-induced hair loss, 2. Curcumin, due to its anti-androgenic and anti-inflammatory properties, 3. Pumpkin Seed Oil, which showed anti-androgenic effects in a convincing study, 4. Saw Palmetto, well-known for its anti-androgenic and anti-inflammatory properties. Gary plans on incorporating these into their new hair products. He emphasized that these natural ingredients should not replace standard medical therapy such as minoxidil, finasteride, laser light therapy, microneedling, and hair transplant surgery, but should instead be used as a complement to these therapies.
Well, I have used zero of the "standard medical therapy" crapola, and am seeing wonderful new growth after two months work. And I'm 74, with a very large MPB area that looked like a desert before I started. It's those medica procedures that are very flaky, and have only intermittent long term effects. They don't treat the nutritional, or emotional aspects of MPB. And let's be straight to the point here, there is a very large chunk of this problem that relates to personal security, and various perceptions in life regarding one's feeling of safety etc.
The universe is the biggest comedian. Took all your hair away even though you gave hope to others in the hair loss journey ,then gave you the means to research and create more to help yourself and others. Now you know how it really feels to lose it all when helping others. Genius !
I'm surprised you forgot to mention onion (not garlic) juice! Allegedly, due to its high sulfur content, it's the most effective natural hair regrowth remedy so far. You're supposed to rub the bald spots with fresh onion juice. I tried it once, but the smell is abysmal. Let's not forget the nettle as well. And, I found some videos on YT about massaging your scalp to increase circulation and induce hair regrowth.
@@Legend-IAM I didn't continue with the onion juice bc I felt uncomfortable going out smelling bad. The smell lingers forever. I know a few ppl who used nettle tea as a hair toner. It definitely worked for them. I've just bought argan oil -I'll incorporate it with the scalp massage. I guess, consistency (which I lack of) is the key.
Great video doc! I believe it will help a lot of people trying to build a hair health routine. Would have been good to also have the most efficient method to take each of these products (oral or topical). Also can't wait to take a look at your future product!
My own hair growth success story i followed below: 1. Fragrance free shampoo. Korean cosmetic industry understand why years ago, we are still behind. 2. Taoist soap for hair growth 2x a week only: stops further loss, stimulates new growth. 3. Nettle tea to drink 2x a day at least for removing hormone residue in the liver, futher supporting hormone balance, altho not fully but enough. 4. Scalp massage for 30 minutes a day. Do not skip, just massage with your finger tips slow and hard, be gentle at first as next day can get sore. 5. Collagen powder 2x a day w tablespoons each time. Dont get pills they are not high dose enough. 6. Cold water rinse on just top of scalp, dont let cold water on back of neck or head much as you might get sick. But once a day or a couple times a week does wonders. Learnt this from my brother who spent years looking for answers. He has a full head of hair now and 38. But at 23 he had very thin hair all over. I had thin hair too. Stick to the regimen, i promose you will see results. Hair growth requires many angels and this is why its hard to cure.
My experience with thinning hair. I tried tea tree oil for 4 months. what I did was get a small spray bottle about 2oz size and I added half water and half tea tree oil. I used to shake it up and then spray it on my scalp and massage it in. during those months I noticed small baby hairs being to grow and my hair stopped falling. after doing as much research as I can I came to the conclusion PS IM NOT A DR OR SCIENTIST. what the tea tree oil did was stimulate circulation on my scalp and open the follicles allowing the hair to sprout out if that makes sense . kinda like if the hair inside was trapped and the opening of the follicle they were able to grow. my results was amazing absolutely amazing never has by hair been so full as with using the tea tree oil. so then I experimented some more. my friend over plucked her eye brows like most of did in the dam 90s and since she was young they never ever grew back. so I gave her some tea tree oils and told her to put a drop on her finger and rub it on her brows daily. well to our surprise within the week her brows began to grow she continued to use the oils for a month and then we got to tweezing and reshaping her brows lol they looked amazing and she never had to use the oil again . ok my bro comes over his has a patchy beard so I did the same in the patchy areas the hair sprouted out and we were amazed really only took a few weeks. my hair did not fall out after disc. of tea tree oil. So as a dr what do you think?
@@giacomoalvino6004 being that it didn't make my hair greasy I left it on overnight and until my next shower which I take daily or every other day on the every other day I added more oil and massaged it in. I would recommend once daily if you can or at least 3-4 times a week. it really does work. best of luck...
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Sorting out my tense neck and temporalis muscles improved my hair a lot, i have a desk job and my desk was too high which forced my shoulders upwards and my head forward, i struggled with chronic tension headaches and an overall tight feeling of my scalp, scalp massages did nothing really, it was getting rid of all my muscle knots elsewhere along with stretching and fixing my posture that helped.
Hi Doctor, We all want to know if we should apply the oils on our scalps or take each thing you prescribed orally ? We are waiting for an answer. Please help 😔 Thank you 🙏 ❤️
I really appreciate your videos. You are a doctor and you recommend home remedies. I definitely love both of you and appreciate your thorough informational videos.
Had to cancel my Fue treatment earlier this year but definitely plan to follow-up and get it done next year. Thans doc for always giving us the straight facts.
Thank you for dedicating the time to educate your viewers on this topic. I’m interested in this not for myself because I have plenty of hair but for my mother who is in her 70s and losing hair. She has a habit of dying her hair on a regular basis. I am looking at removing certain shampoos with sodium laurel sulphate and propyleneglycol for instance. And of course controlling her stress. I’ve also looked into massaging the scalp on a daily basis. Which has helped but not fixing the issue just yet. But thank you for your advice I will be taking that on board
I have been sleeping with 8 drops of rosemary oil mixed with a tiny bit of olive oil (wear a plastic shower cap) on my scalp for almost 6 months and think it's working. I have a lot of short baby hairs in my temples area and all along my forehead. I think my hair loss is mostly due to too much androstenedione in my system, although my thyroid is now a little wonky in my mid 50s. I know that rosemary is only supposed to help with androgen based hair loss.
@@drgarylinkov I did. :-) I know some people had rosemary oil do nothing while others definitely had improvement. I have little "baby bangs" now. Ha! I should probably try saw palmetto again and may switch to pumpkin seed oil as the rosemary oil's "carrier oil" vs. the olive oil I've been using. Granted, if my mid-life worse hair loss is more thyroid than having too much male hormone, this won't help. My hair loss started in my mid-late 20s though.
Hi there. I have a lot of 3" long hairs all over my head. But, it's hard to tell if hair that rapidly fell out is just coming back it's own, or if the rosemary oil is working. I'm kind of tired of using it, but afraid to stop in case it IS what is working. That being said, my hair is horribly thin at this point and I'm tempted to shave my head. @@Isaac-eh6uu
Six months ago, I got myself a very good hand held electric scalp massager and also started using a strong solution of rosemary water from the dried leaves I boiled up. In about two months, I could see and feel tons of new hairs growing and upon close inspection some beginning to come in along the hairline, I was very pleased!! THEN, I added Minoxidil, but after a months time, I decided this is not what I want having to commit to a chemical treatment and so I ended using the Minoxidil. WELL, talk about the SHED and I mean the NEW short hairs I had sprouted, hundreds each time I combed my hair as I stood over the washroom sink that they fell into, sigh! I lost very few longer hairs, just mostly all those new ones I had worked so hard to stimulate and resprout! I then stopped all I was doing to give time for things to settle down, for three months the shedding continued. Just ten days ago, I began again with the rosemary water concentrate and using that massager to deeply work my scalp twice daily. Wish I never had touched the damned Minoxidil, could have had some nice gains after six months, though am STILL seeing some of those small hairs in the sink, though I'm not deterred, will just keep at it and hope like a bugger in a few months I'll again be going forward! Originally, did the green tea and coffee for a bit and might also incorporate those again, as I do prefer the natural approach!
@@DasniWater Less now, though still shedding, I just did a deep scalp massage with that electric device and then combed my hair over the white bathroom sink, mmmm STILL losing way too many hairs, about 50 to 60 of those small new hairs, again almost zero longer hairs! Will be interesting if after the shock of stopping the Minoxidil whether now it's again been shocked by resuming the concentrated rosemary water, might take a few more months to get things stabilized and kicking back into gear, I soooo regret using Minoxidil when the rosemary and massage were doing the trick!
@@DasniWaterOriginally, when I had begun about seven months ago, I had been losing tons of hair due to immense stress of a family member in hospital. One time I placed something over the shower drain to catch the shed hairs and there was masses, at least 1200 or more! THEN, I began the massages and green tea I had steeped, sometimes I'd use coffee and soon I switched to the rosemary water. Well, within ten days the shedding was very much reduced and about three weeks I was down to about 50 and even less afterwards, the stuff sure works for stress related hair loss, but then also stimulates hair regrowth. Now, I HOPE I'm pretty well at the end of the Minoxidil shed and the rosemary will again begin doing its work, I intend again do green tea and coffee several times a week. This way I'm doing natural and inexpensive as well. I just hope the Minoxidil hasn't somehow really thrown me off, who knows, time will tell, I can update, just give me a nudge after a couple of months!
I appreciate how in depth you go with your sources. I also appreciate how you treat natural remedies as complimentary to chemical and surgical treatments.
To illustrate things better, you should add a little chart on a side bar, highlighting an icon which disease/issue you're talking about when naming them. So if you refer to say androgenic alopecia, the icon could light up to form a connection, as medical terms are just going to go over a lot of heads.
Dr. Gary thanks so much for a well thought video on hair preservation! I had the pleasure of meeting you and your video producer last Sunday at the American Dream Mall in New Jersey. Thanks for sparing a few moments to chat about hair.
Thank you Dr. Linkov for your generous sharing. For the 4 ingredients you recommend, which one of them are best for oral intake and which one of them are best for tropical application on scalp ? And, if Caffine is useful, are those shampoos with Caffine effective enough? I wonder whether there are enough time for the shampoo/ Caffine to be effective when they are only left on scalp for a few minutes. Thank you very much Doctor. I suffered from Androgenic Alopecia for some 15 years and I am only 34 years old.
Random ingredients like this isn't going to create results, you have to target it - my own hair growth success journey I did this: 1. Fragrance Free shampoo - Korean cosmetics industry know the negative effect of any natural or unnatural scents and how the affect already thinning hair. 2. Taoist soap for hair growth 2x a week - it targets the hair follicles and stops inflammation at the root, which stops the rate of hair falling and results in hair growth. Its a big support not a cure. They ship worldwide, just search the name online. 3. Scalp massage for 20 minutes per day - Must be everyday - blood capillaries in the scalp are so thin, they get blocked easily. But they also get UNBLOCKED easily if you do this. 4. Collagen Powder 2x a day - 2 table spoons - dont get the pills, they are not enough. Get bovine and hydrolysed type, not gonna name brands but just make sure of these 2 aspects. 5. Stinging Nettle Leaf Tea - Removes hormone residue from the liver, supports hormone imbalance and supports this regimen for hair growth in many ways then i can list. Fresh leaves are better than dried - but still dried are good enough for times you can't find any fresh - can be found anywhere even Amazon. If you consistently stay on this for at least 2-3 months - you may not notice it first, others would - my brother taught this to me, who had very thin hair from 18. and hes 34 now, and still has a thick head of hair from all his friends and even younger than him.
Hmm interesting if you ask me.. You both got the same brother? @iclickster5644 @iclickster5644 1 month ago My own hair growth success story i followed below: 1. Fragrance free shampoo. Korean cosmetic industry understand why years ago, we are still behind. 2. Taoist soap for hair growth 2x a week only: stops further loss, stimulates new growth. 3. Nettle tea to drink 2x a day at least for removing hormone residue in the liver, futher supporting hormone balance, altho not fully but enough. 4. Scalp massage for 30 minutes a day. Do not skip, just massage with your finger tips slow and hard, be gentle at first as next day can get sore. 5. Collagen powder 2x a day w tablespoons each time. Dont get pills they are not high dose enough. 6. Cold water rinse on just top of scalp, dont let cold water on back of neck or head much as you might get sick. But once a day or a couple times a week does wonders. Learnt this from my brother who spent years looking for answers. He has a full head of hair now and 38. But at 23 he had very thin hair all over. I had thin hair too. Stick to the regimen, i promose you will see results. Hair growth requires many angels and this is why its hard to cure.
The only truly proven info here is the scalp massage - and maybe the collagen. A $40 bar of soap made of "virgin earth" is not doing the work here. The rest also sounds like unsubstantiated 'crystal healing'- style placebo.
Gary!!! U know damn well that thumbnail is "cap"..lol... but I haven't watched the video yet and no matter what you're talking about, I'm sure it's one of the most valuable things to hear on my video-feed today!!!
Nice overview of the natural based options available. You mentioned you're working on some natural based products at the moment. Any idea when these will be available and at what price points?
@@drgarylinkov Great to know! I guess you're planning to do some trials and studies to determine which ingredients and blends work best? That seems like quite an undertaking all on your own...
Every video i watch of Dr Gary Linkov and I am growing more and more hopeful 🙏🏾 Minoxidil causes some kind of sore growth on my scalp when i was trialing it so had to stop. The growths are like big scabs of dandruff, very similar to psoriasis with the soreness when removing the scabs but my dermatologist has ruled out psoriasis, fungal and yeast. Ive tried so much (had 2 breakdowns over my hair loss and the scalp issues that came when trying to fix it using Regain once a day 5% foam) causing me to shave my thick afro hair twice. The scabs are smaller and less obvious without the use of Minoxidil but i did see new (white) hair while using it too! Anyone who has met this guy and been blessed enough to have been seen by him i envy you!! If i could have one wish, it would be to be seen/treated by Dr Gary Linkov 💫💫💫 I feel like i know him already his videos are so good and full of great recommendations. Going to try some natural remedies suggested in this video to help thinning and a good anti inflammatory is needed Thank you Doctor
Over the last few years, I'd been losing hair like mad, my sink, tub and pillow were full of hair as well as a flaky, itchy scalp. I finally tired massaging Rosemary oil and fractionated coconut oil into my scalp and the issues stopped immediately. It's only been a month or so but so far, so good.
Dr Gary Linkov, you deserve a nobel prize for the amount of research you peruse ;-) and so willingly share with us all. I mean it. You do. You have such a great heart which true doctors/healers should have. Known enough who didn't. I am 61, have some grey/white hair and gonna let nature take its course. But this is brilliant research and I am responding because of your willingness to share with others. Doctor Gary Linkov: Nobel Prize Winner and Top Class Human Being 2023. LOL i would if I could. I am sure many others here agree. You take care of YOU too. You look a litttle tired with all that voluminous peer reviewed researching. Bless you my good man. You are one Gem !! (From Ireland)
I keep seeing ads for topical products containing redensyl. What exactly is redensyl, and what kinds of studies have been performed on its effectiveness? Also, how many of these studies that you cited included female participants, or were they all male-focused? Thanks for all the great info!
Thank you for a great video Dr. Linkov. How about other supplements like keratin, cysteine, MSM, silica, bamboo extract, collagen, and amla? Can you please do a follow-up video? Thank you!
opinion on sandalore? synthetic sandalwood. there are three studies on that, from 2018, 2020 and 2021 from 2021 study: Results: Sandalore® 1% ameliorated clinical signs of telogen effluvium, namely it reduced hair shedding, and increased hair volume and the percentage of anagen HFs, the latter two parameters significantly more than placebo when changes were calculated to baseline. Sandalore® also increased the ratio of terminal/vellus hairs at week 8. Most of the anti-hair shedding effects were seen after 8 weeks and maintained at week 24. Patient questionnaire showed that verum group patients were more satisfied than the placebo group in regard to the overall results.
Even as an engineer of Mechanics I could not understand most of what you were saying. That said it gave me something to consider. Thank you, Pete in Maryland
My hair routine that helped me achieve good hair growth is: - Brush Hair - Take a shower - Dry hair gently - Put hair oil (2 times a week) - Apply littllexttrra reactivate hair serum for growth nightly - Complete
A friend recommended a serum from pilgrim, and I applied it for two months, but no results. Later, after noticing this, I started using reactivate serum, and it’s just 1 month, I am seeing good results for new hair growth.
Biotin does work I've seen it on a coworker who was taking it for a year . It wasn't thick but he was straight bald and now has this hair all over his head
When you bring your hair product to market I will for sure be a customer. I have more trust in anything you create and manufacture than any of the so-called BS natural snake oil products that are currently being sold. I’m very excited and looking forward to the natural product you will be producing,,,, so please hurry 😎 While I’m not bald at all, my hair is not nearly as thick as it used to be so my preventative maintenance regime is currently doing Derma stamping, scalp massage, a laser cap and essential oils,, I had some adverse reactions to minoxidil. My RU-vid avatar picture is what my hair currently looks like. If ya need a human lab rat I will eagerly volunteer. Thanks for all your excellent information videos that I always watch. Cheers, Davyo
Tip:- I took carrot juice and beet root juice 3 days in a week and Finasride every alternate day and exercise daily from an hour, my hair density became 3times thicker. Just wanted to share this so that it would help other . And exercise will really play a important role . Note :- I do not have any chennel to share this , but this ll definitely works guys follow this , I want everyone to be beneficial by this comment.
Very informative video! I tried to look up multiple things regarding this topic and this Video is helping alot since you show studies. This is very helpful for alot of people thank you!
Amazing that you also give your take on the natural remedies. You are a true giver Gary! Would be awesome to do it for the ingrediens that are doing the opposite of beneficial aswell. For example, will your products include SLS or not? Why not? And so on.. Sometimes it's not about what we put it it's about staying away from. Great job!
I reversed my hair loss by using multivitamin tablets that were rich in vitamins b12 and b7, along with rosemary oil, good sleeping patterns and yoga / meditation. I started to notice the difference in my hair within the week of starting this and thankfully, I am back to having a full head of thick and healthy hair. (p.s., I was losing a ton of hair everyday for a month before this and also started to see a visible bald spot on the top of my head that has thankfully vanished, also keeping my hair short during the treatment, ie, getting a short haircut was helpful as it was easier to maintain and the rosemary oil and shampoo that i was using could be better applied on my scalp.)
I finished listening to another program the other day where they found out that the tightness of the upper part of your scalp may have also led to hair loss. They recommend using massage therapy. This was successful with a lot of men who had practiced this daily. They explained that the DHT levels in some men were the reason behind hair loss. So they gave several options like roller needles to remove some of these DHT levels in the scalp along with using Minoxial treatment which also led to hair growth.
Oh, I doubt I would have been 'deficient' in biotin before, eating oats and veggies every day, but I can nevertheless definitely attest to the huge difference that supplementing with biotin (almost daily, but I like to skip days here and there as to not get my body too habituated to - and possibly dependent on- anything) has made to decrease the amount of hair strands that I shed every day. About 1 week or 2 into supplementing, I started noticing that I was probably shedding only 20% of what I had considered 'normal' previously. Now I can comb my long hair without having to worry about leaving a ball of hair on the floor... ;) Thank you for this very informative video !
Good information, But ALL of these ingredients will only make the hair you have left grow thicker and stop fall out...they will not cause hair regrowth...
is pumpkin seeds good for hair loss/growth? i mean eating the raw seeds not the oil i read somewhere it is a DHT blocker, i think i noticed some kind of growth when drinking green tea and eating pumpkin seeds combined in my diet often but maybe its all in my mind lol, what do you think doc?
I don't think it could hurt. There is a school of thought in natural medicine that says it's always best to take the whole herb and not just an extract, because you get the full spectrum of constituents that in many cases are synergistic with the particular constituent of concern. I think especially when it's a food-like herb like Pumpkin Seed, it's a great idea to incorporate it into your diet because you will be getting things like zinc when you eat the whole seed and not just the oil. If you're sensitive to lectins you can always soak the seeds for a few hours to overnight before consuming them.
I have a question. Everyone always talks about biotin. Add biotin if your fingernails aren't the best! Add biotin to help your hair grow! If I add biotin, it has the opposite effect on me. It's lumped into everything, so I can't really comment if it makes my hair grow. My fingernails turn thinner, get more ridges, peel as easy as an orange. They're absolutely pathetic if I try biotin. If I try any sort of nail strengthening oil, cuticle oil, my nails turn to cr@p. They were always long, strong and beautiful. Menopause made them terrible. What can I do to get my long strong beautiful nails back? 💜
Biotin has a somewhat narrow therapeutic window, so taking too much can cause some of the same problems as not having enough. You could try adding gelatin or another high-quality, easily-absorbable protein source, and increasing vitamin C. I agree with Madelyn's comment above about nutritional yeast; making sure you have a good intake of all the B-complex vitamins, not just biotin, can really help with hair/skin/nail issues. I'd also look into gut health and nutrient assimilation, as our ability to take in nutrients can decline with age.
Yes. Women can take saw palmetto. Only downside I was able to find with saw palmetto is that it increases the incidence of floppy iris in cataract surgery.
This was interesting, thank you for sharing. As for rosemary oil, it smells very good. So while it may or may not stimulate hair growth, it may impart a nice scent in your products. Also, the evidence supporting laser therapy is sort of unconvincing. I am not saying it doesn't work, just saying I would prefer better evidence. But it seems very safe. and if you have the financial resources to purchase the laser helmut, I suppose it couldn't hurt. And who knows perhaps some people will benefit from it more than others; kind of like minoxidil, which is not very impressive, even at 5%.
Thanks for all your educating and sometimes even funny videos about hair loss. I truly enjoy absorbing all the information :) I am not entirely sure whether I remember correctly and if I read the exact same study about PSO, however, the one I read evaluated not pure PSO but administered a combination of PSO and liquid vitamins. So in this case, I found it difficult to ultimately accredit the promising results to PSO as there was a separate, potentially influencing factor involved (liquid vitamins). This goes more or less in line with your criticism of the tea tree oil study being combined with an anti-inflammatory (diclofenac). Would be great to know whether in the study you quoted, people got PSO solely administered or in combination with something else (e.g. liquid vitamins). Thank you once again for sharing your knowledge in such a kind way with us. Looking forward to your future "natural" products! Greetings from Germany.
Hey! can you help us how you did it please. My hair is thining and hairline is receding at the temple,so i started using this mixture rosemary oil and castor oil two weeks ago.thank you
@@bukhariyasinfarah6113 cut Aspartame out of diet- it's sugar free/ diet soda. Eat natural. Use every second day- dot it on hairline (I mix in a small bottle- half and half) then use hands to massage through temples, top of head. 3 months until you see hair coming in. then keep going. Eventually fall back to twice a week
@@bukhariyasinfarah6113 IMake sure you get rid of any diet soda etc. That stuff makes people bald. No 'diet no sugar' cookies or sweets- aspartame is the 'sugar' ingredient and makes people lose hair. Eat well, vegetables, fish, fruit, grains- natural. Your hair/skin/nails and organs will thank you.
For the Pumpkin Seed Oil (PSO) study, it is a drug called "Octa Sabal Plus" that as been studied, not only PSO. Containing: Octacosanol Pumpkin seed powder Mixed vegetable powder Evening prim rose powder Corn silk extracted powder Red clover powder Tomato powder
I transitioned from finasteride and rogaine to onion juice and saw palmetto. My results have been staggering. Not only did I not suffer from any transitional period but the results I experienced have been better. I added rosemary oil 3 months ago and it has only enhanced my results. I wish I knew this information far earlier in my life and in my hair loss journey
Hey man, Good job at minute 10:00, ex point! Also, to consider how long the hairs were, what food they ingested, exercise, type of body etc. But also, what matters over here is the baby follicles that "were" born. That's what's it's essential.
Ugh, amen. There are so many studies where I think, "why even waste the time?" Even eighth graders are taught the scientific method and why it's important to test one variable at a time, so why can't the folks in universities manage to do this?
