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 Dr. Lee is the founder and owner of Regrowth LLC, a company based in Los Angeles and dedicated to the treatment of hair loss. He has been developing innovative products and treating hair loss sufferers for the past 16 years. Dr. Lee is the creator of the Xandrox line of hair loss treatments.
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anonymous
2006-02-20
nutrition and hair loss
Can MPB can be prevented or improved by good nutrition?
It would be nice, if you could prevent or treat MPB by improving your nutritional needs. But you can’t. There is no known correlation between nutrition and MPB. Poor nutrition neither causes nor exacerbates MPB, which occurs when a person has both the genetic predisposition for it and the presence of androgens to promote its incidence. There is no scientific evidence that there are any specific nutrients and/or vitamins that will prevent or reverse MPB. Preventing or reversing MPB is much more complicated and much more difficult than correcting a nutritional deficiency due to faulty dietary intake. Which is not to say that nutritional deficiencies can’t cause hair loss or poor hair growth, but those types of hair loss are not the same as MPB. The cells that comprise the hair follicles in the scalp are some of the most active in the entire human body. Those active follicles require a constant supply of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. So, it only stands to reason that there are many causes for poor hair growth or even hair loss due to dietary reasons. For example, patients who have protein deficiencies, either because of malabsorption or because of lack of intake, can present with poor hair growth and even hair loss. Patients with iodine deficiency can have the coarse hair and hair loss of hypothyroidism. Biotin deficiency can cause poor hair growth. Iron deficiencies are often overlooked as a cause of hair loss, especially in women. Some people with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia can lose hair because the body isn’t getting enough proteins, vitamins and minerals to sustain hair growth. Vegetarians can lose hair, if they don’t get enough protein from non-meat sources, Etc. Richard Lee, MD
Regrowth, LLC
www.minoxidil.com
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