Potassium Iodide / Iodine for the Growth of Hair
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Iodine has some promising effects relating to hair loss:
It is anti-fibrotic, a decalcification agent, anti-histaminergic, anti-estrogenic, it seems to synergize with Calcium, and of course it is a potent anti-fungal and anti-parasitic agent. All of these properties should confer on iodine a potent capacity for hair growth. There even exists a patent for a basic topical Iodine hair-growth formula composed of Lugol's in a carrier gel.It is surprisingly hard to find clean anecdotes on Reddit or elsewhere regarding topical iodine; mostly just people on r/tressless using Betadine as part of their derma-rolling protocol (huge confound in the derma-rolling studies is that Iodine is used as a disinfectant either pre- or post-intervention... Think about that).
Has anyone run experiments on themselves with topical Iodine for hair growth?
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@albion Guys sorry for the chat GPT level writing here, I am estrogenic as of late and brain fogged... I hope my point still translates
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I've only tried oral. Does iodine really need s carrier agent? I thought it was absorbed decently enough but maybe not efficient enough for norwooders
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@thyroidchor27 When I do topical I typically use a carrier fat. It helps with spreading the mixture. Also, I like the thought of potentially delivering iodolipids straight to the scalp. I apply the mixture for an hour or so then wash off. There's quite a bit of benefit for fat alone on the scalp, as a toxin absorber.
