@LetTheRedeemed Do you perceive any signs of higher testosterone?

@wrl We tried dried prunes. Would you say that prune juice is more effective?

Thank you very much, @LucH !

@LucH Vitamin C is contraindicated with blood thinners I think, but the carrot salat is actually a brilliant idea. Will buy some carrots and olive oil ASAP!

What would be the safest laxative for people who are taking plenty of prescription medications, icluding blood thinners, diuretics, blood pressure and thyroid meds? Cascara is apparently contraindicated, and so are high dose b-vitamins + magnesium? Any help would be greatly appreciated

@Mossy said in Diclofenac gel to regrow hair on bald head and beard:

@Hearthfire said in Diclofenac gel to regrow hair on bald head and beard:

@BearWithMe the gels on amazon are Diclofenac sodium 1%

Yes, this is what I'm finding as well. I'm only seeing the sodium variety, everywhere I look.

For example, Voltaren - the best selling and most popular Diclofenac gel - is diethylamine.

Have you tried xylitol?

There are two types of topical diclofenac, diclofenac diethylamine and diclofenac sodium. Diclofenac sodium was used in the available hair loss studies

not all topical diclofenac formulations are the same

Treatment of alopecia areata by topical diclofenac sodium gel in comparison to benzoyl peroxide gel. A novel single blind therapeutic clinical trial
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Patients were instructed to apply topical 1% diclofenac sodium gel twice daily for 2 months to all affected patches with gentile massage.
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Few and tolerable adverse effects were observed during the course of the treatment of both topical gels, like erythema and itching, but these was resolved spontaneously during the course of the therapy without interrupting the treatment course
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The present study has proved its effectiveness in the treatment of AA as 21 (65.9%) patches showed complete hair regrowth at the end 4 months of follow up.
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The topical multiple successful therapy lead us to speculate that all of them
work through the same mechanism by irritation of the keratinocyte of the hair follicles, and the epidermis to induce the release of immune mediators. These mediators will regulate the dysregulated immunity, hence, stimulating the arrested growth of hair bulb to regenerate again producing a normal coarse hair, this so called “irritant theory” could be applied to other skin diseases like vitiligo.

https://smj.org.sa/content/smj/27/7/1079.full.pdf

@Mossy Be careful not to cause the side effects just by expecting the side effects. Wish you the best of luck.

It is very interesting that Diclofenac is apparently effective for both hair loss and beard loss. The pathology of the two seems to be very different, almost the opposite?