The Growth Journal

Saw Palmetto for Women's Hair Loss: What the Re...

If you've spent any time in menopause forums or hair loss communities, you'll have seen saw palmetto mentioned again and again. "My shedding slowed within two weeks." "My scalp is...

Saw Palmetto for Women's Hair Loss: What the Re...

If you've spent any time in menopause forums or hair loss communities, you'll have seen saw palmetto mentioned again and again. "My shedding slowed within two weeks." "My scalp is...

"You're Just Getting Older": What to Do When Yo...

You spend three weeks working up to it. You've rehearsed the sentence in your head. You finally say, in a seven-minute appointment about something else, that your hair is falling...

"You're Just Getting Older": What to Do When Yo...

You spend three weeks working up to it. You've rehearsed the sentence in your head. You finally say, in a seven-minute appointment about something else, that your hair is falling...

Ferritin and Hair Loss: Why "Normal" Iron Level...

Here's a scenario I hear constantly, almost word for word. A woman with heavy shedding finally gets her bloods done. Her ferritin comes back at 15, or 18, or 22....

Ferritin and Hair Loss: Why "Normal" Iron Level...

Here's a scenario I hear constantly, almost word for word. A woman with heavy shedding finally gets her bloods done. Her ferritin comes back at 15, or 18, or 22....

Minoxidil for Women: The Dread Shed, the Commit...

Minoxidil, which you probably know as Regaine, is one of the very few licensed treatments for female pattern hair loss. Let me be completely fair from the outset: it works...

Minoxidil for Women: The Dread Shed, the Commit...

Minoxidil, which you probably know as Regaine, is one of the very few licensed treatments for female pattern hair loss. Let me be completely fair from the outset: it works...

How to Style and Care for Thinning Hair During ...

While you're working on regrowth from the inside, which takes months and there's no way around that, you still have to face the mirror every morning. And you still have...

How to Style and Care for Thinning Hair During ...

While you're working on regrowth from the inside, which takes months and there's no way around that, you still have to face the mirror every morning. And you still have...

What Is DHT and Why Is It Making You Bald? A Pl...

If you're losing your hair, one three-letter hormone is almost certainly behind it: DHT. Understand what it is and what it does, and the entire confusing world of hair loss...

What Is DHT and Why Is It Making You Bald? A Pl...

If you're losing your hair, one three-letter hormone is almost certainly behind it: DHT. Understand what it is and what it does, and the entire confusing world of hair loss...

Finasteride Side Effects: An Honest Look at the...

Let's start with something a hair supplement company probably isn't supposed to say: finasteride works. It's the most effective licensed medication for male pattern hair loss. It has decades of...

Finasteride Side Effects: An Honest Look at the...

Let's start with something a hair supplement company probably isn't supposed to say: finasteride works. It's the most effective licensed medication for male pattern hair loss. It has decades of...

Natural DHT Blockers: Which Ones Have Actual Ev...

Search "natural DHT blocker" and you'll get lists of twenty ingredients, most backed by nothing more substantial than a test tube and some wishful thinking. Somebody put nettle root in...

Natural DHT Blockers: Which Ones Have Actual Ev...

Search "natural DHT blocker" and you'll get lists of twenty ingredients, most backed by nothing more substantial than a test tube and some wishful thinking. Somebody put nettle root in...

Saw Palmetto vs Finasteride: What the Studies Show

It's 1am. You're four threads deep. And the same argument is going round in circles: "just take fin, nothing else works, everything else is cope" versus "I'm not risking my...

Saw Palmetto vs Finasteride: What the Studies Show

It's 1am. You're four threads deep. And the same argument is going round in circles: "just take fin, nothing else works, everything else is cope" versus "I'm not risking my...

Pumpkin Seed Oil for Hair Loss: Inside the Stud...

Every supplement brand loves a headline statistic. We use one ourselves: "40% increase in hair count." So let's do something unusual for a company that sells the ingredient, and actually...

Pumpkin Seed Oil for Hair Loss: Inside the Stud...

Every supplement brand loves a headline statistic. We use one ourselves: "40% increase in hair count." So let's do something unusual for a company that sells the ingredient, and actually...

The "Big 3" Hair Loss Treatments Explained: And...

Spend a week in any hair loss community and you'll meet "the Big 3": the trio of treatments the community treats as the standard playbook, recommended to every new poster...

The "Big 3" Hair Loss Treatments Explained: And...

Spend a week in any hair loss community and you'll meet "the Big 3": the trio of treatments the community treats as the standard playbook, recommended to every new poster...

Receding Hairline at 25 (or 20): Why It's Happe...

Nobody warns you that hair loss can start before your first proper job. You're 22, or 25, or still at uni, and you're zooming into photos from last summer, tilting...

Receding Hairline at 25 (or 20): Why It's Happe...

Nobody warns you that hair loss can start before your first proper job. You're 22, or 25, or still at uni, and you're zooming into photos from last summer, tilting...