Comments on: Does Nutrition Affect Hair Loss? Is There a Hormonal Connection? http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/nutrition-hair-loss-hormones/ A Community For Women Dealing With Hair Loss - Help, Hope and Understanding Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:16:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: admin http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/nutrition-hair-loss-hormones/#comment-152 admin Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:13:51 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=45#comment-152 Scalp Med... UGHH If I see one more of their cheezy infomericals I'm gonna throw up. Their intro music plays like it's the opening of the olympic games. Everyone miraculously gets their hair back in what seems like a pretty unrealistic way. They show one lady with practically NO hair and in the after picture she looks like she never lost a hair in her life. hummm... This is yet another example of a company who repackages Minoxidil and in my opinion, rips people off. Their two months supply sells on their website for $159.80 $18.81 shipping and handling for a total of $178.61. You can get a two months supply of Rogaine For Women From drugstore.com for $89.98 shipping. And if you go for the Rite Aid Generic brand you can get two months for $60 shipping. So Scalp med charges 2 1/2 times more than generic minoxidil. Maybe I'm mistaken, but my understanding is minoxidil is minoxidil is minoxidil. The only difference is the label that is slapped on the bottle. Scalp Med worked for you because the main ingredient is minoxidil, I am sorry to hear about the side effects you experienced from it. The side effects listed of drugs.com for minoxidil are: More common Fast or irregular heartbeat; weight gain (rapid) of more than 5 pounds (2 pounds in children) Less common Chest pain; shortness of breath Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur: More common Bloating; flushing or redness of skin; swelling of feet or lower legs Less common Numbness or tingling of hands, feet, or face Rare Skin rash and itching ----------------------- It sounds like perhaps you were having a reaction to the minoxidil. Amy, I'm very much like you. I read everything I can that is available on hair loss constantly searching for that one thing that will turn everything around. I think that is a pretty normal to do, don't want to miss anything. And it isn't stupid that you get your hopes up when your reading through books, hope is good... it is what keeps us going. Jeni - It definitely is frustrating when you do all the right things and don't see the return we hope for (more hair) but being healthy, eating right is good for our bodies and our minds. I may have no hair but I'll live to be 110 years old :) Scalp Med… UGHH If I see one more of their cheezy infomericals I’m gonna throw up. Their intro music plays like it’s the opening of the olympic games. Everyone miraculously gets their hair back in what seems like a pretty unrealistic way. They show one lady with practically NO hair and in the after picture she looks like she never lost a hair in her life. hummm… This is yet another example of a company who repackages Minoxidil and in my opinion, rips people off. Their two months supply sells on their website for $159.80 $18.81 shipping and handling for a total of $178.61. You can get a two months supply of Rogaine For Women From drugstore.com for $89.98 shipping. And if you go for the Rite Aid Generic brand you can get two months for $60 shipping. So Scalp med charges 2 1/2 times more than generic minoxidil. Maybe I’m mistaken, but my understanding is minoxidil is minoxidil is minoxidil. The only difference is the label that is slapped on the bottle. Scalp Med worked for you because the main ingredient is minoxidil, I am sorry to hear about the side effects you experienced from it. The side effects listed of drugs.com for minoxidil are:

More common

Fast or irregular heartbeat; weight gain (rapid) of more than 5 pounds (2 pounds in children)

Less common

Chest pain; shortness of breath

Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:

More common

Bloating; flushing or redness of skin; swelling of feet or lower legs

Less common

Numbness or tingling of hands, feet, or face

Rare

Skin rash and itching
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It sounds like perhaps you were having a reaction to the minoxidil.

Amy, I’m very much like you. I read everything I can that is available on hair loss constantly searching for that one thing that will turn everything around. I think that is a pretty normal to do, don’t want to miss anything. And it isn’t stupid that you get your hopes up when your reading through books, hope is good… it is what keeps us going.

Jeni - It definitely is frustrating when you do all the right things and don’t see the return we hope for (more hair) but being healthy, eating right is good for our bodies and our minds. I may have no hair but I’ll live to be 110 years old :)

]]> By: Amy http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/nutrition-hair-loss-hormones/#comment-154 Amy Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:46:58 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=45#comment-154 I was at Barnes and Noble looking for the book you referenced. It sounds very interesting. Not only am I on spiro but I am taking metaformin (an insulin lowering medication) because of insulin resistance. If what he says in true- maybe I will see some positive results. Anyway, I found myself looking at all sorts of books for hair loss. It's stupid...but I get my hopes up looking at books...plundering through them hoping they have a new take on the hair loss issue. Maybe I might hit gold and find something that will be the cure. Every few months I get this great urgency and do mass research on the internet and at the bookstore. Sometimes I even wake up at night and sit on the internet for a while hoping for something new. Just in case your wondering- I didn't find anything new. But I'm a sucker and I buy all sort of things. The only thing that really worked was this stuff called Scalp Med. Of course it worked! I saw a difference pretty quickly...but I also noticed that I was getting tremors and muscle spasms, too. Yeah, it took weeks for those to go away. It appears from their website that other people have had results. I don't know why I got the tremors and muscle spasms. Oh well, back to square one. I was at Barnes and Noble looking for the book you referenced. It sounds very interesting. Not only am I on spiro but I am taking metaformin (an insulin lowering medication) because of insulin resistance. If what he says in true- maybe I will see some positive results. Anyway, I found myself looking at all sorts of books for hair loss. It’s stupid…but I get my hopes up looking at books…plundering through them hoping they have a new take on the hair loss issue. Maybe I might hit gold and find something that will be the cure. Every few months I get this great urgency and do mass research on the internet and at the bookstore. Sometimes I even wake up at night and sit on the internet for a while hoping for something new. Just in case your wondering- I didn’t find anything new. But I’m a sucker and I buy all sort of things. The only thing that really worked was this stuff called Scalp Med. Of course it worked! I saw a difference pretty quickly…but I also noticed that I was getting tremors and muscle spasms, too. Yeah, it took weeks for those to go away. It appears from their website that other people have had results. I don’t know why I got the tremors and muscle spasms. Oh well, back to square one.

]]> By: jeni - savvy skin http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/nutrition-hair-loss-hormones/#comment-153 jeni - savvy skin Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:47:13 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=45#comment-153 I have been working for the last several years to eat healthier, but I haven't seen any results with my hair either. I don't like meat, so I have a hard time getting enough protein, and my iron is low. I'm trying to eat more healthy fats and protein, less carbs, a lot less sugar, and more antioxidants. I have books on anti-aging and women's hormones, skin care, and hair loss, and I try to put all the info together to eat well. It's frustrating when you try to do everything right and don't see any changes. I have been working for the last several years to eat healthier, but I haven’t seen any results with my hair either. I don’t like meat, so I have a hard time getting enough protein, and my iron is low. I’m trying to eat more healthy fats and protein, less carbs, a lot less sugar, and more antioxidants. I have books on anti-aging and women’s hormones, skin care, and hair loss, and I try to put all the info together to eat well. It’s frustrating when you try to do everything right and don’t see any changes.

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