I know of 2 types of saw palmetto that I can get at the drug store. The liquid (gel?) capsule, and the dry version.

Which one is better? Does it matter?

Hi shaz

There is no documented truth this regrows hair or stop loss. I wouldn't waste my money

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Hey Shaz,

If you have lost lots of hair, it's pretty much useless. It's only effective on people who have hardly lost any or have only just started to lose it.

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I TRIED THE STUFF FOR ALITTLE WHILE IT DIDDN'T DO ANYTHING. NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE. IT CAN HAVE SIDE EFFECTS AS WELL

Ditto here.. It's a waste

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There's Alphastat, a astaxanthin/ saw palmetto blend "that has been shown in in-vitro studies to provide potent cellular-level protection for prostate tissues by inhibiting the activity of an enzyme known as 5-alpha reductase. This powerful combination delivers unprecedented protection for prostate tissues - far more than could ever be achieved with regular saw palmetto extracts. In fact, Alphastat has been shown in studies to exhibit 20% greater 5-alpha reductase inhibition than saw palmetto alone"

As someone else mentioned..side effects can occur with something like this just as they do with drugs.

saw palmetto has been used for years in europe and asia for prostrate health, that is where the correlation is due to the propecia link with prostrate.
there is not evidence proving or disproving it affects DHT because there is no money in it for a company to pour $$$ into researching a product that they will never be able to patent and sell due to it being a herb that anyone can buy and or grow themselves. will we ever know if it works, probably not. but if it helps, what is the harm in taking it unless it gives you really bad gas and the $hits like it did me

HT

there is not one study which proves it regrows hair or stops hairloss. Talk to any top doctor on here ( or vet). You are wasting your money but feel free. You will just have expensive pee.

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More information about Saw Palmetto and other commonly asked about herbal treatments and hair loss drugs can be found on the following thread.

I will continue to update this thread with other treatments as I have time to do additional research.

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There is new data that saw palmetto does not have a significant effect on the prostate and therefore not likely to be beneficial to hair as well.
See below:

Ricardo MEjia MD
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1: Curr Urol Rep. 2006 Jul;7(4):260-5.Links
Saw palmetto and lower urinary tract symptoms: what is the latest evidence?Avins AL, Bent S.
Northern California Kaiser-Permanente Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, 3rd Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, USA. avins@itsa.ucsf.edu

The use of dietary supplements for treating a wide range of health conditions has grown rapidly in the United States. In the field of men's health, the most common dietary supplement used is an extract of the berry of the saw palmetto plant, with which men commonly self-medicate in order to treat lower urinary tract symptoms. Throughout the past two decades, substantial literature has emerged examining the biologic and clinical effects of saw palmetto extracts. Several lines of evidence suggest that saw palmetto may exert physiologic effects consistent with a beneficial clinical effect on the mechanisms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Although most clinical studies tend to suggest a modest efficacy benefit of saw palmetto, more recent studies are less consistent and the precise clinical value of saw palmetto for treating lower urinary tract symptoms remains undefined. Overall, there appear to be few safety concerns with short-term use of this herbal medicine, although large-scale and longer-term safety studies have not been performed. Higher-quality studies are currently underway to better define the potential benefits and risks of plant-based extracts for treating symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia.

PMID: 16930496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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