Regular Member Chadley Posted March 23, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted March 23, 2015 Does anyone have experience with taking herbal or other vitamins with any success? I had an FUE transplant of about 3800 grafts in December 2014. By February, about half of the follicles had fallen out and I was experiencing shock loss. My bro-in-law, who is way into herbal remedies, recommended some stuff I started taking. It's basically vitamins in liquid format - designed for hair and skin. I was amazed at the turnaround. I'm now in month 3 and I'd say I have about 80% growth in the recipient area. Shock loss reversed and the new grafts have almost all started sprouting. I suspect this type of remedy works well on existing follicles (making them stronger and grow faster), rather than regrowing hair where follicles have died. You need a DHT inhibitor to regrow hair, but I wonder if anyone else has had success with something like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpitiful Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 what are the herbs you are taking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpitiful Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 what are the herbs you are taking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chadley Posted March 25, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 25, 2015 It's called Jusuru. It was recommended to me by someone who said it would help with shock loss and regrowth. It has been incredible, but it's pretty expensive. I was wondering if anyone had experienced the same thing with other vitamins. They say their blend is proprietary, but I did some research and it looks like it contains collagen, resveratrol, and 13 "antioxidant-rich superfruits" - whatever that means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MusoInOz Posted March 25, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted March 25, 2015 Highly recommend Biotin and MSM combos guys they are quite helpful during the healing process. "The road to success is always under construction" :cool: I represent Dr Rahal and the associated clinic as a paid patient advisor. I am also here to assist fellow Australian/NZ Hair Loss sufferers both on and off the forum. Contact: mbhounslow@gmail.com - Mike. Hair Transplant Surgery: June 3rd 2011 2800 Grafts to frontal 1/3 By Dr Rahal in Ottawa, Canada Current Hair Loss Arsenal: Dutas .5mg every day 1.5 years and Proscar 5mg (Cut into 1/4): x1 Daily 10 years Hair-A-Gain Generic Minox: x2 Daily 13 years (Applied wet in mornings) Other Random products put to use during my hair loss battle (not in use): Spiro Cream 5mg Minox 15% Dr Proctor's Nano Shampoo Various Herbal supplements Toppik/ Nanogen Saw Palmetto Provillus - LOL Nanogen Shampoo Laser Treatments (Epic Fail) 10 long years of HT and general HL research.:cool: *I am not a medical professional, I only offer my own advice from personal experiences and years of detailed research* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chadley Posted March 26, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 26, 2015 Here's what I'm talking about. I had my hair transplant surgery (FUE) on December 2. These photos were taken of me on February 8. As you can see I had lost most of the grafts and was even seeing some shock loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chadley Posted March 26, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted March 26, 2015 My wife took these photos yesterday (March 25th). As you can see, it's not 100% regrowth, but I'd say at least 80%. And I'm not even to month 4. Sorry, I hope this doesn't make anyone feel bad. I'm just amazed because this seems much faster than I was expecting. And the turnaround (from losing nearly all grafts + shock loss) started once I began taking Jusuru. I obviously want to keep going with this, but I was wondering if there is a cheaper alternative that gets the same results. But, then again, I paid a lot for the surgery. I don't want to risk losing (or slowing down) any progress. I'll probably just keep going with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member BogDan Posted May 18, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 18, 2015 Yeah vitamins can be really effective. It all depends what stage your hair loss is at and what your individual genetics are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member BadBeat Posted May 18, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted May 18, 2015 It could just be that your FUE grafts were ready to start growing. It's pretty common to start seeing good growth around the 3-4 month mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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