Unlock the secrets of rosemary for hair loss with a comparison to minoxidil. Dr. Joshua Goldenberg presents a super speedy summary of a groundbreaking study comparing natural remedies to pharmaceuticals. Learn about efficacy, side effects, and innovative solutions for androgenic alopecia in this enlightening episode.
Unlock the secrets of rosemary for hair loss with a comparison to minoxidil. Dr. Joshua Goldenberg presents a super speedy summary of a groundbreaking study comparing natural remedies to pharmaceuticals. Learn about efficacy, side effects, and innovative solutions for androgenic alopecia in this enlightening episode.
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Dr. Goldenberg :
Today we're going to talk about rosemary for hair loss. This is an interesting study. It came out a few years ago, but rosemary versus minoxidil for the treatment of androgenic alopecia a randomized controlled trial. So androgenic alopecia is a very common form of hair loss and minoxidil or Rogaine is the probably most common pharmaceutical for it, or at least one of the most famous. And rosemary oil has this shown ability to be a microvascular dilator, and so the thought is well, perhaps that sort of dilates the blood vessels up there and you get better hair growth. And you know how would that stack up against rosemary? And so what did they find? So, like I said, it's a randomized controlled trial. This was done in Iran. So there's 100 young Iranian males. Half of the group got rosemary oil, half got Rogaine generic and then they did a hair count. Now this was a blinded, standardized professional assessment. So basically they would take these like micro photographs and have blinded individuals sort of count the hair. So that seemed pretty solid to me. And what did they find? So the six month outcomes were rosemary we had an increase in hair growth. Minoxidil we had an increase in hair growth. They were not statistically different from each other. So you have a pre to post statistically significant improvement in both groups and the difference between them was not statistically significant in this study. Now, as far as adverse events, both groups reported itchy scalp, but it was actually worse in the minoxidil group as opposed to the rosemary group. So for the full basic level video on this, go ahead and watch the video with Dr Adam Sadowski.
Dr. Goldenberg :
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Dr. Goldenberg :
You know we talked about some really interesting stuff today. I think one of the things we're going to do that's relevant. There is a course we have on Dr Journal Club called the EBM Boot Camp. That's really meant for clinicians to sort of help them understand how to critically evaluate the literature, etc, etc. Some of the things that we've been talking about today. Go ahead and check out the show notes link. We're going to link to it directly. I think it might be of interest. Don't forget to follow us on social and interact with us on social media at DrJournal Club. Dr Journal Club on Twitter, we're on Facebook, we're on LinkedIn, etc, etc. So please reach out to us. We always love to talk to our fans and our listeners. If you have any specific questions you'd like to ask us about research, evidence, being a clinician, etc. Don't hesitate to ask. And then, of course, if you have any topics that you'd like us to cover on the pod, please let us know as well.
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