References: Hair growth and hair loss
Ann Surg. 1976 Apr;183(4):331-40.
A syndrome of acute zinc deficiency during total parenteral alimentation in man.
Kay RG, Tasman-Jones C, Pybus J, Whiting R, Black H.
Changes in the plasma and urine levels of the trace metal zinc have been followed in a series of 37 adult patients totally supported by intravenous alimentation. Copper has also been determined in more recent cases. In such a seriously ill group, although urinary zinc loss may be very high at the height of catabolism, severe plasma depletion does not occur unless there is a subsequent phase of sustained anabolism and weight gain. In four patients plasma zinc fell to very low levels during this phase and three of this group developed a syndrome characterized by diarrhea, mental depression, para-nasal, oral and peri-oral dermatitis, and alopecia. The response to oral or intravenous zinc therapy is striking, except for hair regrowth which is delayed but eventually complete. The syndrome we have recognized in adult man has not been previously described. It resembles however the parakeratosis of zinc deficient swine and it is also very similar to Acrodermatitis enteropathica, a genetically determined disorder of infants very recently linked to zinc deficiency. Zinc is clearly essential to human metabolism and it should be included in all parenteral alimentation regimes particularly during the period of rapid, sustained, weight gain.
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Yakugaku Zasshi. 1993 Oct;113(10):718-24.
[Effect of leaves of Ginkgo biloba on hair regrowth in C3H strain mice]
[Article in Japanese]
Kobayashi N, Suzuki R, Koide C, Suzuki T, Matsuda H, Kubo M.
KOSE Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Effects of 70% ethanolic extract from leaves of Ginkgo biloba (GBE) on the hair regrowth in normal and high butter diet-pretreated C3H strain mice which posterior hair we shaved were investigated. GBE showed a promoting effect on the hair regrowth. GBE had the inhibitory effects on blood platelet aggregation, thrombin activity and fibrinolysis. GBE inhibited the increase of serum the triglyceride level in high cholesterol diet-treated rats. These results suggested that GBE promotes the hair regrowth and could be used as a hair tonic.
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Dermatology. 1993;187(4):282-5.
Pulse of methylprednisolone in alopecia areata.
Perriard-Wolfensberger J, Pasche-Koo F, Mainetti C, Labarthe MP, Salomon D, Saurat JH.
Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland.
In an attempt to stop the evolution of recent-onset severe alopecia areata (AA), we tested pulse corticotherapy on 9 patients. Acceptance into the study was based on the following criteria: recent-onset AA (< 1 year), AA in an active state, bald surface > 30% of the scalp, no contraindication to pulse corticotherapy. Each patient was given 250 mg i.v. of methylprednisolone twice a day on 3 successive days. In 8 patients the course of the ongoing episode of AA was stopped. At the 6-month follow-up, a regrowth on 80-100% of the bald surface was observed in 6 patients. One patient did not respond to treatment, and 2 had less than 50% of regrowth. This open study suggests that pulse corticotherapy: (1) can stop the course of severe AA in an active state, (2) is well tolerated without major side effects and (3) does not permit a stable control of AA of more than 1 year duration. This treatment seems to be indicated for severe AA of recent onset.
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