There are dozens of clinical trials that proves ketoconazole increases the number of anagen follicles and thickens the hair shaft. There's even some studies that demonstrates how ketoconazole alone can stop male pattern baldness.
No, I won't bother to link to these, because a simple search on pubmed, or even in google scholar, will give you these articles right away.
But yes: hair loss is a side effect of nizoral. It's also a side effect of minoxidil. Do the math; if both minoxidil and keto increases the number of anagen follicles, why do you think both treatments induces hair loss early on in the treatment?
No, I won't bother to link to these, because a simple search on pubmed, or even in google scholar, will give you these articles right away.
But yes: hair loss is a side effect of nizoral. It's also a side effect of minoxidil. Do the math; if both minoxidil and keto increases the number of anagen follicles, why do you think both treatments induces hair loss early on in the treatment?