Flaxseed Oil and Evening Primrose

[viperfish]

Flaxseed oil and Evening Primrose are a great natural source of Alpha-Linolenic Acid and Gamma-Linolenic acid. Both of these are active ingredients in Revivogen. Anyways I got to thinking yesterday that taking these might not be a bad idea. In the Revivogen studies these two acids were applied topically and shown to be a good inhibitors of 5 alpha-reductase. Maybe taken internally may be of benefit too????

Anyways I don't mean to start a "he said she said thing", but this is the truth I'm not out to give bogus info. My mom's friend who has suffered from fpb went to her derm 3-6 months ago to ask his advice on her thinning problem and the derm recommended flaxseed oil (high in alpha-linolenic acid) as she was suffering from alot of irritation and inflammation that may have been causing her thinning. Some months later her hair totally came back! I don't know alot about the stuff, but it may help with inflammation and maybe using it topically and internally concomitantly (Revivogen) may help.

I thought what the hell I'll try some. It's cheap and good for the central nervous system and heart. Why not?????????

 

[Bryan]

Flaxseed oil and Evening Primrose are a great natural source of Alpha-Linolenic Acid and Gamma-Linolenic acid. Both of these are active ingredients in Revivogen. Anyways I got to thinking yesterday that taking these might not be a bad idea. In the Revivogen studies these two acids were applied topically and shown to be a good inhibitors of 5 alpha-reductase. Maybe taken internally may be of benefit too????

There may be some NUTRITIONAL benefit to taking them internally, but they won't inhibit 5a-reductase that way to any significant extent. That's been demonstrated in at least one study that I can think of.

You have to flood an area topically with relatively large amounts of the PURE fatty acid (not just a natural oil like flax, evening primrose, borage, etc.) to have that effect.

Bryan

 

[viperfish]

Yes I would think that flaxseed oil would be very beneficial for nutrition. I'm just wondering why the derm recommended it and why it worked so well. This is a woman that has suffered with fpb for a significant time. Bryan do you think it helps maybe with inflammation??? I believe the product Hair Genesis uses a supplement that contains ALA and GLA. I'm not saying that product is any good, but I believe the company has some study that was conducted taking these internally.

 

[viperfish]

Nevermind Hair Genesis does not contain ALA and GLA in the supplement. Only in the topical!

 

[Bryan]

Sure, there's a ton of information out there about how specific fatty acids can either PROMOTE or DISCOURAGE inflammation, due to their individual effects on inflammatory cytokines, etc. But that's a purely nutritional issue, and doesn't have anything to do with 5a-reductase (at least as far as I know).

Bryan