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Permalink Reply by Earthsaver23 on July 11, 2015 at 12:09pm

This article is from this month.

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Permalink Reply by Lisamarieknits on July 12, 2015 at 7:40am

I wonder if supplementing helps or does the disease make us unable to absorb. I have alopecia universals and recently read that selenium is lower in more severe patients as well. I wonder if somehow we are not absorbing. I have started taking a chelated multi mineral and a selenium supplement to see if improvement occurs. Bluebonnet chelated multi mineral has all the minerals with 3 tabs a day. plus I am taking 150 % rda of selenium.

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Permalink Reply by Patches on April 5, 2019 at 9:38am

Did anyone here ever look further into this? I've found a couple other studies showing that zinc supplements can help when AA patients have low serum zinc levels, and a reddit user recently posted photos showing his own improvements after self-diagnosing his low zinc levels, and then taking supplements (he achieved almost complete regrowth).

But all of the studies are small sample sizes, and obviously the redditer is just a single case. I wonder who else has focused on zinc? (If you read the literature, it does make alot of sense . . . zinc prevents immune cells from attacking hair follicles; usually zinc deficiency would result in diffuse hair loss, but who is to say it couldn't result in spot-baldness instead?).

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Permalink Reply by Vins91 on April 16, 2019 at 7:07am

I read an article in a medicine magazine, stating that zinc can help prevent alopecia. I can't find it right now, but here is something similar from MensHealth. Actually, I was so motivated that decided to try zinc supplements from next month. I already choose these from Biotech/. As far as I heard zinc removes copper from a body, so consider to measure your copper level or add some copper nutrients to your diet if you want to give it a try. My hair problems started when I was extremely nervous writing custom papers review for this site and also I blame it on my age. Anyway, Patches, I will keep you updated with my results.

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Permalink Reply by Patches on July 30, 2019 at 9:06am

Hey - did you get anywhere? I started taking supplements but I wasn’t disciplined. However, my condition just keep getting worse so maybe this could be the next thing I really fully throw myself into. 

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