» » » Brian, what’s your take about arginin, ornithin,
» » » phenylalanin, taurine …?
» »
» » I don’t know of any actual scientific evidence that amino acids in
» general
» » assist or stimulate hair growth, and I’m not saying this from any lack
» of
» » effort in trying to find something about it: I spent an afternoon once
» » doing searches on PubMed for any such evidence, and wasn’t able to find
» » anything specifically having to do with hair growth (although there may
» » well be other legitimate health reasons to take supplements of some of
» » those amino acids).
» »
» » Having said all that, I imagine that even Dr. Proctor might well be
» » amenable to taking a reasonable supplement of arginine, considering how
» » that’s a precursor to nitric oxide, which he thinks highly of for hair
» » issues! 
» »
» » .
US Patent 6136860
Applicant: Bio-Scientific Ltd., London, UK
An English biotech company was recently issued a US patent for the use of L-Lysine in the treatment of various types of hair loss, including androgenic alopecia. Following are excerpts from the patent itself.
"Studies involving the administration according to the present invention of L-lysine to those suffering from increased hair shedding show a remarkable increase in scalp hair growth."
"Typically, the L-lysine is administered in a daily dose of from 200 to 2000 mg, and more usually in a daily dose of 500 to 1500 mg, e.g. in the form of a 500 mg dose administered orally once, twice or three times a day. L-lysine may conveniently be administered orally, for example as tablets, capsules."
"We have also discovered that administration of lysine to patients results in a dramatic increase in the efficacy of known treatments for genetic hair loss (which term covers a number of conditions variously referred to as androgen-dependent alopecia, androgenic alopecia, androgenetic alopecia, common baldness, female baldness, diffuse hair loss and male pattern baldness)."
"Thus, in a further aspect of the present invention there is provided a kit including a plurality of separate containers, each containing at least one active agent useful in a combination therapy for the treatment of genetic hair loss, wherein said kit includes L-lysine and at least one further active agent selected from minoxidil, anti-androgens, 5.alpha.-reductase inhibitors, aromatase inhibitors."
"The co-administration of L-lysine with known treatments for genetic hair loss such as minoxidil and anti-androgens results in a significant improvement in the efficacy of the treatment."
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» People who believe in HGH or human growth hormone are the ones who think
» amino acids can regrow hair. I think it only works if you are 50 and older