Zinc and Minoxidil. Negative interaction?

Topicals for hair loss
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Hello,

I read in a forum about studies stating that zinc interacts in a negative way with minoxidl and decreases its results.

I search the hairsite forums but i didn’t find anything.

Do you know about this claim? I was using a shampoo containing zinc (and was thinking to start revivogen as topical dht stoper) together with minox.

thanks

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» Hello,
»
» I read in a forum about studies stating that zinc interacts in a negative
» way with minoxidl and decreases its results.
»
» I search the hairsite forums but i didn’t find anything.
»
» Do you know about this claim? I was using a shampoo containing zinc (and
» was thinking to start revivogen as topical dht stoper) together with
» minox.
»
» thanks

There is a gay that "invent " a zinc lotion and this statement are in his site ( wich i think that are reall , he put a reference of the study ) .
In theory , minoxidil alone is more effective that Minoxidil + Zinc Shampoo .

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The following study does not mention anything about that interaction.

Background
Recent studies of antidandruff shampoos or tonics containing antifungal or antibacterial agents produced effects suggestive of a potential hair growth benefit.

Objectives
The purpose of this 6-month, 200-patient, randomized, investigator-blinded, parallel-group clinical study was to assess the hair growth benefits of a 1% pyrithione zinc shampoo. The efficacy of a 1% pyrithione zinc shampoo (used daily), was compared with that of a 5% minoxidil topical solution (applied twice daily), a placebo shampoo and a combination of the 1% pyrithione zinc shampoo and the 5% minoxidil topical solution.

Methods
Two hundred healthy men between the ages of 18 and 49 years (inclusive) exhibiting Hamilton–Norwood type III vertex or type IV baldness were enrolled. Total hair counts, the primary efficacy measure, were obtained using fibre-optic microscopy and a computer-assisted, manual hair count method. Secondary measures of efficacy included assessments of hair diameter, as well as patient and investigator global assessments of improvement in hair growth. These were based on photographs of the scalp using both midline and vertex views.

Results
Hair count results showed a significant (P < 0·05) net increase in total visible hair counts for the 1% pyrithione zinc shampoo, the 5% minoxidil topical solution, and the combination treatment groups relative to the placebo shampoo after 9 weeks of treatment. The relative increase in hair count for the 1% pyrithione zinc shampoo was slightly less than half that for the minoxidil topical solution and was essentially maintained throughout the 26-week treatment period. No advantage was seen in using both the 5% minoxidil topical solution and the 1% pyrithione zinc shampoo. A small increase in hair diameter was observed for the minoxidil-containing treatment groups at week 17. Assessments of global improvements by the patients and investigator generally showed the benefit of 5% minoxidil. The benefit of the 1% pyrithione zinc shampoo used alone tended (P < 0·1) to be apparent only to the investigator.

Conclusions
Hair count results show a modest and sustained improvement in hair growth with daily use of a 1% pyrithione zinc shampoo over a 26-week treatment period.

» Hello,
»
» I read in a forum about studies stating that zinc interacts in a negative
» way with minoxidl and decreases its results.
»
» I search the hairsite forums but i didn’t find anything.
»
» Do you know about this claim? I was using a shampoo containing zinc (and
» was thinking to start revivogen as topical dht stoper) together with
» minox.
»
» thanks

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I asked Dr. Proctor this question once. He claimed in all his years he had never heard of the two being incompatible. I would take his word over most.