Tocotrienol (vitamin E) may reverse male pattern baldness

[clandestine]

Edit: Accidentally posted this to 'Cutting Edge / Future Treatments' forum when it should probably be in the 'Hair Loss Treatments' forum. Perhaps a moderator can move it? Couldn't figure out how to delete and repost. Thanks!

Found this claim in a wikipedia article;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldness

"An eight month study performed at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Science Malaysia showed daily supplements of a patented tocotrienol (vitamin E) complex may increase hair growth in people with male pattern baldness by 42 percent.[56]"

Here is information regarding the study conducted;

http://www.tocotrienol.org/images/stories/pdf_upload/Magazines/tsuprabio%20hair%20loss%20prevention%20and%20beyond.pdf

"An 8-month study was performed at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia with 28 volunteers aged 18 to 59 years with mild to moderately severe hair loss.

Volunteers supplemented with Tocomin SupraBio showed statistically significant higher hair counts postsupplementation (p<0.01). An average of 41.8% increase in the number of hair was observed after 8 months whereby

• 8 volunteers (40.0%) showed >50%
hair growth
• 1 volunteer (5.0%) showed 25-50%
hair growth
• 9 volunteers (45.0%) showed
10-25% hair growth
• 1 volunteer (5.0%) showed <10%
hair growth"

Article regarding the study results;

http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/Vitamin-E-may-reverse-male-pattern-baldness-Study

"Daily supplements of a patented tocotrienol (vitamin E) complex may increase hair growth in people with male pattern baldness by 42 per cent.

Hair coverage, measured by counting the number of hairs in a pre-selected 2x2 cm area, was significantly increased by an average of 41.8 per cent in the tocotrienol group, with eight volunteers experiencing greater than 50 per cent growth."

Additional source;

http://www.naturalnews.com/028050_vitamin_E_hair.html

"Vitamin E helps with the growth of capillaries. When there are more capillaries, the circulation improves and it is thought that the improved circulation to the scalp is the trigger for preventing hair loss."

Thoughts?

[Thinning@30]

This is intriguing. But before anyone runs out to the drugstore to buy a whole shopping cart full of vitamin E pills, notice that the study claims that the participants were given a patented vitamin E complex. I'm curious to know what was in the complex other than vitamin E. Who funded the study? I'm also unsure of what to make of the fact that the study was performed at a university in Malaysia. How is that institution regarded within the global academic community? Also, did measurements count only terminal hairs? A 41.0 percent increase in terminal hairs seems like it should be enough to be cosmetically significant. Are there photographs? I think more information and independent verification are needed.

[HairTalk]

The number (average re-growth>40&#37 sounds impressive, but the single before–after image published would be lucky to underwhelm a person — it's likely just lighting and angle, but I think the subject actually may be showing less hair in the "after" shot...

[Thinning@30]

The number (average re-growth>40%) sounds impressive, but the single before–after image published would be lucky to underwhelm a person — it's likely just lighting and angle, but I think the subject actually may be showing less hair in the "after" shot...

I saw the single photograph too. I don't think the picture (figures 2 and 3) is referenced in the article, so I don't what it is trying show, but there appears to be no growth at all. The only difference I see is that the hair looks wet in the before picture--a well known tactic of people selling snake oil hair loss cures.

[mrmanns]

Couldn't help but registering and commenting on this thread

I've been a lurker

Well it does grow hair, literally

If you shave your beard, it'll grow back 5x as faster and thicker (This is how you will actually see first hand it can grow hair)

Us bodybuilders use it

Here are the two top toco products

Jarrow Formulas, Inc.
Toco-Sorb

and

TOCO-8 - Primordial Performance

It also has awesome fat burning attributes to it, boost metabolism.

I've been on toco for about a year now

[HairTalk]

Couldn't help but registering and commenting on this thread

I've been a lurker

Well it does grow hair, literally

If you shave your beard, it'll grow back 5x as faster and thicker (This is how you will actually see first hand it can grow hair)

Us bodybuilders use it

Here are the two top toco products

Jarrow Formulas, Inc.
Toco-Sorb

and

TOCO-8 - Primordial Performance

It also has awesome fat burning attributes to it, boost metabolism.

I've been on toco for about a year now

Sounds more as if you may have registered to promote products.

[mrmanns]

Sounds more as if you may have registered to promote products.

uh no, if I wanted to promote I would of gave you a link

Plus those two companies compete with each other

[clandestine]

mrmanns; you make some interesting claims, if veritable. perhaps you could provide us with some photographic evidence? it does a world of difference, compared to claims made by written word.

[mrmanns]

mrmanns; you make some interesting claims, if veritable. perhaps you could provide us with some photographic evidence? it does a world of difference, compared to claims made by written word.

You can do a simple google search, people who take Steroids use Toco-8 it's stronger than tocosorb. So Imagine how strong it is, they take it because they're taking high levels of DHT


EDISON, NJ***8212;Results of a human clinical trial evaluating the effect of a tocotrienol-tocopherol complex (as Tocomin&#174;SupraBio***8482;, from Carotech) on hair-loss prevention has been published in the journal Tropical Life Sciences Research (Dec. 2010; 21(2):91-99). The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia.

The study involved 38 male and female volunteers who suffered hair loss; they were given either mixed tocotrienol softgel capsules containing 50mg Tocomin&#174;SupraBio***8482; (n=21) or a placebo (n=17) twice a day for eight months. At baseline, four months (16th week) of supplementation and eight months (32nd week), researchers measured hair count and hair weight over a designated scalp area of 2x2 cm, and recorded obvious hair thinning.

After statistically analyzing the collected data, researchers found 95 percent of volunteers in the tocotrienol group (19 of 20 who actually finished the trial) experienced hair growth. Of these, 40 percent (8 volunteers) had more than 50 percent hair growth, 5 percent (1 volunteer) had 25 to 50 percent hair growth, 45 percent (9 volunteers) had 10 to 25 percent hair growth, and 5 percent had less than 10 percent hair growth. Only one volunteer in this group had a slight decrease in the number of hairs. In the placebo group, only one volunteer experienced more than 20 percent hair growth, seven volunteers (46.7 percent) had negligible increases, while the remaining 7 volunteers (46.7 percent) had a decrease in the number of hairs. Overall, the results indicated supplementation with 100 mg/d Tocomin SupraBio for eight months increased hair growth by 34.5 percent and resulted in a significant increase in the number of hairs, compared to the placebo group. There was no significant difference between he groups in the area of hair weight.

The researchers concluded tocotrienol***8217;s effect on hair loss could be due to its potent antioxidant activity on lipid peroxidation and oxidative stress in the scalp, which can contribute to hair loss.

***8220;The million dollar hair growth product market is currently being dominated by pharmaceutical companies that require stringent compliance on usage yet not without undesirable side effects,***8221; said WH Leong, vice president, Carotech Inc., who noted Tocomin&#174;SupraBio***8482; is naturally extracted from virgin crude palm oil and FDA-approved GRAS. ***8220;The bioenhanced Tocomin&#174;SupraBio***8482; natural full spectrum palm tocotrienol complex ensures an average of 250-precent increase in tocotrienol oral absorption which greatly assisted in delivering a consistent supply of tocotrienols to different tissues.***8221; Leong also noted the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent (Patent No. 7,211,274 ) for Tocomin&#174;SupraBio***8482; as a novel hair growth formulation due to its proven efficacy.

[clandestine]

mrmanns; are you yourself suffering from hair loss in any way, shape, or form?

[mrmanns]

mrmanns; are you yourself suffering from hair loss in any way, shape, or form?

I can tell you I stopped it DEAD in it's tracks for a good year now. Taking Saw Palmetto and Toco. Sometimes Toco 8 or Tocosorb depending on how much I can afford at the time

Toco is really one of the best natural supplements you can take in my opinion try it, you can really tell it works by how your beard grows back. It has something that just makes hair grow like grass. Well atleast the hair you still have, but it does indeed grow new hairs.

I'm surprised none of these snake oil salesmen had made something into liquid form yet for the scalp

[sanook]

First time poster here... those % figures sound impressive. Almost too good to be true?

I wouldn't mind trying this out, but I'm not exactly sure what to purchase or how much to take on a daily basis? If I go to a pharmacy do i just ask for some vitamin E tablets that are the tocotrienol type?

[sanook]

I can tell you I stopped it DEAD in it's tracks for a good year now. Taking Saw Palmetto and Toco. Sometimes Toco 8 or Tocosorb depending on how much I can afford at the time

Toco is really one of the best natural supplements you can take in my opinion try it, you can really tell it works by how your beard grows back. It has something that just makes hair grow like grass. Well atleast the hair you still have, but it does indeed grow new hairs.

I'm surprised none of these snake oil salesmen had made something into liquid form yet for the scalp

Do you take anything else for your hair loss, such as propecia/finisteride/minoxidil etc?

[mrmanns]

Do you take anything else for your hair loss, such as propecia/finisteride/minoxidil etc?

I notice that it works better without minoxidil, all I've noticed from minoxidil and all those other products is that it clogs your pores. Sure you will gain but, from me testing things out before I found toco. All those other things what it does is, makes you shed faster from all the touching you do to it.

Also I've notice that hairlosss has to do with hormonal changes and something going on inside your body.

Ive never had serious baldness but I stopped it dead in its tracks and I can tell you it stopped shedding 100%

Dealt with it and maintained for 2 years before I got on toco and it was by mistake too

I body build and found the product while buying workout supplements

I don't take steroids but, it's a very popular product they use to combat DHT levels

Toco is just a really great great thing you can take for yourself in general

I can tell you things like Resveratrol have nothing on Toco

You can actually see the affects Toco is making on your hair growth in just one week and also how it burns fat and lowers cholesterol

I'm telling you, time how long it takes for your beard to grow in one week

And once on toco time it again, your beard will grow 5x as faster

Thats how you can tell how it's affecting hair growth

[mrmanns]

First time poster here... those % figures sound impressive. Almost too good to be true?

I wouldn't mind trying this out, but I'm not exactly sure what to purchase or how much to take on a daily basis? If I go to a pharmacy do i just ask for some vitamin E tablets that are the tocotrienol type?

This is what most toco makers put in their product

Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 1 serving scoop = 630mg
Servings per container: 60


Amount Per Serving
%DV*

Mixed Tocotrienols/Tocopherols (Tocomin®)
130mg**


d-alpha-tocotrienol
30mg**


d-beta-tocotrienol
4mg**


d-gamma-tocotrienol
52mg**


d-delta-tocotrienol
14mg**


d-alpha-tocopherols
30mg†


d-beta-tocopherols
500mcg**


d-gamma-tocopherols
315mcg**


d-delta-tocopherols
31mcg**


Naturally Occurring Phyto-nutrients
30mg**


Plant Squalene
22mg**


Mixed Plant Sterols



(beta-sitosterol campesterol stigmasterol)
8mg**


Mixed Carotenoids



(A-carotene B-carotene Y-carotene)
200mcg**


Co-Enzyme Q10
10mcg**