I searched the forums and only found a few in stances where zinc pyrithione was even mentioned, and couldn't find an instance of people talking about it as a treatment regime. If I overlooked an existing thread, big or small, forgive me.
I started using a scalp therapy shampoo (Brand: Clear, 2-in-1, active ingredient: pyrithione zinc (1%
, also has a blend of mind, ginseng, green tea mixed in.) on my off-days from 2% keto since the keto was causing me discomfort in the forms of dry, itchy scalp and dandruff. I did not have itchy scalp or dandruff prior to keto; my head was actually oily.
Anyways, recently my hair loss has curbed substantially, and my head definitely feels cool and comfortable.
Been on keto for about 1 mo., on this timeline:
Started 2/week 2% keto shampoo for ~2 weeks.
Went down to 1/week and added scalp therapy off days ~2 weeks.
Here's a blog that posted quite extensively about the topic. I'm only using a blog as a reference because it has consolidated about every relevant study on the topic:
http://inhumanexperiment.blogspot.co...dding-and.html
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