Rothman

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January 08, 2012, 04:28 PM

I’m far less knowledgeable than most of you folks around here but seeing as how aspirin is an anti-inflammatory, could it be feasible that taking an aspirin every day may help slow hair loss? Or even something a little stronger like ibuprofen perhaps. Just an idea. What do you guys think?

NDW

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January 08, 2012, 09:12 PM

I do know of people over at Immortals forum who take aspirin daily as part of there hair loss diet. I do not know any of the details except that it is based off of the work done by Dr. Ray Peat. Its worth looking in to. I definitely would not take the ibuprofen though.

Lapwing

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January 08, 2012, 09:39 PM

I steer clear of all nsaids including aspirin.  A healthy anti-inflammation style diet and supplements is my way to reduce inflammation.  I don’t trust this Dr Peat guy.  He acts like the stomach bleeding is no big deal.  Stomach bleeding from like half an aspirin a day nearly kill my mother once.  I hate people who downplay real dangers and I never trust them afterward either.

mj

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January 17, 2012, 05:31 PM

it’s awful that such a thing could happen to your mother, but I don’t know if aspirin could be classified as a real danger….people have died from drinking too much water, and i wouldn’t associate drinking water with being a threat. And as has been pointed out another post, all supplements can have negative side effects, even the most widely accepted such as fish oil.    Aspirin is a safe supplement, and has been proven to save people’s lives. It’s truly awful that your mother had such an intense reaction, but that is far from a normal experience.

I know nothing of Dr. Peat, but aspirin is an amazing creation.  I highly doubt on its own that it could affect hair loss, but it is an interesting idea to add to a regimen and probably worthy of further research.

After 5 months of nothing, my new regimen as of mid December 2011 is below:

1.  Rejuveplex: 1.5 droppers at night
2.  Super Zix II once a day    
3.  20-30 min LLLT 3x a week  
4. Decalcify (2-3 capsules per day) 

monthly cost:  Approx. $50
Results:  stable hair density, no itch, but no noticeable regr

The Zix Creator

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January 17, 2012, 09:33 PM

I know of a 24 year old guy that died from taking aspirin. He had a hemorragic stroke. One aspirin a day would be 325mgs if I remember correctly. When taken daily, 80mgs is the standard dose. I wouldn’t take more than that. However at that dose I doubt you’d see any antiinflammatory effect.

I can say that it’s looking more and more like Ibuprofen is the easiest stuff on the liver and a better long term choice. But we have zero evidence this will do anything for hair that I am aware of. Just my humble opinion.

Rothman

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January 18, 2012, 07:20 AM

It was just a shot in the dark. Mabye I’ll add a small dose of Ibuprofen to my regimen to see if there is any helpfull effect.

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January 18, 2012, 05:15 PM

Aspirin in any dose is not good for most people and causes more problems than it helps. 

Ibuprofen is also not good.