helpmyhair
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Can those using polysorbate 80 share their experiences/results?
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I love the stuff. It makes my scalp feel very clean for several days. It feels like it cleans any junk that may be clogging the follicle. im 3 weeks in, only used 3 times, and feels like my hair and scalp going in positive direction. When I rub my hand over my shaved head, It feels fuller, and I like that my scalp is never "greasy" anymore
Last year, I decided to try polysorbate 80 to treat my hair loss. I knew ahead of time that there would be very little, if any, chance of it working, but I was curious nevertheless. (I am researcher, and I suffer from hair loss as well.)
The stuff is very inexpensive (at least compared to other hair-loss remedies, all of which are usually extremely overpriced), so I didn’t really have much to lose by giving it a go. (You can purchase eight ounce bottles of polysorbate 80 through Puritan’s Pride for approximately five dollars per bottle, and the Puritan’s Pride version also contains biotin and niacin which have benefits of their own in treating hair loss. As far as buying polysorbate 80 goes, they are a good source to acquire it from.)
One of the problems with hair-loss treatments is that people who use them simply do not have enough patience and do not give them enough time to work. They expect “overnight” results, and if they do not see results after a few weeks, they give up. For example, I’ve spent countless hours on various hair-loss forums reading user reviews regarding various hair-loss remedies, and I noticed that people would commonly dismiss various treatments as being non-effective — even though they admitted to only using the product for a weeks or for a couple of months. Chances are that the products would NOT have worked anyway, but if you are going to use a product, you must give it time to work and give it a fair trial — before dismissing it, otherwise, you’ll never really know if it was, indeed, a sham product or one that may have eventually produced results had more time been given. (As a general rule, any hair-loss product should be used for a minimum of at least 12 months before any appreciable will be seen.)
I did not want to fall into this trap myself, so I made a commitment to use the product for at least a year and then went ahead and ordered 30 bottles of the stuff, all at once, so that I would have it on hand for my planned use. (I ordered 30 bottles because I didn’t want to run out during the course of my treatment, and plus, I figured that I would be more committed to use it having already bought and paid for it all.)
I used it every day for over a year without missing one single day. I applied it each morning and left it on for at least 30 minutes before washing it out. On many days, though, I would leave it on for an hour or more. The stuff is very viscous and messy to apply, very similar to honey. In other words, it’s an ordeal to use, and one can easily lose their motivation to apply it if they’re not fully committed.
My results:
After using the product every single day for approximately 14 months, I did not see any results of any kind whatsoever. It simply did not work for me, and I would not expect that it would work for anyone else either. I would not recommend it.
I love the stuff. It makes my scalp feel very clean for several days. It feels like it cleans any junk that may be clogging the follicle. im 3 weeks in, only used 3 times, and feels like my hair and scalp going in positive direction. When I rub my hand over my shaved head, It feels fuller, and I like that my scalp is never "greasy" anymore
Bringing this back to life. Anybody still using PB80? Atom Bergstrom mentioned it in his most recent OneRadioNetwork interview as a hair loss aid. I’ve read it before but I don’t know how interested I am in trying it.
He also mentioned 100 proof vodka as an old remedy as well.