redsun
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I'm sorry but aspirin is no more of a drug than zinc and ascorbic acid. It's a natural compound that's been chemically mimicked. All of them can be considered drugs, isolated chemicals/ substances that influence bodily chemistry. I understand things shouldn't be taken for no reason but aspirin has a long history of use, benefit and safety. I hear a lot of "because I said so" in your responses and that's very off putting. Very, how should I say, authoritarian.
Zinc in drug form such as in a pill is still zinc, an essential trace mineral. Aspirin is a drug by definition and is not required by the body. That is not hard to understand don't be silly. I even told OP I was hesistant for him to take zinc because of his low iron and it would be best to get more zinc from red meat and eating less oysters per sitting but more frequently.
You can use any nutrient like a drug by taking doses way beyond norm but don't ever say zinc is a drug like aspirin is a drug lol. Yes you can hurt yourself with too much zinc or even vitamin C, but these are nutrients that the body has an essential requirement for so arguments can be made for temporary use, especially in OPs case for extra zinc to help remedy his wasting type of hairloss.
Just because something is a "natural" compound does not mean it belongs in the human body. Like I said it messes with many systems. You are in a peat forum and you likely think the effects it has on these systems is inheritantly good and basically everyone here thinks everyone should be taking it so it is a typical response but its not. Why you would want to artificially screw with the prostaglandins and thromboxanes your body itself makes is beyond me but its the Peat forum so everyone is all for it.
I am not going to let someone, especially someone who is around my age, get wrapped up into it without at least trying to talk logically with him before the brigade comes. Best thing for OP to do is to take my advice and eat a very reasonable diet, get his minerals and protein and watch his hair grow back like nothing happened and not come back here and get caught all with taking all these peat supplements.
Aspirin is a drug. Taking zinc supplements at low doses for a short amount of time is not even comparable to taking an actual drug like aspirin or metergoline or all the others drugs this community likes to get wrapped with. Do not take drugs unless a true need is demonstrated and only temporary for as short a time as possible. And no just because aspirin is anti-inflammatory does not mean you need to take it because you have inflammation.
Aspirin will not cause any bleeding if you take K2 as well. And since it tackles the inflammation involved in hair loss you're not doing yourself any favour by not using it.
Balding is a often a sign of serious problems, so tackling it is not just about looks, it's about your vitality as a person. So stop focusing on looks and instead focus on your physiology, the rest will follow.
And the fact that you're low in iron is not at all a bad thing. Just eat liver once in a while and you'll be covered.
I would hardly call his type of hair loss inflammatory... This is likely telogen effluvium, aka thinning everywhere and hair follicles entering the telogen phase too early due to chronic stressors, poor diet overall but especially protein/mineral deficiencies, etc... Which reverses easily with time assuming protein and mineral intake is restored and a chronic stressor is remedied. Calories would also be vital to get enough as to not let stress compound.