Supplements Aren't Working; Now What?

Everyone loses small amounts of hair — about 100 strands daily — but if you see significantly less hair on your head, it can be psychologically damaging. 

When interacting with people, your face and hair are generally what they focus on. With as many as 50% of men and women dealing with hair loss (alopecia), many end up depressed, anxious, and socially phobic trying to cope.

Hair supplements have become a solution for people looking to keep their hair. Different formulations promise to restore your locks, helping you feel young again. But the results are inconsistent at best, and ineffective at worst. 

So if you want a full head of hair again, what do you do when the supplements fail?

At Meshkin Medical, hair restoration specialists Dr. Michael Meshkin and Dr. Alister Meshkin are here to help you at their Newport Beach and Glendale, California, locations.

Common reasons for hair loss

Issues with hair loss can be temporary or permanent, and the causes are due to factors such as:

Male pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia)

This hereditary condition happens more than any other, with 80 million people in the United States struggling. It’s very common in men, but happens in women too.

Autoimmune dysfunction (alopecia areata)

This is an illness in which the immune system attacks healthy tissue, causing loss of hair on both your head and body.

Stress and hormones (telogen effluvium)

Short, rapid amounts of hair loss can stem from physical or emotional stress or sudden hormonal changes.

Medical treatments (anagen effluvium)

Short-term loss can come from procedures that affect the ability for hair to grow, such as chemotherapy.

Supplements may or may not help

Several types of supplements are thought to encourage hair growth using nutrients, minerals, and vitamins. They typically include one or a combination of: 

• Protein
• Collagen
• Zinc
• Iron
• Biotin
• Omega 3 fatty acids
• Selenium

Much of the data on these is either anecdotal or inconclusive, but might be useful if hair loss is associated with nutritional deficiencies.

Our hair growth solutions

If the supplements you’re taking aren’t helping, we offer some other solutions:

ACell® therapy

An injection of ACell’s protein matrix increases growth factors and healing proteins over months to restore hair and renew the growth cycle.

Propecia®

Propecia is a prescription medication designed to restore hair and reduce loss in male pattern baldness. We can use it with other restoration techniques.

Our specialized compound

Minoxidil and three other medications make up our unique Meshkin Medical Hair Solution Compound to restore hair.

Hair transplants

We offer two minimally invasive procedures to remove hair from one area and implant it where needed. In follicular unit extraction (FUE), we use minute circular punches to gather hair, while in follicular unit transplant (FUT), we take strips of hair, then separate the follicles.

When supplements fail to give you the results you want, schedule an appointment with us at  Meshkin Medical to get the best hair restoration results. We serve the greater Los Angeles and Irvine, California, areas from our offices in Glendale and Newport Beach.