Does Onion Juice Work on Androgenic Alopecia?

Sarah Jenkins
Sarah Jenkins
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Onion Juice There's Not Much Research on This, but a Small Study Tested It in People with Alopecia Areata, Which Causes Patchy Hair Loss. Half Put Onion Juice...

Does Onion Juice Work on Androgenic Alopecia?

Onion Juice
There's not much research on this, but a small study tested it in people with alopecia areata, which causes patchy hair loss. Half put onion juice on their scalp twice a day; the rest used tap water. After 2 weeks, 74% of the onion juice group had regrown some hair, compared with 13% of tap water users.

Is onion juice a DHT blocker?

While onion juice may not reduce the production of DHT found in the body, it can help to reduce the amount of DHT found on the scalp, reduce inflammation of the hair follicles, and reverse the effects of miniaturization of the hair follicles.

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To treat alopecia

After 6 weeks, 86.9 percent of those who applied onion juice noticed more hair growth. Only 13 percent of the tap water group noted hair growth. The researchers concluded onion juice can be a good alopecia treatment.

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