Efficacy and tolerability of an oral supplement containing amino acids, iron, selenium, and marine hydrolyzed collagen in subjects with hair loss (androgenetic alopecia, AGA or FAGA or telogen effluvium). A prospective, randomized, 3‐month, controlled, assessor‐blinded study

• Published in: Skin research and technology Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. e13381 - n/a
• Main Authors: Milani, Massimo, Colombo, Francesca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2023
• Subjects: Alopecia; Alopecia - drug therapy; Alopecia Areata; Amino Acids; androgenic alopecia; Baldness; Collagen; Cysteine; Dietary supplements; Effectiveness; Female; Fish; Hair; Hair loss; Humans; hydrolysed fish‐origin collagen; Iron; Methionine; oral supplementation; Prospective Studies; Selenium; Statistical analysis; Taurine; telogen effluvium; androgenic alopecia; hydrolysed fish-origin collagen; telogen effluvium; oral supplementation

Background Oral supplementation with some amino acids (like methionine, taurine, and cysteine) could be useful in subjects with hair loss conditions such as androgenic alopecia (AGA or FAGA) or telogen effluvium (TE). Hydrolysed collagen (HC) oral supplementation has demonstrated to have beneficial...