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Hezzer · 04-24-2003, 03:44 PM

I have never used Nioxin but I did a lot of reading on it. It claims to help you have a healthy scalp which can promote hair growth. Mostly it only promises to help your hair look fuller. So I never tried it.

I then did some research on Nizoral. It contains Ketaconazole which is beneficial for the treatment of dandruff but has also been shown to have anti-androgenic effects.

I bough some at the local drugstore. The over-the-counter version has 1% Ketaconazole. I used it approximately 2-3 times a week for the first couple weeks and then just once a week after that.

I noticed within the first few weeks that the tingly/tickly feeling on my scalp (often present with androgenic alopecia) that I'd been feeling for months went away. I found out that I could buy Nizoral online which has 2% Ketaconazole.

I found it at the following website:

http://www.natural-hair.com/shampoo....faca4ec8939c12

I was expecting more success with the 2% solution but I can't really say that it's done much more for me. My shedding has really tapered off. I probably don't lose more than 10 or 15 a day. Compared to 100 a day - that's great. BUT -- the shedding had already started to decrease significantly before using the shampoo. Additionally, I do get the tingly/tickly feeling from time to time but it rarely lasts more than a day.

I guess everybody is different. Some have reported success with Nioxin whereas others have success with Nizoral or some have success with neither. Some have said that using either of those shampoos has made their hair very dry but I did not encounter that problem.