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#43 - Alan Bauman, M.D.: The science of male and female hair restoration - how to protect, enhance, and restore the appearance and health of the hair and scalp

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Minoxidone for Blood Pressure

Minoxidone is a potassium channel opener. And so what is that doing to the follicle? So that's a great question and probably beyond my pay grade, but there are some many physicians, great colleagues of mine in the UK who have kind of figured all of that out. But essentially what minoxidone does is it keeps the follicle in the growing phase. The longer you keep a follicle and antigen, the thicker the fiber becomes over time.

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