HAIR TRANSPLANT FORUM

In general, how long do you think it would take to see results - positive or negative - from vitamin b5 supplementation?

Personally I think its very, very hard to quantify a 'result' from any hairloss strategy or drug / supplement regime. If you just take B5 and in a couple of months you think your hair loss has stablised then great- but we know hairs grow ofver a cycle of years- as well as responding to seasonal changes (testosterone is generally higher in the spring for example)- so if for example you started your regime in the late spring it might coincide with a slight dip of your testosterone, giving the impression of a 'cure'.

Personally- I tend to look at how much hair is in the bath plug and might tinker with my topical and oral supplements if I think I'm fining more hair in the plug! I think minox, proscar etc slow the losses but I'm not sure about regrowing significant hair.

Re- B vitamins- I have heard that the body absorbs them best as a group, so I would be tempted to ether supplement your B5 with a full b complex, or just buy a good quality high strength B complex. I always thought biotin was the hairloss hottie! Whats your thinking on B5? Has there been a trial with it?

Like other B vitamins, pantothenic acid helps the body extract energy from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. It also helps to metabolize fats and produce red blood cells and hormones from the adrenal gland. Pantothenic acid is necessary to maintain good health.

Vitamin B5 is just one of many essential nutrients that need to be a part of your diet.

The physiologically active form of pantothenic acid is coenzyme A (CoA). It is essential for several basic reactions of metabolism.

It acts as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cholesterol, fatty acids, and etc. coenzyme A plays an important part in the lipid metabolism. A good amount of pantothenic acid is present in the protein bound form. This protein bound pantothenic acid is the acyl carrier protein and is required for the biosynthesis of the fatty acids.

It also helps in the synthesis of haemoglobin. It is also used to relieve the burning sensation of hands and feet and occasionally in alopecia and to prevent premature graying of hair.