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I mean it sounds like there's not good evidence that scalp massage works, but as for blood flow being important to hair growth: this is how minoxidil works. It is a vasodilator and increases blood flow to the scalp. So it's plausible that mechanically increasing blood flow could do the same thing.

Thanks for the reply and the details about your experience! My scalp is a bit itchy, which it wasn't before. Oh, how I love to think it might be new hair growth beginning. Could be just inflammation. Also the hairs coming out are all different lengths--that's new, too. Like itty bitty arm hair...

Hey, All! I'm 29F and have had about two years of heavy shedding (with a history of big hormone-related sheds throughout my teens and twenties, any time I went on or off BCP or had a baby). Had some iron deficiency, corrected that months ago. I think it helped a bit. Thyroid appears normal. I do...