**INTERESTING sh*t!!!!

Dpunkz · Mar 14, 2005

Many work by inducing inflammatory reactions at the site of alopecia and their response rates vary widely. This study looked at the effectiveness of topical crude onion juice in the treatment of patchy alopecia areata in comparison with tap water.
23 patients were treated with crude onion juice and 15 were treated with tap water, topically, twice daily for two months. At four weeks, hair re-growth was seen in 17/23 patients (73.9%) treated with crude onion juice and up to 20/23 patients at six weeks. This was statistically significant when compared to the tap water-treated group. This small study suggests that topical crude onion juice may be useful in the treatment of alopecia areata. Larger studies are needed to verify these results.
Sharquie KE, Al-Obaidi HK. Onion juice (Allium cepa L.), a new topical treatment for alopecia areata. J Dermatol 2002 Jun; 29(6):343-6.

Does any one have any thoughts on this or have tryed this??? this is really suppose to be true but this seems way too crazy, cuz if it was that easy i dont think people would be spending thousands of dollers on finasteride and minoxidil and sh*t like that.... ANY THOUGHTS!!!!???

wotsthedeal · Mar 14, 2005

Sometimes I think about this stuff, there always seems to be people stumbling upon homemade remedies for male pattern baldness where you wouldn't expect them. For example, awhile back they found that caffeine (in excessive amounts) can stop hairloss.

Just look at the two big hairloss products we use today:
1. Minoxidil - minoxidil was originally taken orally for people with high (I think) blood pressure - of course, people noticed their hair was growing back and we have Rogaine! Note: minoxidil taken orally is MUCH more effective than the topical solution, but cannot be taken unless you are using it to control blood pressure, otherwise your BP could drop so low that you would be fainting every time you got out of your chair!

2. Propecia - Finasteride was originally used for people with enlarged prostates, but like minoxidil users noticed a nice side effect of hair regrowth. So, Merck decided to drop the dosage, up the price, and rip off self-consicous balding men in the process.

As for onion juice, who knows what is in it and how it works, but I see no reason why it wouldn't. I get the feeling that one day someone is going to come across something that works VERY effectively against hair loss, and we're all going to feel like idiots for not finding it sooner. But who knows...

Otherwise, there's plenty of new and improved treatments on the horizon which will help out until gene therapy/hair multiplication effectively CURE baldness in the coming years.

By the way, this study has to do with people suffering from Alopecia Areata, not male pattern baldness. Whether it is effective at stimulating growth for male pattern baldness men, who knows. Also, for a clinical trial, this test has way too few people. Real clinical trials involve thousands of participants, not dozens.