using hydrocortisone once a day on scalp?
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cassin said:
huh? Is he talking about this:
== Hydrocortisone 1%. It helps with inflammation so if anything, it should help your scalp a lot.
EDIT:
one of the side effects: excessive hair growth
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/hydrocortisone ... fects.html
squeegee
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By anti-inflammatory agent is meant any agent known to reduce inflammation by oral or topical administration and includes both steroidal (e.g. corticosteroids) and non-steroidal (e.g. ibuprofen and its derivatives) compounds. Steroidal compounds are used in a concentration of 0.5 to 2.5% and non-steroidals are used in a range of 1 to 5%. Such anti-inflammatory agents are well known to a physician of ordinary skill. See. e.g., Medical Pharmacology, pp. 331-343 9th Edition (1978). These agents may be orally or topically administered. For ease of administration, simultaneous topical application of minoxidil and the anti-inflammatory agent (undertaken in a combined composition), may be preferred. However, in cases of severe inflammation, oral administration of the anti-inflammatory agent concomitant with topically administered minoxidil may be preferred.
Surprisingly, the present inventor has discovered that there is a chronic inflammatory process, subtending to the hair bulbs, in patterned alopecia, leading to eventual scarring of the lower follicle, making regrowth impossible. The present invention solves this problem by suppressing sub-bulbar inflammation, thus allowing for regrowth.
EXAMPLE 1
Fifteen males with early alopecia were treated with a combination of 2% minoxidil and 1% hydrocortisone in a hydroalcoholic vehicle. The subjects were shampooed weekly and hairs were counted after filtration. Fewer hairs were observed to be shed as treatment progressed. Hair regrowth has been substantially better than with minoxidil alone in comparable cases. The longest period of treatment is 6 months. Hair loss has virtually stopped in all subjects.
EXAMPLE 2
Twenty-six young-adult, balding white males were treated for at least five months with a hydroalcoholic solution containing: (1) 3% minoxidil; and (2) 2.5% hydrocortisone. These subjects were in an early stage of baldness, not exceeding 2 inches in diameter over the vertex.
The combination formulation stimulated hair growth in these subjects within three months. Most of the subjects volunteered comments of surprise that enhancement could be seen as early as two months. These results were compared with the results of a study at the same clinic of 50 patients using 3% minoxidil alone. In the opinion of the investigator, hair growth was seen sooner and on a greater proportion of patients in the group treated with the combination of minoxidil and an antiinflammatory agent.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/41058995/Co ... nt-5026691
Surprisingly, the present inventor has discovered that there is a chronic inflammatory process, subtending to the hair bulbs, in patterned alopecia, leading to eventual scarring of the lower follicle, making regrowth impossible. The present invention solves this problem by suppressing sub-bulbar inflammation, thus allowing for regrowth.
EXAMPLE 1
Fifteen males with early alopecia were treated with a combination of 2% minoxidil and 1% hydrocortisone in a hydroalcoholic vehicle. The subjects were shampooed weekly and hairs were counted after filtration. Fewer hairs were observed to be shed as treatment progressed. Hair regrowth has been substantially better than with minoxidil alone in comparable cases. The longest period of treatment is 6 months. Hair loss has virtually stopped in all subjects.
EXAMPLE 2
Twenty-six young-adult, balding white males were treated for at least five months with a hydroalcoholic solution containing: (1) 3% minoxidil; and (2) 2.5% hydrocortisone. These subjects were in an early stage of baldness, not exceeding 2 inches in diameter over the vertex.
The combination formulation stimulated hair growth in these subjects within three months. Most of the subjects volunteered comments of surprise that enhancement could be seen as early as two months. These results were compared with the results of a study at the same clinic of 50 patients using 3% minoxidil alone. In the opinion of the investigator, hair growth was seen sooner and on a greater proportion of patients in the group treated with the combination of minoxidil and an antiinflammatory agent.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/41058995/Co ... nt-5026691
Cassin
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squeegee said:
Absolutely Irrelevant
What makes you think he cares about his hair? The guy sells a ton of products for skin conditions.
squeegee said:
Long-term use of topical corticosteroids may result in skin atrophy and thinning, and the development of striae, telangiectasia, subcutaneous hemorrhage, and easy bruising and bleeding.
http://www.drugs.com/sfx/cortizone-10-p ... fects.html
Cortisone cream may cause further skin irritation in some people and should not be used for long periods of time. Other side effects that may occur with cortisone cream use include thinning of the skin, dryness, and allergic reactions such as hives.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cortisone-cream.htm
Don't put this crap on your scalp
Receding89
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What about putting moisturiser on to prevent dryness and itch?? Safe enough?
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I certainly would not put 1% hydro-cortisone cream on my scalp on a regular basis. However, you might note that Dr Klein adds a low dosage of hydro-cortisone to many of his products - presumably to protect agaist irritation. Frankly, it would put me off using his products.
However, I would not be against the occasional use of very low strength hydrocortisone cream for very short periods of time, to clear up soreness - not open. Where I am now I can't be precise on strength. But the one I know of has an anti-itch agent in as well. I would not add anything else to the area until the irritation is gone.
Also, if you have a allergy to a particular product or ingredient - or develop an allergy, there is no good advice other than to stop using the product. Remember skin allergy to minoxidl is very rare. Allergy to propylene glycol is not rare at all.
I would be glad of the views of experienced medical 'experts'.
However, I would not be against the occasional use of very low strength hydrocortisone cream for very short periods of time, to clear up soreness - not open. Where I am now I can't be precise on strength. But the one I know of has an anti-itch agent in as well. I would not add anything else to the area until the irritation is gone.
Also, if you have a allergy to a particular product or ingredient - or develop an allergy, there is no good advice other than to stop using the product. Remember skin allergy to minoxidl is very rare. Allergy to propylene glycol is not rare at all.
I would be glad of the views of experienced medical 'experts'.
I've been using the hydrocortisone kind for a while. Any time I get an itch on my scalp, I use a little and it works very well. It's a hell of a lot better than damaging the scalp with my nails scratching away at it.
However it's the Salicylic acid version that I can't live without. I bought it by accident and used it on my scalp without realizing it wasn't the hydrocortisone version, and holy sh*t did it BURN. A lot.
Once my scalp stopped burning, I decided I wasn't going to touch the stuff again, but the next day I noticed a whole bunch of flakes and chunks of dried sebum coming off my scalp. I get scalp acne pretty regularly, and the pimples that I had on my scalp that day had also become noticeably drier and shriveled up, and even started peeling off my scalp in chunks.
This stuff is the only thing I've found that can eat through the excessive sebum and scalp acne I get on my scalp. I really can't live without it.
The good thing is, the more I used it, the less it burns. Now when I use it I barely feel a slight tingling. I don't know if my scalp became used to the Salicylic acid, or the initial burning was the acid eating through the sebum?
Whatever it is, it works and I would recommend it to anyone with greasy scalp or scalp acne. My hair is definitely nicer since using it too.
However it's the Salicylic acid version that I can't live without. I bought it by accident and used it on my scalp without realizing it wasn't the hydrocortisone version, and holy sh*t did it BURN. A lot.
Once my scalp stopped burning, I decided I wasn't going to touch the stuff again, but the next day I noticed a whole bunch of flakes and chunks of dried sebum coming off my scalp. I get scalp acne pretty regularly, and the pimples that I had on my scalp that day had also become noticeably drier and shriveled up, and even started peeling off my scalp in chunks.
This stuff is the only thing I've found that can eat through the excessive sebum and scalp acne I get on my scalp. I really can't live without it.
The good thing is, the more I used it, the less it burns. Now when I use it I barely feel a slight tingling. I don't know if my scalp became used to the Salicylic acid, or the initial burning was the acid eating through the sebum?
Whatever it is, it works and I would recommend it to anyone with greasy scalp or scalp acne. My hair is definitely nicer since using it too.