Role of Caffeine in the Management of Androgenetic Alopecia

July 2012 in “ International Journal of Trichology ”

Manish Bansal, Kajal Manchanda, Shyam S. Pandey

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Studysummary Caffeine may help hair growth in hereditary hair loss.

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