What Can Complex Dietary Supplements Do for Hair Loss and How Can It Be Validly Measured: A Review

    July 2020 in “ Applied Sciences ”
    Nicole Braun, Ulrike Heinrich
    Studysummary This review discusses the strengths and weaknesses of existing studies on complex dietary supplements for hair loss, emphasizing the need for valid measurement methods like TrichoScale® to quantify effectiveness; it reports no new results.
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