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Rajput Cyclical nutritional therapy clinical trial

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Figure 3: Hair density in men

significant with P-value 0.00038. Patients with temporal average improvement in density was 9% and the
angle receding and thinning also responded well to average calibre improved by 7%. At 1 year, the hair
cyclical medicine [Figure 7]. Maximum improvement in calibre had improved 11% while at the end of 1 year
hair density in 1 of the women was 112%. Improvement the maximum density had improved 14%. There were
in hair calibre was 33% at 6 months and 58% by the 45% patients with no change in density or calibre at
end of 1 year [Figure 8]. 6 months - this number was reduced to 42% non-
responders at the end of 1 year.
In the control group CM for men, 76% patients had
no response in the initial 2 months and 62% had no In the control group CW for women, density improved
response even at 4 months with 2% minoxidil and by 3% in 2 months and 4% in 4 months, 56% females
1 mg finasteride every day. The density improved had no improvement at all at 2 months. Density
by an average 2% at 2 months and 4% at 4 months. improved by an average of 1.5% in 2 months and
Hair calibre measured on folliscope, was 2% better 3.5% in 4 months. Calibre was unchanged in 60%
at 2 months and 3% at 4 months. There were 48% patients, it was 2% better at 2 months and 3% at 4
patients having no improvement at all in either density months, with 38% patients still having no improvement
or calibre at the end of 4 months. At 6 months the at all in density or calibre. At 6 months, the average

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Figure 4: A: crown area grade V baldness day one before starting treatment; B: improvement over crown area after 2 months of nutritional
correction and 2% minoxidil; C: regrowth in grade V baldness over crown area in 6 months without finasteride
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