Regrow your hair with self care? Researcher Rob English is on our wavelength | Health & Care Ep 8

I am fortunate enough to welcome Rob English to Health & Care. He is a researcher, medical editor and the founder of Perfect Hair Health where he focuses on evidence-based options for slowing, stopping and even reversing hair loss.

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My main interest is in his natural approaches. However, Rob is versed in alternative and conventional hair-loss treatment options. Rob’s story of androgenic alopecia as a youngster is compelling and has shaped the trajectory of his life. He has spent much of his life researching male pattern hair loss and female hair loss. In that research, he looked deep into peer-reviewed science on medications like Minoxidil, Propecia (Finasteride) Rogaine and treatments like hair transplants, low-level laser therapy, light therapy, Biotin, baldness supplements, platelet-rich plasma for hair loss, growth factors, stem cells and a plethora of other therapies.

As a result, Rob began to do his own research and has published five peer-reviewed papers on androgenic alopecia. The topics have covered the pathology of androgenic alopecia, an experimental treatment option, the methodological concerns in scalp biopsies, and two articles that were systematic reviews. He takes this topic very seriously and has become an authority on the subject of hair loss.

I know you will find this interesting and, if you have a full head of hair or not.

You can reach Rob English for free information or his paid service to help you with hair loss at www.perfecthairhealth.com

Dr. Fields is a practicing chiropractor in Northern California and can be reached for in-person appointments, as a team member on your health journey via a Telehealth consultation, or for speaking engagements at www.fieldsfamilychiro.com.

0:00 Start
:07 My friend’s hair regrowth story with scalp massage
:45 Intro to Rob English
2:00 Rob English’s early stage male pattern hair loss story
2:50 Prescribed Finasteride, Minoxidil and Low Level Laser Therapy
4:05 Fear of Finasteride
6:07 History of Minoxidil as a blood pressure medication
9:45 Reading the scientific literature on hair loss
11:45 Mechanotransduction stimulating wound healing and hair regrowth
13:00 Microneedling for hair regrowth at 1.0 to 1.5 mm to avoid the stem cell bulge
15:45 Parafollicular fibrosis/scar tissue and hair regrowth
16:20 Pinching scalp massage to decrease fibrosis and help hair regrowth
17:45 Rob’s hair regrowth with scalp massage and www.perfecthairhealth.com
20:00 Saw Palmetto as a natural DHT reducer for hair regrowth
22:15 Standardizing the scalp massage to pinching, pressing, stretching and rotations for hair regrowth
24:35 Scalp massage devices for hair regrowth 4 minutes/day and a 10% increase in hair growth
28:00 Scalp Massages for Androgenic Alopecia
29:00 Microneedling, PRP and Minoxidil for Hair Growth
30:15 How often, and at what depth, should I use my microneedling roller for hair growth?
35:00 Androgenic Alopecia- a combination of genes and lifelong exposure to androgens (specifically DHT)
38:40 Castrated Males stop hair loss
39:35 Some men from Guam and Pau Pau New Guinea protected against male pattern hair loss
40:20 Finasteride targets type-2 5-alpha reductase and lowers DHT levels
45:00 Saw Palmetto- Natural Finasteride
47:45 What is Rob English doing for his hair growth
50:30 Muscle relaxation from massaging muscles attached to galea aponeurotica
51:30 Botox injections in scalp perimeter muscles for male pattern hair loss
52:00 Reductions to blood flow from muscle spasms causing balding
1:03:00 Burn victim regains his full head of hair