Yes! Many botanicals, when taken orally (or internally), have been shown to actively combat the underlying causes of hair loss like DHT, stress, free radicals, as well as block the consequences of those causes – inflammation and oxidative stress at the follicle. By addressing these factors with the potency of standardized phytoactives, these botanicals are able to halt or even stop hair loss and thinning from within, as well as prevent hair loss in the future! Furthermore, many of the botanical ingredients used in Nutrafol have also been shown to elevate growth factors and cytokines that are used to signal anagen or the growth phase of the hair cycle. A hair loss treatment that can stimulate the anagen phase is effectively reactivating dormant follicles and producing new hair growth! Just one botanical ingredient in Nutrafol alone was shown in a clinical study to increase hair growth on average by 34%.
Albeit this is only the case if the follicle is still alive. If the follicle is long gone, like in advanced scarring alopecias or in later stages of miniaturization of follicles in andrgogenic alopecia where the follicles is replaced with skin tissue, no supplement or drug can help regenerate its hair growth. So it is important to intervene early and take a preventative approach to hair loss and thinning. And even where new growth is not possible, the ingredients in Nutrafol can still protect and revitalize follicles that remain alive.