Health Guide
Skin and Hair
Plain-English summaries: what it is, what it was studied for, safety and regulatory status, plus mixing and dosing charts.
An FDA-approved daily pill for male pattern hair loss. It lowers DHT, the hormone that shrinks hair follicles, and stops further loss in most men who take it.
A hair-growth medicine used on the scalp (Rogaine) or, more and more, as a low-dose daily pill.
A synthetic alpha-MSH analogue. As the Scenesse implant (afamelanotide), it is FDA approved for a rare light-sensitivity disorder, not for cosmetic tanning.