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Hair

Oils for growth, shine and breakage, and which of them have data behind them. Covers scalp, brows, lashes and beards too.

8 articles · 7 botanicals

Hair · Growth & thinning

  1. Research Desk

    • Hair

    Pumpkin seed

    Pumpkin seed oil and thinning hair

    One randomized, placebo‑controlled trial found men taking oral pumpkin seed oil capsules had a meaningful hair‑count gain; animal studies and small topical trials add plausible mechanisms but do not settle whether rubbing oil on your scalp will help. Evidence is suggestive but thin and largely unreplicated.

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