Es wurde festgestellt, dass der natürliche Süßstoff Stevia die Behandlung von Haarausfall bei Männern beschleunigt: Mäuse, denen ein Stevia-Pflaster verabreicht wurde, hatten nach nur 35 Tagen eine 18-mal bessere Absorption von Minoxidil und eine Haarbedeckung von 67,5 % in kahlen Bereichen. Das ist deutlich besser als die üblichen 3 bis 6 Monate, um beim Menschen neue Haare zu produzieren.

I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.202503575

From the linked article:

**Natural sweetener found to turbocharge baldness treatment**

While the topical application of minoxidil is one of the most effective and popular ways to combat male pattern baldness, it is poorly absorbed by the skin. Looking to improve its efficacy, researchers have turned to an unlikely but very sweet ally.

Male pattern baldness (MPB), also known as androgenetic alopecia (AGA), is an inherited condition in which men gradually lose their hair according to a specific pattern that ultimately leaves them with only a little bit of hair on the sides and back of their heads. It is responsible for more than 95% of hair loss in men. Since 1988, minoxidil – a drug originally developed to fight high blood pressure – has been used by men to combat the condition to one degree or another. However, minoxidil is applied directly to the scalp and, paradoxically, is poorly absorbed by the skin.

Now researchers from Australia and China believe they have come up with a way to boost the drug’s absorption and therefore its potency.

**They developed a patch containing minoxidil and a set of microneedles made from stevioside, a natural sweetener derived from the Stevia plant**. After tuning the concentrations of the sweetener contained in the needles, the patches were applied to mice that had been genetically altered to exhibit MPB. **The researchers found that the mice given the Stevia patch had 18 times better absorption of minoxidil than a control group. The treated mice also had hair coverage of 67.5% in previously bald areas after just 35 days. That’s significantly better than the current efficacy of the drug, which typically takes three to six months to produce new hair growth in humans**.

….how did they even come to this hypothesis?! Science is very cool.

What about the oral treatment?

TLDR, can someone just tell me if drinking Stevia will do the trick?

18 times increase in minoxidil side effects too?

I wonder if this would help women with hair loss.

All my bald homies are going to be skiing Stevia after this