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Thioctic Acid

Skip the lipoic acid in your hair serum and spend the money elsewhere.

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Tazarotene

Ask for tazarotene by name, and buy the sunscreen on the same trip.

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Squalene

Put squalane on your face. Your skin already makes it and it won't block pores.

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Solubilized Keratin

Take it for brittle nails and hair that snaps. It won't grow you new hair.

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Silica

Don't buy silica for your hair. If you buy any, buy orthosilicic acid.

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Sh-Polypeptide-1

Use bFGF on top of minoxidil, never instead of it.

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Salicylic Acid

Use salicylic acid on the flakes. It clears the scalp and grows nothing.

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Rosemary Oil

Rub rosemary oil into your scalp nightly. Never swallow it.

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Polypodium leucotomos

Take the fern pill on top of sunscreen, never instead of it.

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Platelet-Rich Plasma

Pay for PRP only alongside microneedling, and only for texture and under-eyes.

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Peppermint Oil

Don't buy it for regrowth. The whole story is one study in shaved mice.

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Panthenol

Use panthenol on damaged skin and ignore it on the shampoo bottle.

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