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Hi can taking too much zinc trigger hair thinning in the form of male pattern baldness ? please help
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Doubtful: You're eighteen years old and right about now, you're going to lose the hair on the your temples like every other guy between 18 and 22 years. Taking zinc routinely isn't an especially good idea but i'm not aware of any reason to think it will accelerate further hair loss. You'll find "holistic medicine" sites that claim it cures baldness ; others that it causes baldness; ignore this stuff.
Answered 3/29/2015
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