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Black cumin seed oil has an extraordinary benefit for men

Lately, there’s been an intense marketing campaign for black cumin seed oil, also called black seed oil.

But as with many exotic things, benefits are often exaggerated, non‐existent evidence is sometimes confabulated, and suggestions are eventually multiplied to include a litany of uses.

One suggested use now for black seed oil is growth…

After all, this is a hot topic. I’m talking hair growth at the moment, but growing other things is also possible… Read on, Dear Reader!

Many products now include this additional marketing pitch.

But just because a few online articles implicitly state that it “may thicken hair” or “could increase growth” – that does not necessarily make it so.

You can find similar statements for just about any oil.

But in this case, there appears to be some truth to it.

After all, it inhibits prostaglandin production.

And the main downstream cause in hair loss is almost certainly prostaglandin D₂ (Garza, 2012).

There is only one study on black seed oil specifically about hair…

There are many studies on its prostaglandin production in vitro.

But the one, single, study on hair loss with black seed oil had shown improvement from the oil – demonstrating some utility for black seed oil in this regard:

This study was on telogen effluvium, a different variety of hair loss.

But the cause of this inflammatory type of hair loss is thought to overlap with the other types…

Alopecia areata, male pattern baldness, and telogen effluvium are all characterized by cytokines, prostaglandins, and cortisol.

Cortisol upregulates the enzyme that creates prostaglandin D₂ specifically, the worst prostaglandin by far (Wilhelm, 2006).

Black seed oil was able to stop inflammation, reduce shedding, and normalize cycling – perhaps due to its high thymoquinone content.

“Our data demonstrated Nigella sativa [black seed oil] efficacy by an improvement of hair density and hair thickness after 3 months of treatment.”

“In particular, 70% of patients showed an improvement, with increase in hair growth, while 30% of patients showed no change and none showed telogen effluvium worsening.”

There was an observed increase in both hair thickness and density with black seed oil (Nigella sativa oil).

These patients did much better than the ones on placebo after three months, as measured by automated hair density scans:

But there are many things that can cause hair growth…

It would be nice to know the best or most effective one to use.

It should be worth noting that these changes stopped after three months.

There was absolutely no increase in hair growth between three to six months – there was a 0% increase, literally.

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So it works – but it goes only so far.

The customer reviews on Amazon mostly report unspectacular results (for hair).

These changes likely come from this oil’s ability to reduce prostaglandin formation.

The oil from Nigella sativa has a cyclooxygenase inhibitor:

This study here is the most cited biochemical study on this topic, and for good reason.

Peter Houghton showed that black seed oil inhibits thromboxane B₂ and leukotriene B₄.

Thromboxane B₂ is derived from prostaglandin H₂, meaning cyclo‐oxygenase was inhibited.

So, although they were not measured, you would expect all prostaglandins to be similarly reduced.

The production of eicosanoid leukotriene B₄ was reduced as well, but this is a far less specific effect.

Nearly all antioxidants seem to prevent leukotriene B₄ formation, since the enzyme that makes it has iron in its active site.

“It is likely that it inhibits lipoxygenase by reducing the catalytically active ferric form of the enzyme to the inactive ferrous form, thus diminishing the enzyme turnover rate.”

And prostaglandin D₂, not leukotriene B₄, is the prime target.

But one reason why this oil might not be the best oil to use for hair is its shockingly high linoleic acid content:

This is even higher than in corn oil.

Linoleic acid is the only precursor for prostaglandins.

As such, a low linoleic acid diet would seem imperative to prevent inflammation and hair loss.

Sure, you can inhibit prostaglandin formation through inhibiting enzymes while also dousing your skin with its precursor, linoleic acid, but this can’t be ideal.

Logic would dictate that inhibiting prostaglandins while also avoiding linoleic acid would be better.

“…rather, it appears that the substances act to inhibit cyclo‐oxygenase and 5‐lipoxygenase directly, with greater effects on the latter enzyme.”

And its effects on cyclo‐oxygenase, or inhibiting prostaglandins, aren’t too astonishing compared to other known natural drugs.

Below is a study that demonstrates this:

This study used the “mouse paw edema” test…

This is where they inject a mouse paw with carrageenan and note how much it swells.

Even at five times the dose, the mice fed Nigella sativa (the “seed” in black seed oil) showed more inflammation than the aspirin group.

Although convenient, affordable, and pre-formulated, black seed doesn’t appear to inhibit cyclo‐oxygenase as well as aspirin.

But as an oil, it probably does absorb better than some other things.

It clearly inhibits prostaglandins.

This can also be judged by how black seed oil inhibits the pain response, shown in this study and in others.

Injections of both prostaglandin E₂ and prostaglandin D₂ have been shown to increase the perception of pain.

Inflammation, prostaglandins, and pain are essentially one.

So when a cyclo‐oxygenase inhibitor (i.e. indomethacin, aspirin, or black seed oil) is found to reduce pain, you can be almost certain that it’s doing it by reducing prostaglandins.

The pain reduction achieved by black seed oil wasn’t inhibited by naloxone, proving it wasn’t acting on an opiate receptor.

Although cylco‐oxygenase inhibitors are great for pain since they inhibit both prostaglandin E₂ and D₂, only the latter one actually causes hair loss.

Prostaglandin E₂ actually slightly increases hair growth – only prostaglandin D₂ powerfully inhibits it.

Dr. Louis Garza has found that the ratio is more important than the total amounts.

Cyclo‐oxygenase inhibitors do nothing to change the prostaglandin E₂ to D₂ ratio.

“We have demonstrated that Prostaglandin D₂ is elevated in male balding scalp and that it functionally inhibits hair lengthening through its receptor GPR44, which directly suggests treatments for male pattern hair loss.”

What changes this prostaglandin ratio are mineralocorticoid inhibitors, or aldosterone-cortisol inhibitors.

This can be achieved either by blocking the receptor directly, such as with spironolactone, or by inhibiting 11-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11-beta-HSD).

Inhibiting 11-beta-HSD on the skin inhibits the conversion of cortisone to cortisol.

Inhibitors of this enzyme have been found effective for hair growth, and topical 11-beta-HSD inhibitors are also used to counter inflammation.

So although great for topical pain, relying on black seed oil alone to regrow much hair may not be the best approach…

Especially considering the high linoleic acid, lack of clinical data, and disappointing hair growth testimonials.

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