The Bioxsine blog Week 1: So you’re losing your hair

JOE's Oisin Collins is currently taking a course of natural hair loss treatment in the name of all things science (plus he's also going bald). So here's a little about what he's up to.

My hair has slowly been fading away ever since I was about 17. Now I will say that I’m no Patrick Stewart (as of yet), but for a man in his early twenties, I should have a little bit more on top. You can say to yourself ‘who cares, it’s my head’ as much as you want, but deep, deep down a little bit of me wishes I had a full blown lion’s mane, even if it was ginger – well…

That’s why I was more than happy to take on this hair loss blog, well, once I found out that I wouldn’t grow an extra ear due to any side affects, of course. The stuff I’m currently taking is called Bioxsine Forte and like I said above, it’s made from 100 per cent natural herbal ingredients and comes in both shampoo and spray form.

I was delighted that it was a shampoo/spray set up and not an oral tablet, plus I’m glad that it’s 100 per cent natural, as I didn’t want to put a bucket load of weird chemicals on my head.

The only thing you’ll find in this stuff, according to the back of the bottle, is flavonoids, unsaturated fatty acids, beta-sitosterol, zinc, vitamins and minerals such as zinc, magnesium, potassium, calcium and iron. So there’s no eye of toad or high-octane petrol to worry about.

There was actually one thing that I was a little worried about before I used the Bioxsine shampoo, that being the smell of it. Usually, if something is ‘100 per cent natural’ it smells like 100 per cent horse sh*t, mainly because it’s not loaded with perfumes and other sweet smelling additives.

However, in fairness to the Bioxsine shampoo, it doesn’t smell bad at all. There’s certainly a distinct ‘husk’ if you will, but that’s something you get used to after a minute. Even the girlfriend didn’t mind the smell, which is always a plus.

The colour of the both the shampoo and the spray is a certain shade of brown – no prizes for guessing which one – but again, that’s thanks to 100 per cent natural ingredients and no dye of any kind.

The one thing I’m certainly not expecting from this is an outright miracle. If one or two new hairs decide to grow or if my existing hair gets a bit thicker then I’ll be happy, but I’m not expecting to look like Homer after he used Dimoxinil – although, I won’t complain if it happens.

All that’s left for me to do now is to wash my hair every day with the Bioxsine shampoo and apply the spray in the morning and at night. It will be interesting to see what happens, but like I said, I’m not expecting a miracle.

I’ll be dropping in every week over the next few months with an update as to how I’m getting on, so make sure to check back then.

Bioxsine is available from all good pharmacies nationwide. For more on the all-natural hair loss treatment, check out www.keepyourhairon.ie.