Excessive Hair Growth: How diet, lifestyle, and supplements may provide benefits.

Examine Database: Excessive Hair Growth

Intervention	Grade	Evidence	Effect
Inositol	B	Participants: 96	Small Improvement
Resveratrol	D	Participants: 169	No effect
Chromium	C	Participants: 60	Small Improvement

Inositol

B

Participants: 96

Small Improvement

Resveratrol

D

Participants: 169

No effect

Chromium

C

Participants: 60

Small Improvement

Intervention	Grade	Effect	Detail
Inositol	B
Resveratrol	D
Chromium	C

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Black seed for polycystic ovary syndrome in adolescents

In this randomized controlled trial in adolescents with polycystic ovary syndrome, supplementation with black seed reduced menstrual cycle irregularity and excessive hair growth.

Is early time-restricted eating better than regular caloric restriction for polycystic ovary syndrome?

Supplemental vitamin D might reduce oxidative stress in women with PCOS

The role of melatonin in PCOS

Can synbiotics improve polycystic ovarian syndrome?

Examine Database References

Inositol - Minozzi M, D'Andrea G, Unfer VTreatment of hirsutism with myo-inositol: a prospective clinical studyReprod Biomed Online.(2008 Oct)
Inositol - Zacchè MM, Caputo L, Filippis S, Zacchè G, Dindelli M, Ferrari AEfficacy of myo-inositol in the treatment of cutaneous disorders in young women with polycystic ovary syndromeGynecol Endocrinol.(2009 Aug)
Chromium - Jamilian M, Bahmani F, Siavashani MA, Mazloomi M, Asemi Z, Esmaillzadeh AThe Effects of Chromium Supplementation on Endocrine Profiles, Biomarkers of Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled TrialBiol Trace Elem Res.(2016 Jul)
Resveratrol - Larik MO, Ahmed A, Khan L, Iftekhar MAEffects of resveratrol on polycystic ovarian syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Endocrine.(2024-Jan)