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Natural Sweetener Boosts a Common Treatment For Hair Loss, Study Reveals


A leading treatment for androgenetic alopecia (AGA) – the classic pattern hair loss – could be made more effective with the clever addition of the natural sweetener stevioside, derived from the stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana).

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