There is no verse. saw palmetto is simply not going to stop hairloss. I tried it, and it worked for me for about 4 months then wore off over time. Its just not nearly strong enough to reverse hairloss and it wont stop it either. I think 1 mg of propecia is about 8-10 times stronger then the recommended dose of propecia. If you take that much your pretty much running the same risks as propecia other then cost I cant see any reason to take it. I dropped saw palmetto and just vowed to myself id take the proven drug instead of some unregulated supplement or do nothing.