Recent content by Derek Clapton

I haven't used it personally. If you read around some people have mentioned chest pain though.

Finasteride is the most effective but the side effects are not worth it. If minoxidil was working then use it until it doesn't work. Few side effects with it.

Yes if/when it goes systemic.

How is it going so far?

Keep us updated mate. It sounds good in theory if it doesn't go systemic. The problem I found with 5ar blockers was I thought I was getting no side effects because they developed so slowly, but on reflection the effects were so insidious that I didn't notice them until long after I stopped...

Not everyone balds like calum best. You are using one example to back your argument. Again, IMO the whole point of a transplant is to avoid using poisonous 5ar blockers.

Curious how you get on with it. Since getting rekt by 5ar blockers I have noticed I am very sensitive to anything similar. I tried spironolactone and noticed an effect on libido, so I'm wary of RU. I know it binds to the androgen receptor rather than to DHT itself but it's kind of the same deal...

If I'm paying for a transplant it's so I don't have to rekt my endocrine system with 5ar blockers. Otherwise I would just take them and not need a transplant, because they did the job for me, but to the detriment of my endocrine system so I stopped. So it would be either or, not both.

It's a while ago but I do recall it took me a while. I was also rekt in general which I think may have been adrenal fatigue. I high dosed vitamin c for that. Would def recommend trying cialis though. If you've never tried it, IMO it has an actual aphrodisiac effect unlike sildenafil (no idea why...

10-12 years is ludicrous. How on earth are they keeping a company afloat for that long with such slow development? It's such a huge issue that could make so much money, I don't understand why nobody has got a solution yet and we have these clowns taking forever to develop stuff.

I mean not everyone needs 5ar blockers - other stuff works to varying degrees for different people. But I take your point. All depends on timing and how you are managing your hairloss.

Dunno if it would help but vit d3 IMO increases DHT - certainly increases the horn. I'm actually reluctant to use it because I fear its effects on hair but if you have sexual sides it's worth a try at say 5000 iu a day for a while. Obviously the other one is cialis - not a permanent fix per se...

Due to minoxidil now being banned on ebay, I bought the last box from elsewhere and noticed I seem to have some apparent regrowth since after a few months of use. It occurred to me that I may have been buying fake minoxidil quite often without realising it because I would have times when I'd check...

My point was that you shouldn't need fina to keep transplanted hair. Seems you're making a different point.

I visualise this as gravity creating tension in the skin on top of the scalp, because nobody goes bald around the sides. Also had a thought and wondered if most fellow slapheads here have generally poor blood circulation? I do and get stuff like cold hands a lot. Maybe full head of hair bastards...