Recent content by Derek Clapton

Yeah I got some from china a while ago. You only need a tiny amount. I chuck it in with minoxidil but don't know if that makes it active or if you need to do some mad scientist chemistry stuff, but results haven't improved since, so either it's bunk or like everything else my DHT just laughs at it.

I did and all that is listed is a 2009 study that has since been discredited. Creatine basically just draws water into cells.

This thread is bro science overload. Creatine doesn't cause hairloss or provide any significant muscle gains, and whey protein doesn't cause acne either.

China. Used to be alibaba but no chems allowed there now so try made in china. You can get the actual powder that way and avoid tabs with fillers.

It increases estrogen levels and is known to cause gyno, so definitely possible. You can either stop or maybe look into getting estrogen levels tested and maybe look to manage them via an aromatase inhibitor if you don't want to stop. 5ar blockers are effective but usually have side effects.

I take vit d but since it gives you the horn I always imagined it increased DHT

The visual side effects are pretty sketchy though. Have you noticed any?

It works but there are side effects for most people. You have to decide if they are worth it or if you can combat them. If I HAD to use it I would look at aromatase inhibitors to deal with elevated estrogen, although probably that actually helps with hair growth somewhat.

Fina and duta worked for me but the side effects became too much. Curious to see how this works for you. I assume these lazers are expensive, right?

This looks interesting - the S4 in particular - what's your thinking with this? That's it's basically occupying the receptors that DHT would and being less androgenous will do less hair damage?

How are your protocols overriding DHT though? As I said, to my knowledge (could be wrong) I thought lazers stimulate blood flow, whereas DHT signals to shrink the follicle and thus restrict blood flow. If the lazers work in other ways than I imagined, please explain how.

So what is signalling them not to grow? DHT right? So lazers do what? Don't they just encourage blood flow also? It seems like you're always going to be competing against DHT which is signalling to the follicle to not grow. You're just trying to counteract that by getting blood to flow to it...

As it literally happened to me, and plenty of others, absolutely not bullshit. Pretty sure you also quit using not long ago, but now you're suggesting anybody disagreeing is talking bullshit. I also kidded myself it wasn't a thing when I started. It was.

finasteride or dutasteride is bad news in your 20s. It will nuke your sex drive and general zest for life in an insidious way that he won't notice until it's too late i.e when he develops gyno and depression.

I like your logical approach. Have you looked into why only hair follicles in certain areas shrink? i.e. the typical horseshoe shape? I don't know what norwood jazz this pertains to but my point is this seems to be the top of the head - why is this? I wonder if it's to do with scalp...