wow it really shows there's hope for slick bald guys. i thought the follicle was physically dead too so no regrowth was possible once you were slick - obviously that is not true.
i tried spironolactone in the past and an oral oestrogen (i can't remember which one), and it did regrow a lot of hair; but it gave my gyno, lumps under my nipples, and dropped my sex drive by 300% so i stopped it. i wonder how much hair i would have now if i'd stuck it out (i am a cis guy so didn't want boobs, but i did want hair)
it's too bad they can't make all of this stuff work only on the scalp and nowhere else as topicals other than minoxidil seem to be completely ineffective :-(