Good (best?) all-purpose DHT blocking and hair-growth supplement?

BigBrother69 · Jul 22, 2021

Hey all!

Till now, I've been treating my light hair loss with topical products only- Nizoral and a LLLT helmet. I can't do vasoldilators (Minoxidil, etc.) and have not wanted to go with finasteride. So far I seem to have stopped the loss but have not experienced any regrowth (helmet has been for 8 months, for what that's worth.)

I don't want to go with anything internal with serious potential side-effects, but I realized recently I should probably at least be doing something on the internal side along the lines of saw palmetto, pumpkin seed oil, biotin, etc., but I started searching and of course my head started spinning with the options!

These days, is there an all-in-one supplement that you guys prefer? Something that hits all the major marks, has good reviews, and basically allows me to do the standard level of blocking and growth promotion I should be doing without going more hardcore (finasteride, etc.)?

Thanks so much!!

Einstein · Jul 22, 2021

Vitamin C

JaneyElizabeth · Jul 22, 2021

JaneyElizabeth · Jul 22, 2021

BigBrother69 said:
Hey all!

Till now, I've been treating my light hair loss with topical products only- Nizoral and a LLLT helmet. I can't do vasoldilators (Minoxidil, etc.) and have not wanted to go with finasteride. So far I seem to have stopped the loss but have not experienced any regrowth (helmet has been for 8 months, for what that's worth.)

I don't want to go with anything internal with serious potential side-effects, but I realized recently I should probably at least be doing something on the internal side along the lines of saw palmetto, pumpkin seed oil, biotin, etc., but I started searching and of course my head started spinning with the options!

These days, is there an all-in-one supplement that you guys prefer? Something that hits all the major marks, has good reviews, and basically allows me to do the standard level of blocking and growth promotion I should be doing without going more hardcore (finasteride, etc.)?

Thanks so much!!

Try Polysorbate 80 on Amazon for cheap.

BigBrother69 · Jul 23, 2021

Thanks. I was wondering though if anyone uses a supplement that combines some of the best so I don't have to go experimenting with/purchasing many supplements. I see so many compound products for sale, figured there were preferred ones.

JaneyElizabeth · Jul 23, 2021

BigBrother69 said:
Thanks. I was wondering though if anyone uses a supplement that combines some of the best so I don't have to go experimenting with/purchasing many supplements. I see so many compound products for sale, figured there were preferred ones.

In my experience this is complicated because some times combining two things is efficient but often such products just throw in the kitchen sink of a bunch of stuff that might have tiny effects but thrown together, they might actually work at cross-purposes. But to make it easy, except for hormones, meaning the "male" ones, finasteride/Duta and the female ones like estrogen and AA's, nothing works essentially except for minoxidil (which could be hormonal), dandruff shampoos like Keto, which is tested and Selsun Blue which is also known to reduce sebum and inflammation. PS 80 probably works similarly to Keto but all we know is from bald mice studies where they had significant improvement and those studies were desisted from back in the mid-80's when minoxidil came out and the products themselves, were no longer allowed to be advertised as baldness palliatives. In the early 80's, polysorbates were omnipresent on infomericals with Robert Vaughn, the Man from Uncle, manning the phony news report from Helsinki for the Helsinki formula where the mice studies were done.