Dude that sucks thats it's not working, I have heard a lot of stories that Propecia has either worsened their hairlines or has just about help maintain so I wouldnt think of it as a wonder drug tbh...
finasteride or dutasteride are the backbone of most anti-hairloss plans. Stick with 1mg propecia but also add some topical anti-androgens, that's what I would do if I were you. Beyond that, just try to be patient and see what happens...
internal alpha 5 inhibitors maintain better than regrow, especially if there is significant miniaturization.You might want to consider switching to dutasteride if you want.
In any case, dutasteride is more effective than finasteride. male pattern baldness is too aggressive, in my experience, to beat without the big guns (drugs: dutasteride or finasteride).
finasteride will not be sufficient anymore for you so that's a good timing to add a topical AA like those mentioned above....
finasteride or dutasteride will not solve the issue ! try it for yourself..take more finasteride and go very heavy on the weights..you will shed.
I was on finasteride and I did shed in the gym after heavy weights. Pretty scray, it made me stop the gym for a few months.
Using fluridil, RU or flutamide stopped that completely.
It will boost the effectiveness of finasteride/dutasteride and whatever other anti-androgen are used, since there are less AR to deal with.
Anyone suffering from male pattern baldness should inhibit their AR as much as possible....after all they are the core of the problem: AR being too sensitive to DHT and Testosterone. Therefore the best way to protect your hair from the effets of testosterone spikes like that is to apply Flutamide or RU one hour or so before exercising if you do. This will firmly block the androgen receptors for a few hours and get you safely through the spike.
I don't think that fluridl can inhibit enough AR to completely stop hairloss used on its own, at the most agressive stages. But no other drug can do that either.
Both drugs are androgen antagonist, meaning that they will bind to the androgen receptors and thus block DHT and testosterone.
They are essential part of the combo to halt hairloss, which needs to do the following:
1) reduce DHT
2) reduce the number of androgen receptors
3) block the remaining androgen receptors from what is left of DHT (62%), and testosterone (120%)
My hairloss has completley halted thanks to my drug combo.
Answers for the questions:
2) You can continue using the foam but as I told you it won't halt the progression of male pattern baldness.
Nicky said:
Ok so now you wanna use minoxidil 2x a day to regrow. Well, your starting to grow new hair with minoxidil, but at the same time, u are not fighting with DHT and androgens as the new hairs continues to grow through their cycles. minoxidil is not a DHT blocker it helps hair regrow by increasing the blood flow to the follicle, but at the same time your hair follicles will be still attacked by DHT and androgens. One problem with propecia is that while it sharply reduces DHT, it also sharply increases scalp testosterone. I believe that testosterone (in addition to DHT) plays a role in hair loss. So if you're considering using propecia you should be sure to use an anti-androgen also. As a result it would be logical to use Finasteride (Propecia / Proscar) in conjunction with an anti-androgen. The former reduces the amount of DHT on your scalp while the latter blocks the remaning DHT at the receptor sites
1) spironolactone blocks the androgen receptors from receiving as many androgens. It is an anti-androgen but alot of guys feel it is weak at that action. Most people that have used spironolactone will tell you that it's of very limited effectiveness as a hair loss treatment.I have seen very few who have responded well to spironolactone. It certainly isn't a reasonable replacement for finasteride or dutasteride...unfortunately.
My advice: Use it as an additional weapon, but don't rely on it as a sole "dht inhibitior". If I were searching for a topical AA I would use flutamide, Fluridil or RU.
You need some kind of topical anti-androgen that prevent other anrogen's effect on the AR as well. Whether it is fluridil, flutamide or RU, spironolactone etc.. is up to you and not that crucial , but this mode of action is needed to have a complete halt of hairloss.
Hope this helps,
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