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Is a topical like this the better idea than something like propecia, and if so why dont we have one 25 years later? Personally I dont buy into the idea that environmental factors play a large role in male pattern baldness because powerful AAs alone completely stop male pattern baldness in the large majority of men despite all the same environmental factors still at play. Androgens are a huge huge factor that is just unarguable.
If someone is eating a bad diet, and then adds propecia stopping male pattern baldness yet still eats the same diet then it cant be diet that causes male pattern baldness to any real degree. Same with air pollution, day of the week, wearing hats or whatever else people say like smoking. I dont buy it if it was then AAs wouldnt do much if anything.
The primary reason in my opinion there will never be a commercially viable or broadly available topical antiandrogen approach to hair loss is that any potent antiandrogen you apply to your scalp will likely end up all over you bedsheets/pillow/bathroom/couch and general house in general.
This transfer poses a theoretical risk to the normal development of any pregnant women or children living with you, as it may then transfer to them through common household contact.
Finasteride comes with a warning that pregnant women should not even touch the pills.
How would a company selling a topical hair loss antiandrogen be sure that a pregnant woman wouldn't run her hands through her man's hair? Or from sharing a bed get transfer over time? Who would be legally liable in that circumstance? The man? Or the pharmaceutical company?
It is a giant disaster waiting to happen for any company who tries to make money off this type of approach. I will be blown away if we see an effective topical antiandrogen brought to market in our lifetime. Not because it wouldn't be possible to make an effective topical antiandrogen. But because I doubt any pharmaceutical company would want to take on the potential risk and liability I just described.
This is one of the reasons I have repeatedly said before that in my opinion, most normal men should not use topical antiandrogens.
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