meh, if you look at the studies and their estimates(we will see this soon) but even 2.5% twice a day should be around 85% as effective as finasteride so it should give some maintenance and slight regrowth in most people for sure. that would be 70mg or less a day which is under 2k a year, if it works than thats certainly worth it especially since prices will come down even more(remember it was 200!$ just 3 years ago for CB, now a fourth of that and I imagine in a year you'd have an even lower price once winlevi comes out) so it's maybe 5k over a 3 year period until hopefully the real thing comes out. if it works, again I think thats worth it. then to the other issue, you can get it purity tested, it's not that hard and most group buys organize it in some way as bryan said. then customs, as far as I have heard, most shippers will send another parcel if it gets stuck in customs and does not arrive. kane certainly does it and the guy bryan uses does it as well. so if they seize it you just get another one. also in most countries it's not that common if you label it right. and safety, well in a year 9 year old children are supposed to use it on their skin so I don't think that will be as bad as finasteride. and we will also have safety data from around 300 people (404-placebo group) so that should give a good idea in my opinion. it's either that or shave though because I won't hang out 3 years on this forum as so many do, looking and hoping everyday that a breakthrough happens.