What's the ultimate dude's guide for hair maintenance?

[Isneezedsohard]

Hypothetically-- you have all the money in the world. What protocol are you implementing? AA's, Growth stimulants, injections, supplements, etc.

 

[NickyA]

Finasteride, Minoxidil, Microneedling, maybe Tretinoin and/or Bi-Estro cream too, Ketoconazole shampoo, 10 mg of biotin daily, vitamin D if you have a deficiency, Zinc, Vitamin B6, B12, DIM and/or Epilobium Parviflorum, PRP and Dutasteride Mesotherapy with top notch doctors/clinics, and eventually transplants if needed, with a board of great surgeons to asess and decide the best method and how to operate, along with intensive PRP after the transplant.

This is probably what Hollywood stars do to keep their hair in my opinion. I doubt many use Dutasteride daily long term (Due to widespread alcohol and drug abuse) and don't think many would be willing to use RU or CB.

 

[Isneezedsohard]

I want to do mesotherapy! I can't find any clinics that f*****g do it in the US tho! sh*t drives me nuts. I actually met with a doctor who said she would do it. She made me pay 300 bucks for a consultation, only to say after that she couldn't find any Dutasteride liquid to inject. So... f*** that b**ch lol.

 

[FromHairy2LarryDavid]

I've thought of this lately myself but can't recall the things I gathered. Off the top of my head, these would be a must, if I had all the money:

Oral drugs:

- Dutasteride
- Minoxidil
- Castor oil
- Corticosteroids

Topical treatments:

- Dutasteride
- 15% minoxidil
- 1.5mm microneedling
- Tretinoin
- RU-58841
- CB-03-01
- Corticosteroids
- Nizoral

Now if you wouldn't mind penis shrinkage, breast development and loss of any sexual desire, your options would vastly increase, with serious results but you didn't declare that so only listing "safe" stuff.

 

[Isneezedsohard]

I've thought of this lately myself but can't recall the things I gathered. Off the top of my head, these would be a must, if I had all the money:

Oral drugs:

- Dutasteride
- Minoxidil
- Castor oil
- Corticosteroids

Topical treatments:

- Dutasteride
- 15% minoxidil
- 1.5mm microneedling
- Tretinoin
- RU-58841
- CB-03-01
- Corticosteroids
- Nizoral

Now if you wouldn't mind penis shrinkage, breast development and loss of any sexual desire, your options would vastly increase, with serious results but you didn't declare that so only listing "safe" stuff.

Damn-- look at the sexy list in all its glory!!!!

 

[FromHairy2LarryDavid]

Though all of those combined is hard to recommend. That amount of minoxidil alone could send your heart racing if you can't tolerate it. I'd always work my way up on minoxidil if I planned to use larger doses. Especially oral. As for RU it's hardly researched, especially not long-term, therefore it's hard to advise that as well. CB is relatively safeish, more studies behind it, FDA approval for small amounts for acne, hopefully soon to be available more widely too, just weaker than RU.

 

[Isneezedsohard]

Though all of those combined is hard to recommend. That amount of minoxidil alone could send your heart racing if you can't tolerate it. I'd always work my way up on minoxidil if I planned to use larger doses. Especially oral. As for RU it's hardly researched, especially not long-term, therefore it's hard to advise that as well. CB is relatively safeish, more studies behind it, FDA approval for small amounts for acne, hopefully soon to be available more widely too, just weaker than RU.

I'm on RU-- and it definitely gives me pause. I don't seem to have any sides. Possibly rashes (one near my *** crack, lol) and on the inside of my elbows. Not sure if its a result of RU tho. I just really hope im not giving myself cancer or some sh*t. f***-- I hate balding

 

[Raphael13]

if you have all the money in the world then you do a transplant at the best clinic in the world, or you don't do anything at all. Cause rest of the options actually suck. They either buy you some time or give you minimal result at best, which will eventually go away anyways.

 

[Isneezedsohard]

if you have all the money in the world then you do a transplant at the best clinic in the world, or you don't do anything at all. Cause rest of the options actually suck. They either buy you some time or give you minimal result at best, which will eventually go away anyways.

Dr Zarev would be a DREAM. Hair of Istanbul or Alvi Armani seem like good options as well

 

[whatintheworld]

Many people lack donor hair and watching over one's shoulder the rest of one's life hoping that the donor area left doesn't become exposed is hardly a life-time solution. Transplants also damage tissue and follicles, often permanently and results, like any surgery, vary. Transplants should be considered with great caution only in my opinion.

Indeed, too many people rush blindly into them and fall prey to marketing gimmicks.

However, I do think in the hands of the world's best doctors, results can be life changing, and many can at least get a natural frame to their face, which makes the biggest difference in self-image and how others view you.

 

[FromHairy2LarryDavid]

I'm on RU-- and it definitely gives me pause. I don't seem to have any sides. Possibly rashes (one near my *** crack, lol) and on the inside of my elbows. Not sure if its a result of RU tho. I just really hope im not giving myself cancer or some sh*t. f***-- I hate balding

Wow definitely keep us posted on how it goes. Planning to get on it myself in the near future, or until CB becomes available enough to mega-dose.

As for transplants, one could argue if it's the ultimate treatment or "cure" so to speak - but in fact, it's a bit of a gamble like others said, even at the best clinic, and the worst case scenario could leave you looking devastated. It's for a reason that they say it's always best to keep and fight for existing hairs. Until I've tried everything up until even scratching the slight borders of HRT, I do believe true regrowth is possible, and not just on minoxidil.

 

[Will Be an Egg in 5 years]

Go straight ahead to transplants, if you're a candidate.

 

[BetaBoy]

If money were not an object and I had access to a compounding pharmacy.

Oral daily:
MK-677/Ibutamoren 50mg Significantly up regulates IGF-1 which can only be a good thing for hair
Avodart x5 Maximal DHT reduction
Loniten 10mg Effective hair growth stimulant

Topical Liposomal Solution, 1ml once daily:
Proxalutamide 1% Strongest next generation NSAA (AFAIK) Darolutamide 1%, Strongest NSAA* Testosterone hasn't got a chance in hell much of a chance of binding to receptor sites if this stuff is in the scalp
Latnaprost 0.1%, Hair growth stimulant, effectiveness is debatable but nonetheless believe it to be worthwhile
LY500307 0.1%, Selective ERβ agonist, personally believe ERβ expression is positive for hair
WAY-316606 0.1%, Wnt agonist, current research suggests Wnt pathway is a promising target for hair growth stimulation
PGE2 0.1%, Hair growth stimulant with promising clinical and anecdotal evidence

If I knew of a good candidate, it would also be nice to throw in an AR PROTAC for good measure, I'm talking mass AR genocide here. Wanna be sure that not a single cell in my scalp has any AR getting anywhere near my DNA so it can express all the shite that causes this disease.
*with a molecular weight below 500 Daltons

 

[Raphael13]

Many people lack donor hair and watching over one's shoulder the rest of one's life hoping that the donor area left doesn't become exposed is hardly a life-time solution. Transplants also damage tissue and follicles, often permanently and results, like any surgery, vary. Transplants should be considered with great caution only in my opinion.

I agree with you. Im not encouringing it either, but at the same time I think it's the best (only real option) for someone. But as you said, they should have a good ground for it too. When it comes to duta, minoxidil etc I really don't consider them options. You need to be on them pretty much your entire life and there are still no guarantees for them working, plus duta comes with lots of side effects.

OR, let me correct myself, and I know people on this forum will HATE this answer. If you have all the money in the world, f*** your hair and enjoy life. Bald + muscle + beard= you will be a pussy magnet guys.

 

[BetaBoy]

If you have all the money in the world, f*** your hair and enjoy life. Bald + muscle + beard= you will be a pussy magnet guys.

tbf if you had all the money in the world you can skip all the hassle of going to the gym and f*****g about with iv aas's and just be bald + fat + neck beard and also be a "pussy magnet".

 

[Raphael13]

tbf if you had all the money in the world you can skip all the hassle of going to the gym and iv aas's and just be bald + fat + neck beard and also be a "pussy magnet".

True. But at the same time you want the gals to be attracted to you and not only be with you because of the money.

 

[Raphael13]

You can get a lot of years of maintenance out of min/finasteride. I understand that in the abstract no one wants to use something forever but there's no need to think of things that way. I used min/finasteride from the 80's onward and it kept me in the game with chicks and I married and had a nice family.

Did IT really keep you in game with chicks, or was it your personality/overall appearance? I think we are putting way too much value into hair. Yes it looks good, yes none of us wants to lose hair. But believe it or not, chicks don't care....with exceptions of course. Some gals stay far away from bald men, for other chicks bald men are the sexiest ones on the planet..with anything, it's a personal perference.

 

[NAVI]

tbf if you had all the money in the world you can skip all the hassle of going to the gym and f*****g about with iv aas's and just be bald + fat + neck beard and also be a "pussy magnet".

I think even Jeff Bezos cant get all the girls

 

[BetaBoy]

I think even Jeff Bezos cant get all the girls

Seriously lacking in the neckbeard department.

 

[Isneezedsohard]

If money were not an object and I had access to a compounding pharmacy.

Oral daily:
MK-677/Ibutamoren 50mg Significantly up regulates IGF-1 which can only be a good thing for hair
Avodart x5 Maximal DHT reduction
Loniten 10mg Effective hair growth stimulant

Topical Liposomal Solution, 1ml once daily:
Proxalutamide 1% Strongest next generation NSAA (AFAIK), Testosterone hasn't got a chance in hell of binding to receptor sites if this stuff is in the scalp
Latnaprost 0.1% Hair growth stimulant, effectiveness is debatable but nonetheless believe it to be worthwhile
LY500307 0.1% Selective ERβ agonist, personally believe ERβ expression is positive for hair
WAY-316606 0.1% Wnt agonist, current research suggests Wnt pathway is a promising target for hair growth stimulation
PGE2 0.1% Hair growth stimulant with promising clinical and anecdotal evidence

Now THIS is what I’m talking about, lads! Let’s get creative here. Skies the limit!