Recent content by Monkeys

Yes I am beginning to understand this to be true. I think I got the wrong impression from information I read some time ago that showed topical 5AR inhibitors to be ineffective. However there does seem to be a good deal of information suggesting that inhibiting the local conversion of DHT can...

Good looking results man. Don't you think you should mention that you are using topical dutasteride in your results thread though??

I haven't taken any progress pics as such, but i have a few pictures of my hair from the last couple of years that I will post here soon

I think the key with this approach is that the hairloss cascade is complex. Targeting a single part of the cascade alone is so often ineffective because other parts of the cascade will simply respond and upregulate. By inhibiting several aspects of the cascade at once, you limit the capacity for...

This is the post from the user IdealForehead that describes the theory " I don't think that diagram is sufficientlycomplex to allow for it to illustrate the "ultimate stack". That diagram is a marketing gimmick for seti. It doesn't remotely encompass how complex hair loss is. But if you want...

Desloratidine i got from rechemco on alibaba, and niacinamide off ebay. I have considered dermarolling or stamping but I'd rather avoid it if I can help it!

That's not the case. T converts to DHT all over the body and DHT circulates in the blood. If what you say was true then topical applications of finasteride would be effective but as far as I have seen they are not. Happy to be educated otherwise, but I'm pretty sure that's whats going on.

Dutasteride half life is 5 weeks, but I get your point. Regardless of the long half life of dutasteride, blocking the local conversion of T to DHT in the scalp alone won't help when the blood DHT level remains high.

I mean, it's only a picture, who knows what's really being used.. But yeah if that's truly the treatment then I would say it's the minoxidil doing the work.

Injections to where? The scalp I presume? I can't see a pharmacological reason why this would work. Dutasteride prevents conversion of T to DHT systemically. Localizing that effect to the scalp alone is fairly pointless when there is still lots of DHT circulating syatemically.

One other thing I should add, is that with the topical regimine I think the twice daily application is very important for it to be effective. I get the classic "male pattern baldness itch", and as annoying as it is I've actually found it to be a really good gauge on what is working and in terms of reducing the...

I have had a few minor sides. - Worse sides were when starting Finasteride I got ball-ache for about 2 months and watery jizz, maybe some minor erection issues (might have been just stress though, I was freaking out about starting it). But that all went away and returned to normal after about 2...

I started on a topical regimine about 4 months ago which was inspired by a thread here title "The Ultimate Stack For Fighting Hairloss". My regimine is as follows: Finasteride 1mg daily (been taking this for a little over 2 years now) Topical (20ml batches) RU58841 - 0.8g Desloratidine - 0.2g...