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    Nizoral = considerable shed/frontal thinning

    I would like to add my voice to the number all ready out there. It appears Nizoral is not a benign helpful tool in hairloss. I can confirm it causes considerable shedding, in a specific pattern that others have commented on: visible thinning at the front, crown seems less affected. It may be...
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    spironolactone or fluridil?

    spironolactone doesn't have systemic effects ? I would say it does from personal experience. Anything you put on your skin is absorbed. Anything. How well and how much depend on the concentration, delivery agents and other factors, but yes some spironolactone will get where it isn't wanted. The effects are not...
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    Saw Palmetto/Pumpkin Seeds/Green Tea

    A lot of people repeat the mantra "Saw Palmetto does nothing" Let's start with what I can say, for me it is chemical castration, even 1 or 2 caps a day for 2 days, even with abnormally elevated androgens floating around me (I've used steroids occasionally) is chemical castration for the next 3...
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    Saw Palmetto quick horror ?

    hmm the capsules are 450mg, i don't know I might have been taking like up to 6 day as an experiment for a week or so. I mean I just felt like crud. Felt like i had crashed inside. From what I've read it seems the jury is still out on SP for hair loss, but I suspect it does actually do...
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    Saw Palmetto Suppresses Insulin-Like Growth Factor

    Well there's many studies that favor all kinds of different things in diet and effects on T etc. But then there's so many other factors that moderate hormonal levels and there are so many interactions and cascades going on, cherry picking one that appears to favor lowering DHT for say hair loss...
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    Saw Palmetto Suppresses Insulin-Like Growth Factor

    Well no. That's just not correct at all. And hormones don't 'cause' cancers, anymore than they 'cause' hair to fall out. That's just an oversimplification and misinterpretation of complex processes. We don't have all the answers so people often try to manipulate hormones for say hair loss, and...
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    Saw Palmetto quick horror ?

    I had some Saw Palmetto lying around, and decided to give it add it in and see what happened. I don't know if that's the cause but I felt pretty dreadful the last few days since taking it. Lethargic, no libido, lazy, don't want to eat as much, lost weight, headaches. I mean i really wouldn't...
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    spironolactone smell

    Very interesting. Thanks for posting that.
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    Saw Palmetto Suppresses Insulin-Like Growth Factor

    IGF 1 is a wonderful thing that's a vital part of anabolic processes. I really get worried sometimes when I see people made to fear their own hormones. "Testosterone is bad, DHT is bad, IGF-1 is bad". Fine I'll have everyone else's they don't want.
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    spironolactone smell

    It isn't true. At least the S5 cream I've used. All the time I used to hear spironolactone stinks so bad you won't be able to use it. I've never smelt anything from the batch of S5 I bought. I mean just nothing, it's just a pleasant smell like E45 cream or something. But then it's making me wonder if...
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