Recent content by ztygr

Your hair grows out of your scalp. If your scalp isn't healthy, it's top priority isn't going to be supporting/growing hair. male pattern baldness leads to really bad scalp conditions. Copper peptides are great for skin, and go a long way toward fixing the scalp problem caused by male pattern baldness. The best CPs are...

I've tried both. Folligen always turned ugly colors (greenish reddish brown--sorry, i'm sort of color blind) when I used it about the same time I used minoxidil. All that stuff then rubbed off on caps and pillows and stuff. Tricomin doesn't have that problem. I use Tricomin now.

I've wondered about this too. I'm just learning about all this stuff, but here's what I understand so far. Lifting should increase testosterone levels. Testosterone gets converted into DHT by 5-alpha-reductase. DHT is bad news for hair. finasteride, dutasteride, spironolactone, etc. inhibit 5-alpha-reductase, so it...

I've never heard of gyno before. I tried reading about it on google, but all I got was a bunch of female gynecology stuff. What's the full name for whatever it is I'm trying to read about?

T-nation/biotest sells 100% resveratol (Rez-V [t-nation.com]), and they recommend what seems to me like a _huge_ dose (600 mg). I thought it was just because they wanted to make more money off the stuff. Maybe it's more of a brute force attempt on the bioavailability issue.

CCS: I'm confused, but I'm new, so please be patient... If testosterone builds muscle, and 5-alpha-R inhibitors (like saw palmetto) prevent testosterone from being converted into DHT and estrogen, how is it that 5-alpha-R inhibitors prevent muscle from rebuilding?