Alzaeic Acid

[stoja]

Has anybody used alzaeic acid as an anti androgen before?

I cant find any studies on it being used as an antiandrogen yet i see many products that include it.

 

[Shift]

And another question - is it enough to use it topicaly instead of oral finasteride.

 

[stoja]

good question shift, thats ultimately what im trying to achieve.

 

[stoja]

come on fellas, surely someone here has used this before and can share their experiences with it.. or just add any info about it

 

[Banjo]

hey,

ive used minoxidil with 5% AA for around a year and in my opinion its no better than ordinary minoxidil. The studies that had proved it is a dht blocker were done on rats but i dont think its ever been proven to work on people. im not quite sure on the details of the study tho.

 

[stoja]

thanks for the reply banjo, anyone else who could share their experiences with aa would be great

 

[Bryan]

ive used minoxidil with 5% AA for around a year and in my opinion its no better than ordinary minoxidil. The studies that had proved it is a dht blocker were done on rats but i dont think its ever been proven to work on people. im not quite sure on the details of the study tho.

Actually, it's just the opposite of what you said! The study showing azelaic acid to reduce the synthesis of DHT used human tissue, not rats. The problem, though, is that the study was merely in vitro, not in vivo. They mixed the azelaic acid with minced human tissue in a test tube, nothing more. Azelaic acid has NEVER been shown to suppress DHT when applied topically to living humans or animals.

 

[Banjo]

my bad

 

[stoja]

ive used minoxidil with 5% AA for around a year and in my opinion its no better than ordinary minoxidil. The studies that had proved it is a dht blocker were done on rats but i dont think its ever been proven to work on people. im not quite sure on the details of the study tho.

Actually, it's just the opposite of what you said! The study showing azelaic acid to reduce the synthesis of DHT used human tissue, not rats. The problem, though, is that the study was merely in vitro, not in vivo. They mixed the azelaic acid with minced human tissue in a test tube, nothing more. Azelaic acid has NEVER been shown to suppress DHT when applied topically to living humans or animals.

hey bryan, what about that study which indicated that it was effective when mixed with zinc and b6? was that on humans or not? cant remember :/

 

[Bryan]

hey bryan, what about that study which indicated that it was effective when mixed with zinc and b6? was that on humans or not? cant remember :/

Without re-reading it again myself, I believe it was similar to what I described before: they tested it on human tissue (I think), but it was only an in vitro experiment, not in vivo.