Any suggestions

[pasang_8848]

Here's my situation.

I am in my early 30's. I don't lose lots of hairs. Some in shower that's about it, nothing in pillow or chairs etc. It has been like this as long as I remember. For last 5-6 years I have noticed about 3 diameter area in my vertex thining out. It's not sudden but looks like gradual although I am not sure. Also, I was on Atenolol for about 3 years 2000-2003, that might have also contributed on that.

Now since I am becoming aware of this. I want to do something about it. I have choseen follwing regimen. Any inputs are welcome:

Nizoral 1% - 2/3 times aweek.
Tricomin

Should I better of using Tricomin or folligen?

 

[Cornholio]

Nizoral 1% - 2/3 times aweek.
Tricomin (Should I better of using Tricomin or folligen?)

Well, nizoral 2% and Tricomin both have small (36 people) short term studies showing increased hair diameter and slightly increased hair counts, so I use them. BUT they are small studies, and neither address a major cause of MBP... DHT. While they MAY help you MAINTAIN, i dont know that I would trust them as the foundation of a hair loss treatment program.

Finasteride blocks DHT and has some good long term studies behind it. If you are unwilling to commit to finasteride, Crinagen and Revivogen claim to do a similar thing topically (but topical DHT blockers have no in vivo studies to back them up). Still, DHT should be addressed somehow, and nizoral/tricomin dont do that.

http://www.hairlosstalk.com/research/me ... nt1men.htm

Your best chance of regrowth/maintenence is probably to choose finasteride. Use minoxidil if you are able and willing as it also has some good studies behind it. Tricomin and Nizoral help, and if that's all youre willing/able to do it may help. But, I dont think that using those two alone have as much evidence behind them (and they dont address DHT).

As tricomin has the small study I would probably choose tricomin rather than folligen, though they are probably very similar.