As a newbie whose been roaming this board for some time now, I just have to say thanks for everyone's honest and detailed contributions to this site. Now, it's my turn to try to return the favor. I know this looks long, but please read it. I haven't run across a thread here in which this specific topic was addressed. If there is one, chalk it up to me being new here...
Long story short, I'm a 24 year old male who first starting noticing general thinning on the whole top of my head when I was 19 years old. My frontal hairline is still intact, although it's shown some loss in recent years. I quickly got on Propecia for about a year and a half at age 19, got frustrated (probably more denial than not seeing results, but I couldn't say for sure that I was getting any results), and quit using it. Recently, that moment came when my hair loss really hit me and I knew I had to do something about it.
Instead of getting on Propecia again, I wanted to be a little more "aggressive". I obtained an Avodart prescription and have been taking .5mb/day for about 3 weeks (no visible changes yet, as expected). I did a lot of the research on this (I'm also a med student) and I can't see why it won't be better than Propecia - but that's a whole different discussion. In conjunction with this I'm using 5% minoxidil at bedtime (once daily). I can't use it in the day because (a) my scalp already kills me and (b) it's so greasy, I can't go to school like that.
So, in theory, I am stopping somewhere around 90% of DHT production in my scalp - good for maintenance.
Now comes an idea I took from the Hair Club people. I don't know if they were just trying to rip me off but I think the logic is sound. Hair Club, of course, said that the first step to take is to block DHT production via 5AR inhibitors - DONE. Then they magnified my scalp and pointed to what they said was sebum oil containing DHT. I don't know if that was sebum oil but I agreed with their theory that the PRE-EXISTING DHT has to be removed if I wanted the best possible results. They "recommended" their costly program where they claim to use enzymes and vasodilation techniques to remove the DHT while providing nutrients to the dying follicles, in addition to saw palmetto. Makes sense to me, but I'm not paying for it.
The only product I could find on the market that claimed to REMOVE pre-existing DHT from the scalp was the Revivogen Bio-Cleansing Shampoo. It claims to have enzymes to clear the pre-existing DHT. Since I was already using a 5AR inhibitor and minoxidil, I opted to purchase only the shampoo. Sounds like a good plan, right?
I would appreciate any info on Revivogen's shampoo ONLY, i.e. if you think it does what it claims to do. I realize that Revivogen's instructions tell you it won't work on it's own but I have the equivalent of the other products they say to use in conjunction with the shampoo. I also know it "wouldn't hurt". But what I really want to get a sense of is if everyone thinks this regiment is realistically worth a damn or the money it costs versus just using the Avodart and minoxidil.
The logic, in my opinion, is sound. Let's get your thoughts!
(I promise to keep it way shorter next time!)
Long story short, I'm a 24 year old male who first starting noticing general thinning on the whole top of my head when I was 19 years old. My frontal hairline is still intact, although it's shown some loss in recent years. I quickly got on Propecia for about a year and a half at age 19, got frustrated (probably more denial than not seeing results, but I couldn't say for sure that I was getting any results), and quit using it. Recently, that moment came when my hair loss really hit me and I knew I had to do something about it.
Instead of getting on Propecia again, I wanted to be a little more "aggressive". I obtained an Avodart prescription and have been taking .5mb/day for about 3 weeks (no visible changes yet, as expected). I did a lot of the research on this (I'm also a med student) and I can't see why it won't be better than Propecia - but that's a whole different discussion. In conjunction with this I'm using 5% minoxidil at bedtime (once daily). I can't use it in the day because (a) my scalp already kills me and (b) it's so greasy, I can't go to school like that.
So, in theory, I am stopping somewhere around 90% of DHT production in my scalp - good for maintenance.
Now comes an idea I took from the Hair Club people. I don't know if they were just trying to rip me off but I think the logic is sound. Hair Club, of course, said that the first step to take is to block DHT production via 5AR inhibitors - DONE. Then they magnified my scalp and pointed to what they said was sebum oil containing DHT. I don't know if that was sebum oil but I agreed with their theory that the PRE-EXISTING DHT has to be removed if I wanted the best possible results. They "recommended" their costly program where they claim to use enzymes and vasodilation techniques to remove the DHT while providing nutrients to the dying follicles, in addition to saw palmetto. Makes sense to me, but I'm not paying for it.
The only product I could find on the market that claimed to REMOVE pre-existing DHT from the scalp was the Revivogen Bio-Cleansing Shampoo. It claims to have enzymes to clear the pre-existing DHT. Since I was already using a 5AR inhibitor and minoxidil, I opted to purchase only the shampoo. Sounds like a good plan, right?
I would appreciate any info on Revivogen's shampoo ONLY, i.e. if you think it does what it claims to do. I realize that Revivogen's instructions tell you it won't work on it's own but I have the equivalent of the other products they say to use in conjunction with the shampoo. I also know it "wouldn't hurt". But what I really want to get a sense of is if everyone thinks this regiment is realistically worth a damn or the money it costs versus just using the Avodart and minoxidil.
The logic, in my opinion, is sound. Let's get your thoughts!
(I promise to keep it way shorter next time!)
