Avodart vs. Propecia

[Bryan]

What do you think of my post above that one, Bryan? I pasted it below:

well 2.5 mg a day of dutasteride blocks like 100% of type II DHT, or at least 99.9%

0.5 mg a day blocks 98.5% of type II in the follicles. You say that the male pattern baldness may start to progress again after a few years on the drug, but the person on it may thin less than 10% as fast as they would have otherwise, right? Becuase having only 1.5% of original DHT circulating would be much better than having the full amount. So if it would have taken you 3 years to go from NW3 to NW4 without taking anything, it may take you 20+ years to go down a full Norwood when on Avodart, right?

Oh, I think all that's a distinct possibility!

It's too bad that we'll probably never see any 5-year hairloss studies with dutasteride. That would certainly help clarify the relative roles of DHT and other androgens in balding. It might even produce evidence either for, or against my own little pet theory about the role of aging in that slow decline in haircounts that we saw in the finasteride trial!

Bryan

 

[Aplunk1]

I love your positivity, Bryan.

 

[Guest]

I love your positivity, Bryan.

me too. it's certainly better than people who think dutasteride will only work for 10 years. i mean the average propecia user stayed above baseline for around 7years I think, extrapolating from the 5 year study, so I think the average dutasteride user could maintain for 10+ and thin slowly after that.

maybe using topical spironolactone in the front after a few years could help protect the hairline more from androgens: not from dutasteride, but just the balding process.

avodart+topical spironolactone will prob be a great combo for me in the future. or maybe avodart+proxiphen because proxiphen includes nano as well as other good stuff.