++ Best Topical DHT blocker ( spironolactone or Azelaic acid ) ++

[Bryan]

Dermatologists at one point in the not-too-distant past were suggesting that free fatty acids in the skin (released as a result of the degradation of triglycerides by P acnes bacteria) were a factor in the cause of acne, although they now seem to have backed away some from that idea. It's a bit ironic, then, that a certain specific free fatty acid (azelaic acid) is actually used to treat acne.

I was just thinking out loud when I said that about azelaic acid and alopecia areata. Areata has been treated in the past by the topical application of some pretty noxious and irritating substances, so I was just wondering to myself if the use of azelaic acid for that had a somewhat similar rationale.

Bryan

 

[Old Baldy]

Dermatologists at one point in the not-too-distant past were suggesting that free fatty acids in the skin (released as a result of the degradation of triglycerides by P acnes bacteria) were a factor in the cause of acne, although they now seem to have backed away some from that idea. It's a bit ironic, then, that a certain specific free fatty acid (azelaic acid) is actually used to treat acne.

I was just thinking out loud when I said that about azelaic acid and alopecia areata. Areata has been treated in the past by the topical application of some pretty noxious and irritating substances, so I was just wondering to myself if the use of azelaic acid for that had a somewhat similar rationale.

Bryan

Oh, just about alopecia areata. Nevermind!

 

[hairhaircomeagain]

Seems like spironolactone wins hands down. But if you compare Dr. Proctors Proxiphen with spironolactone, it seems like Proxi already has spironolactone...So is Proxi better?

 

[powersam]

dont think proxi has much spironolactone in it though. wouldnt be a replacement for using spironolactone by itself

 

[Bryan]

I think prescription Proxiphen has 2% spironolactone, but I might be off on that.

In any event, I can't imagine that anybody's version of topical spironolactone alone (at any strength) would be as effective as Proxiphen.

Bryan