Frontal thinning on Avodart
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they tested 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, and 2.5mg/day dutasteride, and 5mg of proscar. 0.05mg/day did the worst in all areas. 0.1mg/day dutasteride was equal in every way to 5mg proscar, and 0.5 and 2.5mg/day regrow more hair overall, concentrated in back, but less hair in the temples than 5mg/day proscar.
I hope they were smart enough to use a similar percentage of NW2's and 5's to get an accurate comparision. The results make no sense to me. Maybe the hair in the temples is more similar to facial hair, and needs a small amount of androgens, but even that does not make sense because propecia should make it thrive more than the back, then. I don't know. I highly doubt taking dutasteride and finasteride at the same time would help. It would just be like taking more dutasteride. I'm just going to take the dutasteride and assume the experimentors made a mistake somewhere.
I hope they were smart enough to use a similar percentage of NW2's and 5's to get an accurate comparision. The results make no sense to me. Maybe the hair in the temples is more similar to facial hair, and needs a small amount of androgens, but even that does not make sense because propecia should make it thrive more than the back, then. I don't know. I highly doubt taking dutasteride and finasteride at the same time would help. It would just be like taking more dutasteride. I'm just going to take the dutasteride and assume the experimentors made a mistake somewhere.
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collegechemistrystudent said:
I can't imagine what it is you saw. I'm almost positive that the ONLY trial that's ever been done on dutasteride for hairloss was Glaxo's. If there were a second one, it would be the talk of all the hairloss forums.
Bryan
Jacky81
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I am in month 8 using dutasteride daily. My front did perhaps shedd in some periods but i cannot imagine that dutasteride does fasten the frontal loss.
My front seems to thicken slowly again and the hairline seems to walk back to the forehead, but all happens slowly and the (new) hair is still thin.
But i have great hopes and i think also good chances.
My front seems to thicken slowly again and the hairline seems to walk back to the forehead, but all happens slowly and the (new) hair is still thin.
But i have great hopes and i think also good chances.
MPBWarrior
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Testosterone is an androgen and the increased testosterone from such reduced DHT-levels seems to affect the hairline. Therefore if you´re using dutasteride, u should also be using a topical anti-androgen.
it has me worried to. If the samples pass the test, I will risk my money buying 20 strips for the discount, but won't risk my hair. When I test every other box and am sure to test every lot number, then I will feel save with my hair for those. But that does not help everyone else here on this site. While it may indicate to them that the stuff is real, they still will wonder if it changes month to month. And the next time I buy 20, I'm testing them again.