Stu85
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I was wondering if someone could clear up the confusion I have regarding the amount of DHT that finasteride inhibits?
I recently read the followng on minoxidil.com:
"The use of Propecia (finasteride) still allows a significant amount of scalp DHT around the hair follicles. In fact, 5 mg of finasteride daily lowers the scalp DHT by approximately 38% without providing any additional protection from the residual DHT.
That means the scalp still has 62% of the baseline DHT plaguing the follicles. A small reduction of DHT helps some. But finasteride treatment is ineffective for others, and is generally only helpful for frontal loss when the patient also uses minoxidil"
I seem to remember people stating that finasteride reduced about 80% of dht in the scalp? Were they mistaken? Why the huge disparity in figures?
I recently read the followng on minoxidil.com:
"The use of Propecia (finasteride) still allows a significant amount of scalp DHT around the hair follicles. In fact, 5 mg of finasteride daily lowers the scalp DHT by approximately 38% without providing any additional protection from the residual DHT.
That means the scalp still has 62% of the baseline DHT plaguing the follicles. A small reduction of DHT helps some. But finasteride treatment is ineffective for others, and is generally only helpful for frontal loss when the patient also uses minoxidil"
I seem to remember people stating that finasteride reduced about 80% of dht in the scalp? Were they mistaken? Why the huge disparity in figures?