Just an Idea

[Bert]

http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/ ... 1&cpid=513 Just discovered this I wonder if it would be any good as a topical? Wonder if it would work? Any Ideas??

 

[global]

Probably not, without a penetrating agent such as alcohol it probably won't even get through the skin.

Anyway if you wanted a topical 5AR inhibitor why not use topical finasteride?

 

[HairlossTalk]

Revivogen or Crinagen both contain saw palmetto and an absorption vehicle..... along with about 9 million other ingredients shown in studies to be effective "DHT inhibitors" when applied topically.

Bryan recently stated that data on topical finasteride is "all over the place" as far as whether it works or not. This is in stark comparison to the data on the fatty acids in Revivogen, which is solid.

However, Dr. Lee adimantly believes that topical finasteride is "just as effective as oral finasteride". Opinions are like ..... ... everybody's got one ...

HairLossTalk.com

 

[Jacob]

9 million other ingredients??? Are there even more than 2?

I thought I saw some debate over at HLH on FFA's...that the %'s need to be just right etc. Too much isn't good....or something.

 

[Dice_Has_Hair]

http://www.hollandandbarrett.com/pages/product.asp?xs=D77B97887B934BB1998A65D2C433F768&PID=259&np=1&cpid=513 Just discovered this I wonder if it would be any good as a topical? Wonder if it would work? Any Ideas??

If it contains phospholipids it won't work topically.

 

[Dice_Has_Hair]

9 million other ingredients??? Are there even more than 2?

I thought I saw some debate over at HLH on FFA's...that the %'s need to be just right etc. Too much isn't good....or something.

FFA's? What does that stand for?

 

[Guest]

free fatty acids

 

[Dice_Has_Hair]

free fatty acids

LOL!! sorry my bad!

 

[Dice_Has_Hair]

Revivogen or Crinagen both contain saw palmetto and an absorption vehicle..... along with about 9 million other ingredients shown in studies to be effective "DHT inhibitors" when applied topically.

Bryan recently stated that data on topical finasteride is "all over the place" as far as whether it works or not. This is in stark comparison to the data on the fatty acids in Revivogen, which is solid.

However, Dr. Lee adimantly believes that topical finasteride is "just as effective as oral finasteride". Opinions are like ..... ... everybody's got one ...

HairLossTalk.com

Question : Is there any reason why topical finasteride would not work? Wasn't their a study on that and "supposedly" there were no systematic side effects? It was on hirtuism I think. I read the one about spironolactone already and hirtuism.