I’ve tried everything, diet, supplements, topicals, dutasteride, etc. everything except accutane which I’m kind of scared of considering the risk of worse hair loss. I will say reducing sugar (almost never eat sugar or high glycemic foods now) helped a fair amount, but the acne is still here and noticeable. Diet is only part of the solution for my skin.
I thought if anything, Dutasteride would help with the DHT (re: inhibits 50% of type 1 which is predominant in skin - assuming that data from past posts is correct). The acne stayed pretty much the same, maybe slight improvement if anything. My skin is still pretty oil, acne all over, etc. for years ever since I was a teenager, which is of course when the hair loss started.
Thankfully the meds have done okay for the hair, but I think all of these issues show a high sensitivity to DHT, and I don’t know what to do. Apparently doubling the dose of dutasteride inhibits more of the 5AR type 1, but I don’t know how much it could really do. I feel like there are no options really since Accutane would probably work but at the cost of bad side effects. I wish there was a systemic oral medication that could nuke DHT receptors forever (well, most of us do I suppose).
Does anyone have tips, thoughts, etc.?
I thought if anything, Dutasteride would help with the DHT (re: inhibits 50% of type 1 which is predominant in skin - assuming that data from past posts is correct). The acne stayed pretty much the same, maybe slight improvement if anything. My skin is still pretty oil, acne all over, etc. for years ever since I was a teenager, which is of course when the hair loss started.
Thankfully the meds have done okay for the hair, but I think all of these issues show a high sensitivity to DHT, and I don’t know what to do. Apparently doubling the dose of dutasteride inhibits more of the 5AR type 1, but I don’t know how much it could really do. I feel like there are no options really since Accutane would probably work but at the cost of bad side effects. I wish there was a systemic oral medication that could nuke DHT receptors forever (well, most of us do I suppose).
Does anyone have tips, thoughts, etc.?
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