Quick question regarding Spironolactone S5

[wiggs]

This may be a dumb question but it's the first time I'm using this product and I am having a very hard time with it. Why is it made into a cream rather than a liquid like Minoxidil? It is very, very difficult and time consuming to get it on the scalp. I end up getting most of the product on my hair follicles rather than the scalp itself and it really laborious trying to separate hair strands to reach the scalp. I'm not bald but I am trying to prevent it or slow it down. My hair on the top of my scalp is even dispersed but has thin out a lot. I want to prevent complete baldness and hoping grow back some of it so it doesn't look so thin on top.

 

[Bryan]

Several years ago, I posted an excerpt from a long study on hirsutism in women by a reputable doctor who had used topical spironolactone in two different vehicles: one vehicle was a typical hydro-alcoholic solution, and the other vehicle was a typical cream. I hate to tell you this, but the cream was much more effective than the hydro-alcoholic solution! (No, I no longer have that excerpt available, although I may do it again, if people are interested in reading it again.)

 

[wiggs]

Several years ago, I posted an excerpt from a long study on hirsutism in women by a reputable doctor who had used topical spironolactone in two different vehicles: one vehicle was a typical hydro-alcoholic solution, and the other vehicle was a typical cream. I hate to tell you this, but the cream was much more effective than the hydro-alcoholic solution! (No, I no longer have that excerpt available, although I may do it again, if people are interested in reading it again.)

Well, that's good enough for me. I'd rather endure some inconvenience if it makes the product more effective. In fact, I'd endure a lot of inconvenience if I know something will work better. It's just that I came across a Spironolactone product that was in a minoxodil liquid type form. minoxidil is very easy to apply to the scalp without getting on your hair. But this product was only 2%. So that's less than half the concentration with less effectiveness.

 

[wiggs]

BTW Bryan, I noticed you mentioned Retin A in your comments. Does that aid in preventing hair loss? Do you just apply it directly?
Can I add at the same time I applying the spironolactone? I've always thought it was a skin cream and didn't know it had any applications to hair loss. My wife uses the product regularly on her face and gets it for cheap as it's covered by her insurance. I can easily swipe some of hers. It's the .05% strength.

 

[Bryan]

BTW Bryan, I noticed you mentioned Retin A in your comments. Does that aid in preventing hair loss? Do you just apply it directly?

Retin-A helps stimulate hair growth a little, although many people think it does that merely by increasing the absorption of topical minoxidil, when used at the same time as the Retin-A. But a doctor named Bazzano showed in a study several years ago that even Retin-A used alone can stimulate a certain amount of hair growth.

Yes, it's applied directly to the scalp. BE CAREFUL, if you decide to try it yourself! That stuff can be NASTY, if overused!!

Can I add at the same time I applying the spironolactone? I've always thought it was a skin cream and didn't know it had any applications to hair loss. My wife uses the product regularly on her face and gets it for cheap as it's covered by her insurance. I can easily swipe some of hers. It's the .05% strength.

spironolactone has antiandrogenic properties, which is the rationale for using it topically against male pattern balding.

 

[wiggs]

Retin-A helps stimulate hair growth a little, although many people think it does that merely by increasing the absorption of topical minoxidil, when used at the same time as the Retin-A. But a doctor named Bazzano showed in a study several years ago that even Retin-A used alone can stimulate a certain amount of hair growth.

Yes, it's applied directly to the scalp. BE CAREFUL, if you decide to try it yourself! That stuff can be NASTY, if overused!!

spironolactone has antiandrogenic properties, which is the rationale for using it topically against male pattern balding.

In the morning I use minoxidil and in the evening spironolactone. Those are the only two times I am able to apply these products. If I decide to use Retin A I will have to do it at the same time as I use the other products. Which would be better to use together and is it OK to be used together? And, if so, which should I apply first, the Retin A and then the other product or the other way around?

And what do you mean Retin A and get nasty?

 

[rwhairlosstalk]

I NEED a topical without alcohol and WITHIN a moisturizing agent.

You all who need the alkie have Rogaine 1,2,3,4 up to infinite.

Thank God for this spironolactone 5% being in a cream. I'm going to try it and hope it works for me.