Revita or Nizoral 2% or both?

[Steven85]

I started finasteride and nizoral 2% two months ago. I have decided to see where that takes me and consider also adding rogaine in a few months. Im OK with my hair staying as it is now, although some regrowth at my temples would be welcoming (but not a must). The concept I'm leaning on is using as few hair loss products as necessary at this point, then add new products to my regimen at the point where I'm starting to lose ground.

With that said, what I'm wondering now is whether I should discontinue using nizoral 2% and switch to revita (revita contains 1% keto along with a lot of other goodies like copper peptids, biotin and msm).

In my view revita has to be at least as good as nizoral 1%, and most likely better due to all those extra ingredients. Whats your view on that?

Later on, if my hair loss continues I have spared the nizoral 2% and can apply it at that point. Then I can alternate revita with Nizoral 2%, using nizoral once or twice a week and revita the other days. What do you think - does that make a good plan or should I forget about revita and continue nizoral 2% twice a week as I do today?

And here is another thing I haven't been able to understand from reading on forums. Id be very happy if anyone can answer this. Revita contains 1% keto and it is constructed (and recommended) to be used every day. Nizoral 1%, with its lack of all those extra ingredients should only be used 2-3 times a week. Isn't that another good argument for Revita being a lot better than nizoral 1%? I mean if you can use it everyday, your scalp gets exposed to more keto, right?

 

[abcdefg]

I dont think shampoos do much besides clean hair and I personally have my doubts on nizoral being as effective as studies claim.

 

[Beingbaldsucksass]

After 2 monthes on nizoral I still get itch

 

[LawOfThelema]

^^ read the study on comparisons of antidandruff shampoos. all dandruff shampoos affect hair loss on some level. the keto one improves hair shaft diameter, reduces shed. oddly the pyrothione zinc result in higher overall fraction of hair in the growth phase, but it doesnt increase the hair shaft diameter. hair shaft diameter continues to decrease on those who used the PZ shampoo wheras increased on those who used keto. in other words keto does more than just clean your hair even if its just in a shampoo and just on your head for a short period of time.

of course even in the studies not every one responds. the percentages are statistical statements, not absolute statements.

 

[Quadzilla99]

^^ read the study on comparisons of antidandruff shampoos. all dandruff shampoos affect hair loss on some level. the keto one improves hair shaft diameter, reduces shed. oddly the pyrothione zinc result in higher overall fraction of hair in the growth phase, but it doesnt increase the hair shaft diameter. hair shaft diameter continues to decrease on those who used the PZ shampoo wheras increased on those who used keto. in other words keto does more than just clean your hair even if its just in a shampoo and just on your head for a short period of time.

of course even in the studies not every one responds. the percentages are statistical statements, not absolute statements.

Solid post. I mix in Head & Shoulders 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner once a week...best thing to get rid of the itch imo not the best for hair loss but the best for the itch. My regimen consists of three sometimes 4 different dandruff shampoos now and I wash with them 5x a week. There's all kind of studies showing you should be using at least one of the anti-dandruff shampoos if you have male pattern baldness

 

[Cassin]

Don't use both. Give your poor scalp a break!

 

[All_The_Above]

Don't use either. I believe that Nizoral is responsible for me losing major ground in my battle to thicken my hair. The thing about Nizoral is that often you will not see any additional hairs falling out, but the thickness of the hair shaft will get thinner and thinner. I have decided to basically flush the poison.

 

[TheShopKeeper]

I use Revita.COR and Nizoral every other day. For me, this doesn't dry out my hair and it's a nice combo. Not too sure if I'd get another bottle of Revita.COR. It's just a really nice conditioner to alleviate the dryness from Nizoral but it's too expensive.

 

[Quadzilla99]

Don't use both. Give your poor scalp a break!

Two to three days a week is plenty of a break imho

Don't use either. I believe that Nizoral is responsible for me losing major ground in my battle to thicken my hair. The thing about Nizoral is that often you will not see any additional hairs falling out, but the thickness of the hair shaft will get thinner and thinner. I have decided to basically flush the poison.

You have literally no clue what you're talking about. There's a ton of science behind nizoral: http://www.hairlosstalk.com/interac...of-Nizoral-2?p=1095121&viewfull=1#post1095121

I hate to be a dick but I would recommend people ignore anecdotal reports about hair loss unless they have pictures bcuz in my life taking fitness supps and the like...people really doon't know what they are talking about and often convince themselves of ****. Take glutamine its supposed to help with muscle building and recovery yet its been proven not to work in countless studies but myself and countless others have convinced themselves at one time or another that it works. Even today people still swear glutamine works but science shows definitively it doesn't

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=5607091

 

[LawOfThelema]

Quad, which do you alternate? Selenium Sulfide, PO, Keto, and Pyrithione Zinc?

I wouldnt use both revita and nizoral. Just go with one or the other. Both have 2% keto. Revita is more expensive but apparently less harsh. It has a bunch of other stuff in it, but the keto is the main proven one. Copper peptides do something as well, but who knows what the percentage is in their formulation.

 

[Quadzilla99]

I just use regular 2% nizoral. I use the Neutrogena T-Gel Greasy which is unavailable in the US....buy it here: http://echemist.co.uk/p-neutrogena-t-gelanti-dandruff-shampoo-for-normalgreasy in which the active ingredients are 2% Salicyclic Acid (basically topical Aspirin...which is a Cox-2/PGD2 blocker) and .75% PO (here's the PO study in case any newbs are reading this http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18498517) When you buy from that [place you get points so each time you buy it gets a little cheaper. It says gentle enough for every day use on it use so I use it two days in a row, then I get a 2 in 1 everyday use generic head n shoulders/Zinc from the grocery store (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12932243), also mix in a generic coal tar shamppoo every week or two which I also get from the grocery (http://www.hairloss-research.org/UpdateCOAL-TAR4-10.html). Regimen looks like this:

Day 1: Neutrogena Greasy...even though it doesn't say so on the bottle you should def. leave this in 5 minutes like nizoral (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=piroctone residence) asamof you should leave any of them in for 3-5 minutes
Day 2: Neutrogena Greasy followed up by Zinc 2 in 1
Day 3: Nizoral
Day 4: nothing

Every other week or so I'll use a coal tar shampoo in on day 1 make it a five day cycle instead of four.

I work out five days a week and walk 20-30 miles a week for exercise/to get out of the house and get some Sun for tanning/Vitamin D so I sweat like crazy nearly every day. I don't think I could more than a day or so without washing my hair or it would get disgusting anyways.