Revivogen - has any tried it?

[scotto]

Just curious if anyone has tried Revivogen and had any success or no success.

I was looking at their website and was debating purchasing a 3 month supply. It claims to reduce DHT on the scalp. It is an all natural product so it does not carry FDA approval or any studies, just user testimony.

 

[stoneecld]

I spent about 20 bux on their thickening shampoo, and I was a bit unimpressed--everyone seems to rave about it...I must say the 4 dollar bottle of VIVE for men is 10 times better--and in my opinion the best thusfar, I use it with Nizoral just about every day.

 

[stax]

why is it better? im using the revivogen conditioner and i might make the switch if its better.

 

[viperfish]

I used revivogen for 10 months with zero results. Did not stop my shedding and did not thicken my hair. However, that does not mean that this is not a potentially very useful product to combat male pattern baldness. Now Stax, you see how I phrased that?? :wink:

 

[stax]

Well Viperfish, at least Revivogen has some vivo science behind it and ingredients in it that can potentially inhibit some DHT in the scalp unlike the LC :wink: Im sorry but there is no way in hell finasteride wont work for you and the LC does unless like i said you dont have male pattern baldness and DHT related hairloss or something weird like that.

And the same thing goes for Revivogen, i would not use it as a stand alone treatment. The BIG 3 always comes first. But i mos def think its more effective than the LC.

 

[bluesmiley]

I have used Revivogen for about 9 months, and I can say that it seems to work at least to some degree.

I realized I was a diffuse thinner about a year and a half ago, and I started casually researching my options around that time.

Well, 6 months later my situation had gotten much worse, and I decided to take the conservative route and go with Revivogen. After all the research I've done (and despite the reassurances of HairLossTalk.com and others on the forum), I really would rather avoid systemic hormone manipulation via propecia or any other drug if possible. With that said, I'm constantly on the look out for a killer topical that has solid science and research behind it - Revivogen is sadly lacking on the clinical studies, but I have no doubt that it's a legit treatment.

One reason I think Revivogen worked is that I went through a MASSIVE shed a month into using it. I'd never shed as much as I did at that point (if I had, I can guarandamntee you I would've gotten on treatments immediately), and we're literally talking about me rubbing my head through my hair and getting 5-10 hairs with any given swipe. I thought, "good god, if I wipe my head 300 more times, I'll be completely bald". Luckily that was the only massive shed I went through (lasted about a week), and I have since stabilized. As far as I know, the shedding was a good sign of a topical treatment starting to work on dying hair.

I still lose hair, but nothing too alarming. Before Revivogen I was noticing about 10-15 hairs on my hands everytime I took a shower, and now I'm down to 3-5, and on some mornings none. Throughout the day I notice a few stray hairs on my desk, but again, I think this decreased significantly after starting Revivogen.

I will say two things about Revivogen, though:
1) I think you MUST use it with other treatments to maximize success. The first 3 months or so I was using it without using Nizoral. Now I'm using Folligen in the morning, Revivogen at night, and rotating tea tree oil shampoos with Nizoral. I think scalp health is of utter importance in the hair loss fight, and I think getting my scalp healthy helped Revivogen do its work -- pure speculation though.

2) Don't expect obvious results with any hairloss treatment within the first 3 months. To think that you will see visible regrowth after 3 months seems to me to just be simply ludicrous unless you have a bald scalp that is suddently sprouting hairs. The hair rest/growth cycle is way too long to see your hair count increase significantly between month 0 and month 3, and probably even between month 0 and month 6, in my opinion.

With that said, I think over the past 9 months that Revivogen (coupled with Folligen, Nizoral, and tea tree shampoos for scalp health) has slowed down my hair loss fairly significantly, but I don't have delusions that it has stopped it completely, and I'm STILL exploring the topical route.

I almost jumped on the spironolactone/revivogen bandwagon several months ago, but after a lot of research and some deliberation, I have decided to give Fluridil a try. I have a 3 month supply of that on the way, and I have just received a 3 month supply of Revivogen, so I'm going to try to go the topical DHT blocker/ anti-androgen combination route. This is a WAY expensive experiment, but it's just for 3 months, and I want to see if it's possible to see a complete cessation of hair loss in about 3-6 months time with that regimen. Plus, it's possible I could lower the doses of each and get away with stretching out the treatments more.

Sorry for the long post, but I think I represent the average diffuse thinner who feels a little too young and conservative to jump into taking oral dht blockers and feels some hope that the topical route can truly have an impact on hair loss.

And, no, I have not started minoxidil. I'm more interested in stopping my hair loss at this point than worrying about regrowing hair (while also still worrying about stopping hair loss). If I can see a complete cessation of hair loss in 3-6 months of using Fluridil, Revivogen, and Folligen together, I think that's worth $100/month at my age, knowing that within 3-5 years we should have even more scientifically sound treatments available to us.

 

[Jay Tee]

Is it ok to use this stuff with Minoxidil and/or Propecia?

 

[bluesmiley]

If by this stuff, you mean Revivogen, sure. Actually, if you've had hair grafts and are using Minoxidil, I'd jump on Folligen before I would Revivogen. Folligen is great for the scalp, as it apparently relieves Minoxidil irritation and can even help heal damage that might've been caused by the hair grafts. Plus, Folligen can simply be sprayed on and rubbed in without making your hair a mess, so you can go out right after using it.

With that said, if I were going to use Propecia and Minoxidil, I'd probably also use Folligen and consider another topical such as Revivogen or Fluridil. I'm pretty excited to try Fluridil, actually, as I've heard a lot of great things about it, assuming my scalp can tolerate it.

But I digress, you should be able to use any topicals with your existing regimen, just allow plenty of time between applying minoxidil and any other topical so that you don't affect the absorption of either.

 

[Fallout Boy]

Well Viperfish, at least Revivogen has some vivo science behind it and ingredients in it that can potentially inhibit some DHT in the scalp unlike the LC :wink: Im sorry but there is no way in hell finasteride wont work for you and the LC does unless like i said you dont have male pattern baldness and DHT related hairloss or something weird like that.

And the same thing goes for Revivogen, i would not use it as a stand alone treatment. The BIG 3 always comes first. But i mos def think its more effective than the LC.

why do you think if finasteride doesnt work for you the LC wont either?