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In my mind, pharmaceutical powders are very cheap to produce. We are just paying outrageous price to cover their high salary and equipment.
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In my mind, pharmaceutical powders are very cheap to produce. We are just paying outrageous price to cover their high salary and equipment.
charlie76761
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Are you still on the peppermint capsules? Are they still helping?
What were the brutal RU sides?
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Yeah i’m still taking them and have upped the dose to 3 capsules per day, i still have the thickening and haven’t lost any ground, i guess i’m just waiting to see if the smaller dark hairs around the larger ones become terminal.
Given that it has taken around 5 months to reach this mark, i’m hoping that by 12 months (like alot of treatments) that i will see the final result, it’s both exciting and frustrating at the same time as i can now see the outline of my 18 year old hairline, but the hairs are too short / miniaturised for me to style it up and expose it...
It’s worth trying though, peppermint is pretty much harmless AFAIK...
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What brand peppermint capsules are you using?
I’m in the UK and using Holland & Barrett’s own brand 200mg softgels.
I should also point out that i have been on a course of Prednisolone starting at about the same time as the peppermint capsules, so i really don’t know what is working for me, though there seems to be more evidence for peppermint to be able to encourage hair growth on the head.
Couple of pics, the bottom one is from a few weeks ago -
Sorry for the derail
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Looks like all you’ve done is brushed a few extra hairs down on your forehead in the 2nd one.
It’s really not that, maybe i need to take a better pic as there is some definite thickening / regrowth albeit quite moderate at this stage, but also enough for Dr ******** to notice it in a consultation i had with him about 3 weeks ago, to which he said that he would have operated on my hairline a year ago from the previous pics, but refused to work on me as things are and advised me to watch for any more regrowth / thickening in the next 3-6 months...
He did say that both the Prednisolone or the peppermint could be causing it, but i could tell he was more inclined to believe it was the pred as he started explaining the links between inflammattion and hairloss etc
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Ok.. could be the peppermint as it’s estrogenic, or both working together.
I did think from reading previosly about steroids that they are more likely to cause hair loss onthe head but possible unwanted hair growth in other areas, so have been hoping it’s the peppermint due to the fact i will be tapering off the Prednisolone.
How estrogenic is peppermint? I have been maintaining well on finasteride for 4 years but don’t really want to add anything that will increase estrogen levels, although i have been feeling great lately and have no apparent side effects from the peppermint.
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It looks to me that it's actually estrogen one of the reasons we see hair regrowth. Everyone's body is different and so it is their balance of testosterone/estrogen. Lucky guys will have a balance where just taking finasteride will be enough for the estrogen to act in their scalps... most of us wont have such luxuary
We see this specially in Transgender people (male to female). They take finasteride (or dutasteride), just like the next man, but also take estrogen. Their regrowth is massive..
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Will you be keeping a thread to update your progress?
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