spironolactone smell

[flamingpie]

hey so im really considering adding s5 cream to my regime, but im worried about these stories im reading about its awful smell when combined with minoxidil.
Can anyone weigh in on this? Is it really that horrible a smell?

And is spironolactone even worth it.....ive noticed i havent seen one success story for it.

 

[philosoraptor]

S5 cream smells like skunk even not mixed with minoxidil. Minoxidil only makes it worse.

As for how well it works I can't really comment. I don't use it as directed and I use other products as well. I haven't shed as much in the three months I have been using it. Take that for what it's worth.

Because of the smell I only use it at night. And I guess I use less than directed because I still have some of the 1 month supply left after 3 months.

 

[timbo]

I'm not going to lie, It smells really bad. The switch from s5 to Dr. Lee's helped a little bit. But in combination with minoxidil, you pretty much have to use it at night only and wash your hair the next day.

 

[flamingpie]

haha damn, i was kinda hoping this wasnt true.

When you apply it at night, which do you apply first- minoxidil or spironolactone?
and how long does spironolactone have to be on before you can wash it out? is it like 4 hours like minoxidil?

And also, is this the only topical that there is to recommend to use with minoxidil? I want to do all i can to avoid finasteride.

 

[sxyhairwatch]

"haha damn, i was kinda hoping this wasnt true. "

It isn't true. At least the S5 cream I've used.

All the time I used to hear spironolactone stinks so bad you won't be able to use it. I've never smelt anything from the batch of S5 I bought. I mean just nothing, it's just a pleasant smell like E45 cream or something.

But then it's making me wonder if mine is a real batch. I think I got it from genhair...I think.

 

[Bryan]

All the time I used to hear spironolactone stinks so bad you won't be able to use it. I've never smelt anything from the batch of S5 I bought. I mean just nothing, it's just a pleasant smell like E45 cream or something.

I'll relate again an incident which actually happened to me several years ago: I'd always heard about the alleged spironolactone smell, too, obviously, but it never particularly bothered me very much. Then one day both of my sisters were here visiting me, and I took that opportunity to test the "spironolactone smell" on THEM. I had some bottles of Dr. Lee's 2% spironolactone that somebody had sent me, so I told them to apply some on the backs of their hands and give it a "test-smell"!

I was amused at the sight of both of them standing there in the kitchen, smelling and sniffing all around the backs of their hands for quite a while! Ultimately, they BOTH told me that they couldn't detect any unusual smell from it.

I've heard some people speculate over the years that there _may_ be a genetic component to the ability to detect this (alleged) terrible spironolactone smell, which is often described with colorful words like "smells like a skunk's ***". The fact that the poster "sxyhairwatch" and I and my two sisters don't have much of a problem with it seems to lend some support to the theory that maybe it's a genetic thing.

 

[waynakyo]

before reading Bryan's post i went and smelled it... i have never noticed such a thing..it doesn't smell bad at all to me...

 

[timbo]

You guys are missing the key element here, which is MINOXIDIL. When I stick my nose in a jar of spironolactone cream, it smells fine, it even smelt fine during the brief time I was using it without any other treatments. But make no mistake, when you wake up the morning after you had applied minoxidil and spironolactone together, people notice (including me).

Don't get me wrong, look at my regimen! The smell doesn't keep me from using them together. But when I go over a day without showering, I get comments from everyone I come in contact with. It's actually kind of funny because my friends have no idea where the smell is coming from, they just think the room smells bad.

 

[Shma]

All the time I used to hear spironolactone stinks so bad you won't be able to use it. I've never smelt anything from the batch of S5 I bought. I mean just nothing, it's just a pleasant smell like E45 cream or something.

I'll relate again an incident which actually happened to me several years ago: I'd always heard about the alleged spironolactone smell, too, obviously, but it never particularly bothered me very much. Then one day both of my sisters were here visiting me, and I took that opportunity to test the "spironolactone smell" on THEM. I had some bottles of Dr. Lee's 2% spironolactone that somebody had sent me, so I told them to apply some on the backs of their hands and give it a "test-smell"!

I was amused at the sight of both of them standing there in the kitchen, smelling and sniffing all around the backs of their hands for quite a while! Ultimately, they BOTH told me that they couldn't detect any unusual smell from it.

I've heard some people speculate over the years that there _may_ be a genetic component to the ability to detect this (alleged) terrible spironolactone smell, which is often described with colorful words like "smells like a skunk's ***". The fact that the poster "sxyhairwatch" and I and my two sisters don't have much of a problem with it seems to lend some support to the theory that maybe it's a genetic thing.

Bryan, if you say someone sent you those bottles, I guess you had tested them for something. Could you give details?

 

[flamingpie]

does anyone also have an opinion on how long before you can wash out spironolactone.....and what to apply first, minoxidil or spironolactone?

 

[sxyhairwatch]

All the time I used to hear spironolactone stinks so bad you won't be able to use it. I've never smelt anything from the batch of S5 I bought. I mean just nothing, it's just a pleasant smell like E45 cream or something.

I'll relate again an incident which actually happened to me several years ago: I'd always heard about the alleged spironolactone smell, too, obviously, but it never particularly bothered me very much. Then one day both of my sisters were here visiting me, and I took that opportunity to test the "spironolactone smell" on THEM. I had some bottles of Dr. Lee's 2% spironolactone that somebody had sent me, so I told them to apply some on the backs of their hands and give it a "test-smell"!

I was amused at the sight of both of them standing there in the kitchen, smelling and sniffing all around the backs of their hands for quite a while! Ultimately, they BOTH told me that they couldn't detect any unusual smell from it.

I've heard some people speculate over the years that there _may_ be a genetic component to the ability to detect this (alleged) terrible spironolactone smell, which is often described with colorful words like "smells like a skunk's ***". The fact that the poster "sxyhairwatch" and I and my two sisters don't have much of a problem with it seems to lend some support to the theory that maybe it's a genetic thing.

Very interesting. Thanks for posting that.

 

[rcom440]

Lee's 2% spironolactone that somebody had sent me, so I told them to apply some on the backs of their hands and give it a "test-smell"!

Ultimately, they BOTH told me that they couldn't detect any unusual smell from it.

Lee 's 2% spironolactone liquid and they couldn't detect any unusual smell? Are you serious?
Lee's Liquid 2% spironolactone smell pretty bad but Dr. Lee's spironolactone cream doen't smell bad at all.

S5 does smell but after around 10 min. it's absorbed in the skin and the smell is gone.
Dr. Lee spironolactone cream smell similar to Nivea cream :whistle: