spironolactone with Rogaine foam

[Receding89]

I have used perfect image solutions 15%.. It starting to really irritate my scalp though and I need to wash my hair everyday.Apart from that it leaves my hair crispy and generally makes my hair look crap. I will most likely not use any other 15% formula again and use the plain old proven Rogaine.

Has a anybody use topical spironolactone with using Rogaine aswell? Or even link me to a thread where someone had.
Should you apply Rogaine without washing while theres still spironolactone on the scalp? Is there a need to wash the hair everyday? I know putting minoxidil on a clean scalp helps but also heared washing everyday could be bad as it washes off some sebum that you actually need.

Thoughts please
Cheers

 

[Bryan]

I know putting minoxidil on a clean scalp helps but also heared washing everyday could be bad as it washes off some sebum that you actually need.

I don't think there's any "need" for sebum whatsoever. I think it's something that's outlived its purpose. Sebum may have had some kind of purpose early in the history of human beings, but not anymore. It's now just a "living fossil", as Kligman has said.

 

[Jacob]

However, sebum does serve its purpose. All mammals secrete sebum, because it helps protect the skin by maintaining its moisture levels. In fact, sebum helped protect you even before you were born! It is present in the wax-like substance called vernix caseosa, which covers all babies at birth and gives them a rather cheesy appearance. Yes, it looks nasty—but the truth is, the sebum helped
protect the skin from wrinkling up in all the months of being “pickledâ€￾ in the amniotic fluid. So, babies would actually look worse without it!

http://brainz.org/what-sebum/

 

[Bryan]

Sebum has no effect at measurably maintaining the "moisture levels" of skin.

 

[Jacob]

Maybe..but quite a "living fossil" when it protects a baby's skin in the womb..eh? :woot:

Another good read: http://dermnetnz.org/acne/sebum.html

 

[blaze]

I know putting minoxidil on a clean scalp helps but also heared washing everyday could be bad as it washes off some sebum that you actually need.

I don't think there's any "need" for sebum whatsoever. I think it's something that's outlived its purpose. Sebum may have had some kind of purpose early in the history of human beings, but not anymore. It's now just a "living fossil", as Kligman has said.

you obviously believe in macro evolution bryan. IF so, then sebaceous glands should have been filtered out of the body so to speak, as the human body has advanced and thus has no need for them anymore.

I cant think of any evolutionary models where useless parts are still hanging around just doing nothing. Thats what evolution is, out with the old and unnecessary and in with the new and more advanced or evolved.

Sebum is said to provide an acid mantle on our skin and also provides some SPF protection according to Dr Pickart.

 

[Jacob]

:agree:

 

[Bryan]

you obviously believe in macro evolution bryan. IF so, then sebaceous glands should have been filtered out of the body so to speak, as the human body has advanced and thus has no need for them anymore.

I don't know what you mean by "macro evolution", but I imagine that sebaceous glands will eventually be eliminated in the future.

I cant think of any evolutionary models where useless parts are still hanging around just doing nothing. Thats what evolution is, out with the old and unnecessary and in with the new and more advanced or evolved.

I bet scientists can think of other examples, too, of things in evolutionary history that they can't explain.