topical spironolactone

[VWgirl]

hello guys!

I know there are female forums out there for hairloss but I wanted your opinions.

I have been on Flutamide for a several years now for female pattern hairloss.
Doing okay but it's effects are starting to wear off and I am seeing thinning again.

I was thinking about adding topical spironolactone to my regime. Do you think it will be a pain in the neck to use since I have a good deal of hair? I hear it is a lotion and difficult to use.. seems like on the girl forums I cannot find many women on it.
How do people generally feel about it? Works, does not work?
Any particular kind you'd recommend?

I would appreciate any help that you can give me!

Thanks,
Maria

 

[BodyDysmorphic]

welcome to HairLossTalk.com

topical spironolactone is difficult to use when you have longer hair

which im sure you probably do since your female
i do believe it can be used my women

the problem is its hard to put the stuff in the middle of your head if you have longer hair than a crew cut

i personally just use it on the hairline and temple line
and thats not very hard to do

cheers

 

[baller234]

Why not take it orally? The only reason men use it topically is to avoid side effects and being a women you don't have to worry about that.

Also, the efficacy of topical spironolactone is questionable because it is not known whether or not it actually reaches the follicles.

 

[VWgirl]

Why not take it orally? The only reason men use it topically is to avoid side effects and being a women you don't have to worry about that.

Also, the efficacy of topical spironolactone is questionable because it is not known whether or not it actually reaches the follicles.

Hi,
I was on oral spironolactone back in 2000 for a good year, got results and then that quickly fizzled. I've been on finasteride too for a while. Currently on Casodex (derivative of flumatide). I've done all of the oral medications and seem to do well with the casodex. However, my options are not many and my hairloss is progressing a bit now so I was looking at help by adding a topical solution.
In 2007 I went to Europe on vacation and purchased Biologe for hairloss (amenixil) and I did one rotation of it. I was skeptical at the time because I had never heard of it so did not purchase much. Anyhow, I was thinking about starting that again maybe with some minoxidil.

Thank you both for your responses.

 

[gps]

How about adding tricomin or folligen? I see on the
tricomin testimonials by women as well - so probably
women can use it as well?

Dr. Proctor's prox-n might also be a good option
(again, please check if women can use it)

 

[baller234]

hm the effects of spironolactone wore off? What was your dose and did you split it into 2 doses taken morning and night with food? Also were you taking finasteride in addition to the spironolactone or were you off spironolactone when you used finasteride?

Finasteride and Spironolactone complement each other very well when taken together and have shown to be effective at reversing/alleviating male pattern baldness and hiruitism.

I know flutamide is supposed to be a better anti-androgen than spironolactone but thats about it. Not sure how well finasteride and flutamide would work together (I would think better than finasteride and spironolactone).

Honestly, I don't think topicals are going to do much to fix a hormonal hair loss problem unless if you use RU58841.