thankgodformexico
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Hey Buffdoc,
Good post man, little long haha but informative for the general guy who knows nothing about hairloss.
I just wanna set straight a couple of things here because I have been following hairloss treatments and learning about the underlying causes for a few years now.
A good place to go is the newsgroup alt.baldspot, you can find a lot of information there just by doing a search of past posts, although recently the group has gone to shit with all kinds of trolling.
Fact- Saw palmetto does next to nothing for hairloss and in some cases can accelerate it.
Fact- tacrolimus was the rage a couple years ago... people tried it, and it did nothing for hairloss, plus it is very expensive
You talk about finasteride/proscar/propecia.
There is a new drug that was just released last month called Dutasteride under the brand name Avodart. This drug is basically a better finasteride. It blocks 90% of dht opposed to around 70% by finasteride, because it blocks BOTH types of dht (1 and 2). Finasteride only blocks type 2.
You can get a rx for this drug and read more about it at:
http://www.drugstore.com/pharmacy/prices/drugprice.asp?ndc=00173071200&trx=1
They will call it into any pharmacy you chose for about $80 and the great part is that they don't call it in as "off label" use, so most insurance providers will cover it leaving you with a small co-pay.
These are THE ONLY PROVEN MEDICATIONS/TREATMENTS FOR HAIRLOSS...PERIOD (do NOT waste time or especially money on ANYTHING else):
#1- finasteride
#2-dutasteride
#3- minoxidil (use 5%, anything else is likely overkill)
#4- nizoral shampoo (highly overrated especially by bodybuilders, this is not a good hairloss medication by itself but may help with some inflamation due to male pattern baldness. This is a good add on to the above medications because it is cheap. Use the 2% you can order it online.
#5- spironolactone (like nizoral highly overrated but a good add on. THis shit has been around for decades and if it really stopped hairloss we wouldn't be dealing with the bullshit today. This is again cheap as hell to make yourself but not too expensive to order premade either at www.minoxidil.com. This should not be used as the backbone of your treatment, but is a good add on to the above finasteride or dutasteride because it will help mop up any left over DHT or other androgens on the scalp.
#6- S.O.D.'s (super-oxide dismutase found in products like folligen or tricomin, also found in the overpriced shit Dr. Proctor sells...called proxifen, which is just basically spiro mixed with minoxidil and SOD's. If you can afford tricomin or folligen then buy it as a bonus, but this shit isn't great by any means. If you have cash to blow go ahead and maybe grow a couple more hairs.
Ok, SO now everyone knows what to use, so use this information and save your hair fror the love of god and do not fall victim to hype about the newest herbal shampoo or wack ass snake oil treatment...because the next thing to come thyats legit in hairloss will most likely be a cure (within 5 years), transplants aside...don't fuck your heads up with transplants they look like shit anyway just wait till you can regrow your hair!!!
PEACE
Good post man, little long haha but informative for the general guy who knows nothing about hairloss.
I just wanna set straight a couple of things here because I have been following hairloss treatments and learning about the underlying causes for a few years now.
A good place to go is the newsgroup alt.baldspot, you can find a lot of information there just by doing a search of past posts, although recently the group has gone to shit with all kinds of trolling.
Fact- Saw palmetto does next to nothing for hairloss and in some cases can accelerate it.
Fact- tacrolimus was the rage a couple years ago... people tried it, and it did nothing for hairloss, plus it is very expensive
You talk about finasteride/proscar/propecia.
There is a new drug that was just released last month called Dutasteride under the brand name Avodart. This drug is basically a better finasteride. It blocks 90% of dht opposed to around 70% by finasteride, because it blocks BOTH types of dht (1 and 2). Finasteride only blocks type 2.
You can get a rx for this drug and read more about it at:
http://www.drugstore.com/pharmacy/prices/drugprice.asp?ndc=00173071200&trx=1
They will call it into any pharmacy you chose for about $80 and the great part is that they don't call it in as "off label" use, so most insurance providers will cover it leaving you with a small co-pay.
These are THE ONLY PROVEN MEDICATIONS/TREATMENTS FOR HAIRLOSS...PERIOD (do NOT waste time or especially money on ANYTHING else):
#1- finasteride
#2-dutasteride
#3- minoxidil (use 5%, anything else is likely overkill)
#4- nizoral shampoo (highly overrated especially by bodybuilders, this is not a good hairloss medication by itself but may help with some inflamation due to male pattern baldness. This is a good add on to the above medications because it is cheap. Use the 2% you can order it online.
#5- spironolactone (like nizoral highly overrated but a good add on. THis shit has been around for decades and if it really stopped hairloss we wouldn't be dealing with the bullshit today. This is again cheap as hell to make yourself but not too expensive to order premade either at www.minoxidil.com. This should not be used as the backbone of your treatment, but is a good add on to the above finasteride or dutasteride because it will help mop up any left over DHT or other androgens on the scalp.
#6- S.O.D.'s (super-oxide dismutase found in products like folligen or tricomin, also found in the overpriced shit Dr. Proctor sells...called proxifen, which is just basically spiro mixed with minoxidil and SOD's. If you can afford tricomin or folligen then buy it as a bonus, but this shit isn't great by any means. If you have cash to blow go ahead and maybe grow a couple more hairs.
Ok, SO now everyone knows what to use, so use this information and save your hair fror the love of god and do not fall victim to hype about the newest herbal shampoo or wack ass snake oil treatment...because the next thing to come thyats legit in hairloss will most likely be a cure (within 5 years), transplants aside...don't fuck your heads up with transplants they look like shit anyway just wait till you can regrow your hair!!!
PEACE