TOPICAL finasteride/dutasteride

[rick055]

I am unwilling to take finasteride pills, but still want to maintain my hair.

I am on all the topicals except topical finasteride/dutasteride.

I have heard some do very well with it.

Do you think topical fin/dutas would absorb systemically in a high enough dose to cause the bad sides if one were prone to them?

Anybody know about results?

[Jaydee]

I didnt know there was a topical Finasteride. Is it on the market or is this somthing people are mixing up themselves?

I would be very cautious even absorbing it through the skin. At the end of the day, a drug is a drug no matter which way your body consumes it and it would probably yeild much the same results. What I would be more worried about is dosing it correctly. Surely doing it topically could not be as easy to dose.:confused:

[hardasnails1973]

Have you looked into pregnenolone cream since it does convert to progesterone which is a 5 alpha reductase inhibitor or even saw palmento or standardized nettles root extract for possible alternatives. Hair is more of a genetic thing, and so people say screw it and let nature take its course.

[rick055]

Have you looked into pregnenolone cream since it does convert to progesterone which is a 5 alpha reductase inhibitor or even saw palmento or standardized nettles root extract for possible alternatives. Hair is more of a genetic thing, and so people say screw it and let nature take its course.

When my DHT tested 2X normal I was on transdermal preg (100 mg). That said, my DHT was high to begin with (even with total T @ 340, DHT was top of range), and I would expect DHT higher if I wasn't on the preg.

I am switching to IM injects and hope this will help a little.

I am on every topical in the book (minoxidil, spiro, nizoral, etc...) and have started thinning in the crown again after being stable for a while. It could be the addition of retin-A to the minox, but I started androgel at the same time I started that, so I'm not sure.

Don't get me wrong, I would gladly change health/QOL for hair, but it is disheartening.