Recent content by cwaigy

I'm interested, for those that have taken 5ar inhibitors, e.g. Propecia or Dutasteride, whether you've noticed any effects with skin oil and acne? I already suffer with male pattern baldness and acne so want to take a 5ar inhibitor but am worried about the side effects. What are you taking? What effect on...

Has anyone noticed any changes in body temperature regulation, and an increase or decrease in perspiration, etc since taking drugs to treat hairloss? Cheers Craig

I thought the diuretic effect of spironolactone would mean that I'd be urinating more rather than sweating? If anything due to the fact I'm supposed to be losing more water through urination I'd have thought sweating would have decreased a little. Don't get me wrong I was quite sweaty before, but...

Has anyone on here ever had any issues with an increased level of perspiration when taking things to reduce androgen levels, either DHT or Testosterone? I'm currently on low dose spironolactone and I'm finding it's causing me to break out in awful sweats where I wouldn't normally sweat. One of the...

Is there any easy way to ease the effects of Reflex Hyperandrogenicity when taking things for hair loss? I seem to be suffering from lots of facial oil. Cheers Craig

Yep, I was taking 10 grams of the stuff a day. I tell you what it worked wonders on what used to be oily skin, so much so I had to use a moisturiser! The side effects I noticed from megadosing that much B5 were: It seemed to raise my basal body temperature a lot and increased my body's...

The thing is though, when I'm megadosing B5 I lose hair in the typical male pattern baldness way, i.e. a rapid, receding hairline and thinning scalp which is what leads me to believe B5 is involved in scalp DHT production or something along those lines. It still could be indirectly related to...

Is there such a thing as a safe, daily dosage of spironolactone that men can take to help with hormonal health problems (oily skin, acne, heat intolerance/sweating, hairloss.) It sounds like the perfect thing to help rid me of all these issues but I realise it can be risky if taken in too high a...

Hi, I suffer with male pattern baldness and also Oily Skin which gives me acne. I want to try and take something to help with the male pattern baldness but I'm worried that it could make my oily skin even worse! Has anyone got any experiences with taing Dutasteride and either their skin getting less oily or the skin getting...

It's possible that Zinc raises Testosterone levels, but helps prevent its conversion to DHT. Cheers Craig

I've gone down the topical route before, although mainly with Benzoyl Peroxide. I actually found that made things worse as although it had some effect in killing off the bacteria on my skin, my oily skin got worse which offset the effects of the Benzoyl Peroxide. I'm a little concerned that...

I'm now 24, and around 4 years ago, due to increasingly oily skin and acne I started B5 megadosing (10g a day). This worked wonders and really cleared up my oily skin. I gradually noticed accelerated hairloss in a male pattern baldness pattern. The rate of loss correlates exactly to when I'm taking B5 so I...

Hi, I'm 24 and for the past 4 years I've gradually been receding and for the past 2 years I've been thinning on top too. In addition to what seems to be male pattern baldness I've also suffered with really oily skin since puberty and as a result acne. I understand that both male pattern baldness and Oily Skin / Acne are...