Anyone here tried oral spironolactone

[noorur]

Anyone here tried it
If finasteride/dutasteride reduces DHT, and spironolactone occupies the DHT's home in the follicle, then shouldnt that be a great combo ?

That way, the results from finasteride/dutasteride will be maximised.

Anyone here tried oral spironolactone ?

 

[JayB]

Socks

 

[noorur]

anyoen apart from him

it's given him increditble results along the temples

 

[mogadon]

if you wanna be a transexual go for it,

 

[noorur]

are the chances of sides bigger than finasteride or dutasteride ?

 

[hairwegoagain]

Uh, yes. Don't f'ing do it unless you want a training bra for Christmas. If you're gay, I guess you could get by with it. Are you GAY?

PEOPLE - DON'T TAKE ANY PRESCRIPTION DRUG WITHOUT GOING TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR.

I'm blown away by people who are self-prescribing crap. Holy sh*t people, spironolactone for goodness sakes..... take a step back and think about what you're doing.

are the chances of sides bigger than finasteride or dutasteride ?

 

[hairwegoagain]

Goofballs, does this sound like something you should be taking for vanity's sake? Answer: F NO! I swear, I'd like to line some of you up and slap you silly for even considering it.



Spironolactone
Common brand name: Aldactone

Type of medication: Spironolactone is a type of medication called a "potassium sparing" diuretic. Diuretics are used to remove a surplus of fluid from the body's bloodstream or tissues. It also acts as an aldosterone inhibitor (prevents salt retention), and is used to treat advanced heart failure when symptoms persist after other drug therapies are maximized. When it is used in this manner, it is not used as a diuretic to remove extra fluid from the body.

Why is this drug prescribed?
Spironolactone is used to treat high blood pressure, congestive heart failure, kidney and liver disease and conditions in which there are abnormally low levels of potassium in the blood.

 

[socks]

I suggest doing a search on the "other" hairloss board you visit bud

Over there, there is several of us guys who take (or have in the past) oral spironolactone. I can say to all those interested that I am not gay nor a tranny (though there isnt anything wrong if ya are). Oral spironolactone is not a drug I would ever recommend trying before giving finasteride/dutasteride an honest year; Even after a year I still think oral spironolactone isnt for most.

However, the sh*t WORKS and I have hair on my temples that havent been there in years (I 100% have my teenage hairline back) and my hair all over is thickening fairly rapidly. Hell, despite most results taking 3 months to show I started getting temple hair sprouts after a single month... However, I was taking finasteride 2yrs prior and my results may not be typical of other men's experiences. Slowly but surely the shed hairs in my bath tub are getting thicker and darker with less and less of those damn pigmentless miniaturized ones I use to get.


Having said that I still want to reiterate that oral spironolactone is NOT for most men. I all but accepted gyno is something I'll end up having to correct but I figure 1 or 2 gynecomastia are a hell of a lot cheaper then a 5000+ FUE by a top hair transplant Doctor. That is just *me* though and again, everyone has their own boundaries as far as where they will or will not go for their hair...

Personally, I drool for the day of walking into a bar with longish hair (5 - 8 inches) teased the way I use to wear it at 20 and getting those looks from the girls again. I dont care if *they* dont care about me cause I dont care about them either (triple negative there fellas) LoL I just love it when women dodle over me and get turned on by nothing more then a look. That is hot stuff brothers (for me anyhow)

 

[Axon]

are the chances of sides bigger than finasteride or dutasteride ?

If you take oral spironolactone, you're virtually guaranteeing yourself a pair of man tits. Do not take it orally for hair loss. I cannot stress this enough.

Also realize that Socks was not even remotely close to an advanced level of male pattern baldness when he began taking it.

 

[noorur]

imma go for oral spironolactone

if i develop tits, then i'll just have surgery to take them out. after that, i will continue with spironolactone, because i doubt it will continue to make my tits any bigger than it will do initially.
im sure spironolactone wont continuous make ur tits bigger and bigger. It should reach a point of no growth, otherwise we'd develop tits that are bigger than DD. If i do develop DD tits, then all the women will envy me, hahaha.

I'll do anything for my hair...... anything

I will sell my soul to get 2 years worth of hairloss back!

 

[noorur]

I suggest doing a search on the "other" hairloss board you visit bud

where are these other hairloss boards ?? pm me if u cant post on this topic

thanks

 

[socks]

I will sell my soul to get 2 years worth of hairloss back!

Fair enough Noorur (I feel the same) but just keep one very critical thing in mind:

There is no guarantee oral spironolactone will get you any regrowth.

You may end up halting your hairloss but nothing more... So be sure you're willing to accept man-boobs even at the cost of no improvement (hair regrowth wise). Only positive thing is oral spironolactone usually takes several months to cause gyno and if you stop right then and there things usually go back to what they were (though not always)... So you may be able to give the oral spironolactone a spin for a few months before committing to it 100%...

I cant stress this enough though, just make sure you're accepting all the risks with the knowledge that oral spironolactone may not regrow one hair for you.

 

[noorur]

are the chances of sides bigger than finasteride or dutasteride ?

If you take oral spironolactone, you're virtually guaranteeing yourself a pair of man tits. Do not take it orally for hair loss. I cannot stress this enough.

Also realize that Socks was not even remotely close to an advanced level of male pattern baldness when he began taking it.

thanks alot for ur input. but i want my hairback, and thats' the most important thing to me. besides, i wouldnt mind having a pair of tits, atleast i'll something to squeeze, since im single and lonely and bald-n-ugly.
Once I get my hair back, I will be the happiest guy alive. I will be resurrected, I mean the real me will be resurrected. I will even celebrate the day when I notice regrowth along my temples! I will go out more, hang out with my friends more, and screw 100s of chicks. I am only 20 years old, I wanna enjoy my youth. We only live once!
gyno imo is nowhere near as bad as being a balding 20 year old! especially when gyno can be removed.

 

[noorur]

I ordered it

my plan is to have 50mg a day for the first week. then go onto 100mg on the second week for a while. Then after that, im gonna stay on 150mg a day.

 

[hairwegoagain]

This is the only board I visit re: hairloss.

You are free do do as you wish...but putting that sh*t in your body is an extreme measure with uncertain consequences. I'm pretty sure that you're not taking it under the supervision of a physician, because no MD with any scruples would prescribe that drug to treat a benign condition such as male pattern baldness.

Where does it end? It seems that some of you will take a powerful high blood pressure med, without a physician's supervision no less, in the hopes of getting hair regrowth. This drug is used, among other things, for those with heart failure when all other treatments fail. Does that not sound ridiculous? Would some of you smear battery acid on your head? Would some of you have your testicles removed if there was a chance it'd grow hair? Would some of you jump off a skyscraper if there was a chance to get some temple growth by doing so? Swallow uranium? Where does it end?

Friend, I hope the price you pay isn't too dear. I really do. You may dream of a flowing mane, but at what expense? The fact that you're OK with "1 or 2 gynecomastia" shows your mind is behaving irrationally when it comes to male pattern baldness. Don't despair, we've all been there...but odds are you'll look back someday and wonder WTF you were thinking.

Thanks for not recommending your regimen to others. Guys, don't do this under any circumstance.

I suggest doing a search on the "other" hairloss board you visit bud

Over there, there is several of us guys who take (or have in the past) oral spironolactone. I can say to all those interested that I am not gay nor a tranny (though there isnt anything wrong if ya are). Oral spironolactone is not a drug I would ever recommend trying before giving finasteride/dutasteride an honest year; Even after a year I still think oral spironolactone isnt for most.

However, the sh*t WORKS and I have hair on my temples that havent been there in years (I 100% have my teenage hairline back) and my hair all over is thickening fairly rapidly. Hell, despite most results taking 3 months to show I started getting temple hair sprouts after a single month... However, I was taking finasteride 2yrs prior and my results may not be typical of other men's experiences. Slowly but surely the shed hairs in my bath tub are getting thicker and darker with less and less of those damn pigmentless miniaturized ones I use to get.


Having said that I still want to reiterate that oral spironolactone is NOT for most men. I all but accepted gyno is something I'll end up having to correct but I figure 1 or 2 gynecomastia are a hell of a lot cheaper then a 5000+ FUE by a top hair transplant Doctor. That is just *me* though and again, everyone has their own boundaries as far as where they will or will not go for their hair...

Personally, I drool for the day of walking into a bar with longish hair (5 - 8 inches) teased the way I use to wear it at 20 and getting those looks from the girls again. I dont care if *they* dont care about me cause I dont care about them either (triple negative there fellas) LoL I just love it when women dodle over me and get turned on by nothing more then a look. That is hot stuff brothers (for me anyhow)

 

[socks]

I suggest doing a search on the "other" hairloss board you visit bud

where are these other hairloss boards ?? pm me if u cant post on this topic

You dont remember talking to me at length on the other site? This one and the "other" one are the only two I visit anymore.

 

[noorur]

this is my hair now

http://groups.msn.com/NoorurHair/shoebox.msnw



this is my hair 1.5 years ago

http://groups.msn.com/NoorurHair/shoebo ... PhotoID=17


my entire norwood 5a region is miniturising. those hairs havnt grown at all for a while, they are kinkier than the hairs at the sides and the back. I am 100% sure that those hairs are on their way out, unless I take some serious action. 1.5-2 years ago, there was absolutely nothing wrong, except for a bit of thinning around the crown area and a little thinning (0.5cm) on the frontal hairline.
I have been losing hair like mad for the past 1.5 years, and I want to fully reverse those 1.5 years worth of hairloss, because it is destroying me psychologically and I cant even think straight.
I am dropping out of studies for the rest of this year, because my mind is very unstable and I can't seem to think straight in class. My advisor told me that it is best to stabilise myself before I go back into education.
YES, thats' how much it is affecting me.

 

[socks]

Hairwegoagain,

I appreciate your viewpoint and I do hold your conviction oral spironolactone is not a good idea for most men. However, two things:

1. While you're right about me taking spironolactone without a doctor's supervision, I am hypertensive and I refused to take beta blockers which can cause hairloss as a side-effect. At my worst point my BP was 180/120 which is pretty high when I was only 25yrs at the time

2. While spironolactone is used for heart failure is it commonly prescribed off-label for women who suffer from Androgenetic Alopecia or excessive body hair. It is even prescribed to teenage girls for acne and oily skin. The main reason it is not used in men is due to the serious sexual side-effects that can develop. Other then that though, OTC asprin looks pretty scary too on paper :wink:

 

[noorur]

socks - yeah, i do remember. I thought u were referring to another boards apart from the one from yesterday or day-before ??

 

[socks]

My honest opinion having seen your pics Noorur is you got some pretty aggressive Androgenetic Alopecia for a man so young. Good news is your hair in the non-thinning areas looks nice and thick... You have some real good donor hair characteristics if you ask me (I'm only an amateur with hair transplant though).

Not sure how much oral spironolactone and dutasteride is going to help you out bro but hair that has been lost within the last 5yrs usually can be revived to atleast some point (not pre-Androgenetic Alopecia but it can usually be coaxed to grow).


I really dont know what to tell ya at this point... dutasteride and minoxidil is certainly a good start... spironolactone may help... But then again it may only maintain (IE not regrow a single hair) and then you'll have breasts ontop of the recession/thinning... I would sincerely say you ought to see what the dutasteride does for you over the next 8 months and use 5% minoxidil 2x a day (you said you've been on it for 4 months already so 8 would make a year)...

Your hair isnt bad bad but it is more advanced then I thought. You got your hairline intact though and that is a great thing! Have you looked into toppik?