i've been watching this thread for awhile now, i myself have started using spironolactone a little over a month ago.
I took spironolactone not other meds because i can easily buy it from our local pharmacy without the need for prescription.
i started with 25mg and walked my way slowly to 200mg, been on 200mg for around 2 weeks. i'm not experiencing any side effects and i'm seeing some improvement although i can't tell if it's from microneedling with essintial oils or the spironolactone. I also have been taking finasteride and minoxidil but i've been on those for around a year and 9 months with minor improvements so the recent improvements couldn't be from those.
i don't have gyno and im not as scared as other people in this forum about getting it, i know that it can go away if i stopped spironolactone. My libido is still high but is less than what it used to, im fine with that too. body hair amount didn't change.
Here's a picture i took today, unfortunately i didn't take a picture before microneedling but the crown was 30% worse than this picture.
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https://imgur.com/a/58cptCl
my hairline and all other places are great but the crown is my only issue, which in my opinon is the worst place to have issues in hair. I'll definitely take a bad hairline for a good crown.
My question is, those who went on spironolactone, what was the timeline like? do you think the somewhat improvement that happened recently is from spironolactone if i was on 200mg spironolactone 2 weeks ago or could it be from the microneedling that i started a little over that(around 2 months ago). Should i add estrogel? i don't want to go too crazy just a tiny push to hopefully get my crown to fill up and i'd like to keep taking spironolactone because i've been reading about it for awhile and i can get it easily. My goal which is very hopeful is to get my crown all filled up before i start in a new school in two months.
