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I guess u will have to find out how it works on you, don't take me as an example nor anyone, every body is different you might recover your hair or you might not, only way to know is trying it.
Exploring The Hormonal Route. Hair=life.
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wtf have you checked something else that cab cause this shed of yours?I cant find an explanation is it androgenetic alopecia or not?
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Everything went downhills after the dht spike, my hair has never been the same till then, all points to Androgenetic Alopecia cause I have only 1 hair per shaft and different thickness (mostly miniaturized), that is what you see on Androgenetic Alopecia
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It's a stereotype that Asians respond well to treatment, just like it is that they don't go bald. I am an Asian who started going bald at 16 and for whom RU + Duta + Bicalutamide did not work.
how could so little dht cause this much damage ?Isnt e2 suppress all T?So where the f*** is this damn dht produced?
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Mostly 5ar1 prob. The thing is after a full month on dutasteride I dont see any single strand of hair growing under trichoscope, I expected at least few dots of thick hair growing but nothing but miniaturization
lookin at adris case it seems hrt isnt the cure we all tought about
yes but how even half 5ar1 can cause this damage? so 0.5 dutasteride is sh*t and tyhe biggest scam ever
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Well i guess im just unlucky, but im not certainly sure if estradiol alone regrow hair on many ppl tho, usually minoxidil paired with e2 + dutasteride is what causes the best regrowth in my opinion
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Upregulation prob, it only happened after i got on daily bicalutamide. Thing is the upregulation never went away, I'm waiting for my december blood test to confirm my dht is really lower
are you on minoxidil too?
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Yes
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What I dont understand is that it seems that most ppl get watery semen to some extent from finasteride or dutasteride. But on 2.5mg dutasteride my semen was unchanged or even thicker hmmm.
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Very weird. It never happened to me on dutasteride nor finasteride
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Weird for sure.
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As I always say, every body reacts different there is no way to predict what will happen to a person specifically when he/she takes a med. The body is so unpredictable sometimes
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Most likely yes. When I was taking 25 mg of bica EOD I had less hair on my body and even on my beard. Now that i stopped it for a month already, I am getting hairy again.
There is a study that shows it. https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(21)02738-9/fulltext
''All patients commenced bicalutamide at a dose of 10 mg. The mean dose of bicalutamide that reduced hypertrichosis was 14.4 mg (SD, 5.25 mg). The use of concurrent bicalutamide permitted an increase in the mean daily dose of minoxidil to 2.2 mg (SD, 1.67 mg) without development of hypertrichosis.''
''Oral bicalutamide appears to be beneficial in mitigating hypertrichosis caused by minoxidil in FPHL patients. Daily bicalutamide (mean dose, 14.4 mg) both reduced hypertrichosis and permitted an increase in the mean dosing of minoxidil by 0.7 mg/day without further hypertrichosis.''
As you can see per studies 14.4 mg is enough to reduce the hypertrichosis, so 25 mg EOD would be 100 mg a week and 14.4 mg ED is 100.8 mg a week so as you cant really take 14.4 mg the best bet is to use 25 mg EOD, which due to bica's half life it will be very similar than taking 14.4 mg ED.
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Even tough it doesn seem to be guaranteed im gonna give it a try and that would be my last.At least im gonna have that peace of mind that ive tried everything i can for my hair.If after 1 year im still losing ground i will stop everything!