spironolactone and body hair

[abcdefg]

We know body hair reacts opposite to head hair in response to androgens. So if you applied some topical spironolactone to say a spot on your arm does that mean after some amount of time that hair should miniaturize? Then that would be proof it works and body hair generally grows a lot faster then head hair or is that not true?

 

[afro]

Coincidentally i was recently looking into this.

I'd have to have someone confirm this, but from what i've read body hair growth reacts to testosterone/dihydrotestosterone during puberty and once you're out of puberty the hairs grown during that time generally are unaffected by changes in androgen levels for the most part.

Apparently, anti androgens / androgen receptor antagonists may help to stop more hair growing but because the previously grown hair is now unaffected by androgens for the most part, they wont do much to reduce what you already have.

That's what i know about internal medications such as spironolactone, which like i said will need confirming by someone as i can't remember where i found that info, but i don't know anything about topical spironolactone - I may just give it a go on one of my hairy fingers every day and see if there's any change after 6months - 1 year xD

 

[Bryan]

I think it's expecting too much to think that antiandrogens will have a really noticeable effect on body hair. Not gonna happen.

 

[abcdefg]

Ah alright I guess I will stop wasting a small amount of spironolactone on my arm to see if it changes the growth of hair there as a test. That sounds pretty reasonable. Thanks for responses.