spironolactone

[Aplunk1]

Really, it's one of the few products that I'll go out there and really encourage hair loss sufferers to use. If you have any more questions, please feel free to comment.

Hi aplunk, im also not the guy you're addressing, but i have more questions

Im still thinking of using it, the only reason i wouldn't would be if i used propecia and needed to use it alone to see if it was working. Nothing would be more annoying than using propecia for years suffering side effects, thinking it was helping me maintain, then stopping and finding out it was the spironolactone working, and i had suffered for no reason and wasted all that money.

I just remember reading a recent post by you, in which you advise someone not to get their hopes up for using spironolactone alone. Does that mean you still think it's great, but just wouldn't trust it enough for isolated use, or has your opinion changed recently regarding spironolactone?

Hi,
as far as Propecia side effects go, they will diminish over time, or if you quit using it.

As far as using spironolactone as a substitute for Propecia, Rogaine, or Nizoral, it **might** stop your hairloss. But why not venture into the proven treatments firsT?

spironolactone may work great for some people, and it might not work for others. Remember that the Big 3 come first right now.

I think that spironolactone is best used in a regimen including-- Propecia or Dutasteride, 2% or 5% minoxidil, Nizoral or T/Gel, and copper peptides to finish it off.

spironolactone helps in a lot of ways-- it acts as an "occlusive" to minoxidil, which helps both to get absorbed better.

Copper peptides also seem to help things soak in a bit better, as well as relieve irritation and inflammation.

In this day and time, we can only really battle hair loss with proven treatments, and this requires a multi-facted approach. We have hair transplants, but it's so much better to give treatments the full try.

 

[Aplunk1]

Don't forget that taking DHT inhibitors producted more scalp testosterone, too... Testosterone is an androgen and can cause hair loss, as well.... using an antiandrogen, especially in a regimen containing dutasteride (which approximately gives us 104% more testosterone), is a good idea.

There are other antiandrogens out there, but spironolactone seems to be the safest and has the most Androgenetic Alopecia backing.

 

[dark_one]

The 2% seems to be working. I rarely, RARELY, shed even a hair from my head nowadays. It's not bothersome at all to apply it-- just a quick apply and rub-- takes about 30 seconds to do... 1 bottle of 2% spironolactone should last you about 2 months-- and it's only $19.

Really, it's one of the few products that I'll go out there and really encourage hair loss sufferers to use. If you have any more questions, please feel free to comment.[/quote]


Aplunk1 - How are you able to determine whether the 2% spironolactone is really helping you? I agree, it should, but given your regimen, I don't know how much of your great results can be attributed to this.

I will be using only minoxidil. 2% twice a day and spironolactone 2% at night. So my results, if any, may be more revealing.