I decided to quit Avodart last month after about 1 year because of the recent research on the possible long term effect. That and my libido seemed to finally be affected by it.

Since I wasn't too thrilled of just leaning on Regain for damage control on my hairline, which hadn't been dazzling anyway so far, I decided to pursue my experiment with topicals. I dropped the one I was on - Vit C serum- because it was a pain to apply being oil-based.

My goal was still to look for active ingredients that stimulate the skin's biochemistry hoping it would somehow make my scalp healthier and maybe wake up those lazy miniaturized follicles. I also wanted a topical anti-androgen to make up for the discontinued oral treatment.

After poring over skin-related research, I went for two components that fit my criteria. 2.5 weeks into the new regimen, I'd say my hairloss has decreased by 40-50% to something like a max of 30-40 hairs a day. My hair also looks a lot less oily after a couple of days without being washed, which was a major hassle for me.

The other improvement is I'm now making a water-based lotion. It lets me use a pipette to go through the hair then I just let it run down my scalp without creating collateral mess.

I don't want to be too excited about it yet because for all I know at least part of the improvement could have been caused be me getting off Avodart. I'm going to keep at it at least 1 1/2 month to see if things fizzles. There are a couple more ingredients I'm also planning on adding based on their skin cell pampering properties.

I'll keep you updated.

What were the topicals you were using?