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Hey, thanks! It was a six-year process in total, but absolutely worth it. Eleven years out from the first transplant now and the result completely holds. -
Yeah, I really doubt that that much creatine will have any impact.
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Shoot, typed out whole response and browser ate it. Short version is I had sexual sides. Answer on second is that I've never done a cycle w/o being on oral dut, so can't answer that one and wouldn't want to try the experiment.
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Sure! It's one eyedropped full roughly every week, give/take. Losing virtually no hair--just normal cyclical shedding.
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I think it's a different reason--or, at least, it is for me. It's working for people. Hair ain't falling out, life is busy, less reason to come here and post. It's why people tend to vanish after successful surgeries--they're back to enjoying life and not obsessing about their hair! So, tl;dr, topical dut is working great for me.
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Full Jawline/Chin/Cheek Augs - Dr. Barry Eppley
win200 replied to OtherSyde's topic in Cosmetic Surgery Not Hair Loss Related
I definitely didn't realize this result was you! I saw it posted on Eppley's IG a few weeks back. Looks great and good to see you've healed well. Question: did Eppley place your malar implants via lower eyelid incisions, or intraorally? -
Thanks for having me! Great conversation and looking forward to doing it again.
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Yup, I was on oral dut until August 31, 2021. I was on topical dut at that time. I dropped both on 9/1/21 and didn't use any 5ari until restarting topical dut this June. TBH I didn't seem to be losing hair during that gap but didn't want to push my luck. I apply once a week, no dermaroller.
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Not try to derail the discussion going about DHT testing, but just giving a data point. I restarted topical dut in June after having no 5ari for eight months, and had a moderate shed for a few months. Nothing severe, but definitely noticeable. The shed has wound down now after almost exactly three months, just in case anyone is starting and wants a sense what type of shed they might encounter.
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No fin for me--using Dr. Mwamba's 0.1% topical dut once a week. Last protocol was 750mg of test p per week for 12 weeks. Nothing fancy.
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I'd be happy to do it. Shoot me a message and we can trade email addresses.
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I've run multiple steroid cycles while on 5aris with no change to my hair loss. The caveat, though, is a couple compounds interact extremely badly with 5aris and caused increased shedding--Google "finasteride and NPP", for example. When I used NPP, I lost a ton of hair. But the 5aris effectively kept my kept my hair when I was running test and other low-androgenic compounds like anavar or turinabol.
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Last draw on 7/25 had total t at 738, SHBG at 57.5, estradiol at 16, free test at 0.7%, DHT at 58, LH at 1.8. Total t was a little lower than normal but that's not a big swing, and tested a bit later in the day from optimal. Results on 3/24, for contrast, had total t at 872, SHBG at 61.5, estradiol at 24, free test at 0.7%, and DHT at 46. My take is that these are all good numbers with the exception of the free test. So the meds didn't cause my profile to tank; there's just a free t issue. Open to other perspectives, though.
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To be clear, these are all symptoms that I had on the medication due to increased SHBG being freed up by lower DHT. It's just that the free t level hasn't increased as I dropped the med. And, to be candid, I always had some of these symptoms even prior to starting the meds at 28, so it's not 100% that the meds caused the issue, although they almost certainly exacerbated it.
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.7%. And I can tell. Reduced libido, erectile activity, etc.
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This (and the other stories) are interesting. I was on Propecia/Avodart for ten years and just dropped in September (on topical now). My total t was very high (~800) on those meds and remains that high, but free t was low on them and stays low as well. I don't have before blood work to compare given how long I was on the meds, but wonder if they've had an impact on free t. The cause of the low free t is high SHBG.
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I think it's going to take over, in the same way that FUE gradually displaced (for the most part) FUT. Just doesn't make sense to change your hormonal composition like that unless you absolutely have to.
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I would think so, intuitively. I'll be honest, though, that I'm still not 100% sure how dut works topically... it alters your endocrine system's synthesis of DHT, so doesn't make sense to me how that works only at the follicular level when it's rubbed into the scalp. Would love a cogent explanation.
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I tried it once--instantly got dark purple circles under my eyes and crushing headaches. Not a viable solution for me.
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Nope. They've got lots of different versions and you can order without--I don't use minoxidil, either.
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It's a liquid. I apply to the entire top of my head but focus on hairline. I get the liquid from FUE Clinic.
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I did. Not drastic, but noticeable. Lasted ~10 weeks.
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Topical dut as a larger molecular size, which means far less like to be absorbed systemically and cause side effects as a result. It's anecdotal, but there are lots of people who've reported difficulty with sides on topical fin due to its smaller molecular size. My PCP, who prescribes these meds through a compounding pharmacy, confirmed this to me. So I'd strongly come down on the side of topical dut.
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Thanks, Melvin! I think I'm sticking with the dut for now; I've always been particularly susceptible to sides and given the differences in molecular weight, I think I'll have better luck with dut. Agreed that this is a terrific product, though, and looking forward to them branching out into dut.
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Has anyone continued to have a hard time getting orders placed with FUE Clinic? Same problem that I've had before... slow responses, Josh sends emails that aren't clear, etc. I was randomly sent a payment link after I asked a question, but no place to input my shipping address (which changed since my last order) and the cost didn't seem to include shipping. I like the product but God the process is a joke.
