Progesterone for hairloss??

[Melvin- Admin]

Have any of you guys tried progesterone for hairloss, Progesterone inhibits 5 alpha reductase like finasteride, however I've heard that it acts opposite to finasteride in that it actually elevates libido, progesterone is a precursor to testosterone, on paper it seems to good to be true, but not sure if anyone's actually tried this for the purpose of hairloss, it's well known that as progesterone levels drop common symptoms are similar to finasteride side effects, so for the guys who tried it, did it increase libido and decrease hairloss? And did you get your hormone levels checked prior to taking progesterone?

[romperstomper29]

HTsoon all I know about it is that guys who suffer from Post Finasteride syndrome use it to try eleviate their symptoms. Make sense that they would try it. It is recognised as a treatment for PFS frm what I understand

[Melvin- Admin]

I didn't know that, PFS is terrible I feel for those guys, from what I've heard from guys who've taken it (non hairloss reasons) it raises your libido like crazy, hey if it can keep my hair and keep my libido strong it's a win win, but needs to be researched more, sounds to good to be true.

[esrec]

Dangerous practice IMO to get into the game of substituting one drug for another to combat the hormonal effects in the body. Bodybuilders have been doing this for years, some with incredible expertise, and still report symptoms down the road. Add one, subtract two, add three. Its like taking viagra to compensate for effects of Fin. If only it were that simple. Idk man, just be careful.

Edited November 9, 2015 by esrec

[Melvin- Admin]

I'm always weary of putting exogenous hormones in my body, but from what I've read progesterone helps regulate your estrogen levels and has no feminizing effects like finasteride, but I definitely need more research, I'd like to hear from guys who've tried this, something tells me there's a catch, otherwise no one would be risking their sexual health with finasteride and everyone would be taking progesterone and staying studs. It could be possibly that the synthetic progestrone that's taken orally is almost completely processes out of the liver, but what I've read the best is the natural progesterone cream. Most guys I know who've ran it have done it for fitness reasons but whilst researching I saw it was a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor that reduces body fat and increase libido, like I said sounds to good to be true.

[esrec]

Curious, whats prompting you to consider?

[Melvin- Admin]

Just something to add to the hairloss stack, theoretically even if it was half as effective as finasteride and had no negative sexual side effects it would be worth it, aside from the healthy benefits of reduced body fat, better sleep, and who doesn't like increased libido. But obviously, there'd have to be hormonal monitoring much like HRT, since progesterone reduces estrogen you'd have to make sure you don't reduce it too much, because just like DHT, the body needs estrogen to function also. I doubt I'd risk it sounds like a lot of work, but I'd still like to hear from anyone who's tried it, it's interesting to say the least.