Regular Member Lane604 Posted November 1, 2018 Regular Member Share Posted November 1, 2018 I was wondering what you think of this study: Minoxidil may suppress androgen receptor-related functions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4039155/ It's from 2014 but I just came across it and my first impression is that it should have challenged the generally held view that minoxidil complements finasteride but is less effective when used on its own, especially after a few years, but so far I haven't found many reactions in this or other HT forums/websites... What I am really interested into is how effective can minoxidil be, alone or combined with something other than finasteride, at slowing down hair loss in the long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairlossPA Posted November 1, 2018 Senior Member Share Posted November 1, 2018 too long didn’t read. can you summarize? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Lane604 Posted November 2, 2018 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 2, 2018 (edited) Didn't read it either, only skimmed through but from what I gather they have shed some light on how minoxidil works. They found evidence that it does act at the hormonal level but in a different way from finasteride. Rather than altering systemic levels of hormonal compounds, it would target local receptors which suggests to me that (1) it does counter the effects of DHT and (2) it does so without possibly causing systemic side effects. Edited November 2, 2018 by dale602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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