Senior Member hairman22 Posted January 9 Senior Member Share Posted January 9 I have been using OM 2.5mg per day since Nov 22. I have not noticed any more hairloss across my scalp diffuse hairloss. I am not expectng it to maintain long term since i cannot tolerate DHT inhibition Any studies or data on long term OM use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maorizio Posted January 9 Regular Member Share Posted January 9 Nope, minoxidil is just a growth stimulant, it just force follicles to grow healthy hair and expand the Anagen phase. minoxidil doesn’t prevent dht damage!!!! In the long run you gonna lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairman22 Posted January 9 Author Senior Member Share Posted January 9 8 minutes ago, Maorizio said: Nope, minoxidil is just a growth stimulant, it just force follicles to grow healthy hair and expand the Anagen phase. minoxidil doesn’t prevent dht damage!!!! In the long run you gonna lose. tbh it isnt conclusive how minoxidil works. The extension of anagen phase isnt totally proven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maorizio Posted January 9 Regular Member Share Posted January 9 2 minutes ago, hairman22 said: tbh it isnt conclusive how minoxidil works. The extension of anagen phase isnt totally proven It doesn’t matter, you can literally hear people saying that minoxidil didn’t helped in the long run. Meanwhile many success story from 5AR inhibitors. You can give it a try but don’t count on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member TheGreatPretender Posted January 9 Senior Member Share Posted January 9 I think using Minoxidil alone is more delaying the inevitable. Saddly the long term data of Oral Minoxidil is a bit scarce at this point howeaver I have few doubts that in time DHT will take over the hair folicle and the hair will die. The problem is even how long this will take is also an unknown veriable since you can't really predict when will baldness get more or less agressive moreso knowing you aren't inhibiting the evil hormone causing this to happen. I am taking 0.5 Dutasteride and 5MG of Oral Minoxidil and so far it seems to be getting better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maorizio Posted January 9 Regular Member Share Posted January 9 11 minutes ago, TheGreatPretender said: I think using Minoxidil alone is more delaying the inevitable. Saddly the long term data of Oral Minoxidil is a bit scarce at this point howeaver I have few doubts that in time DHT will take over the hair folicle and the hair will die. The problem is even how long this will take is also an unknown veriable since you can't really predict when will baldness get more or less agressive moreso knowing you aren't inhibiting the evil hormone causing this to happen. I am taking 0.5 Dutasteride and 5MG of Oral Minoxidil and so far it seems to be getting better. Minoxidil will never defeat AGA long term oral or topical, maybe it will win the ridiculous weak ones that lose hair slowly and reaching Norwood 2-3 by the age of 40+ If the AGA is pretty much aggressive then you must use 5ARIs and even then who knows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member TheGreatPretender Posted January 9 Senior Member Share Posted January 9 Just now, Maorizio said: Minoxidil will never defeat AGA long term oral or topical, maybe it will win the ridiculous weak ones that lose hair slowly and reaching Norwood 2-3 by the age of 40+ If the AGA is pretty much aggressive then you must use 5ARIs and even then who knows. I'd say even if its not its always better to use them then risk the scenario of getting it worse because some guys can go from norwood 2 to 5 in a matter of 1 or 2 years either their're 30 or 40 its just unpredictable. You really need to stop the desease before it gets through, best way of doing it is starting medical therapy and saddly there haven't been any advances for alternatives when it comes to keeping your hair indefinitely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Maorizio Posted January 9 Regular Member Share Posted January 9 Just now, TheGreatPretender said: I'd say even if its not its always better to use them then risk the scenario of getting it worse because some guys can go from norwood 2 to 5 in a matter of 1 or 2 years either their're 30 or 40 its just unpredictable. You really need to stop the desease before it gets through, best way of doing it is starting medical therapy and saddly there haven't been any advances for alternatives when it comes to keeping your hair indefinitely. Yep, the best solution is 5ARIs as of today, without it it’s best to let it go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Sunset Dune Posted January 9 Regular Member Share Posted January 9 Minoxidil does nothing to stop balding. You need to get on a 5 Alpha Reductase inhibitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Eli_Avdikian Posted January 9 Regular Member Share Posted January 9 OM alone without any 5AR inhibitor could work only in the short run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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