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Can oils/serums/products marketed to me by online ads actually help regrow hair/prevent hairloss, or is it all bullshit? (hexbear.net)
submitted 11 months ago by Egon@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I really like my hair, and it's starting to get thinner. No I do not want to get bald. Yes I am already eating healthy and exercising, I know diet is important thank you for not answering my question you smug lucious haired motherfucker

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[–] regul@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Minoxidil and Finasteride are FDA-approved for slowing hair loss (backed up by clinical trials), and may provide some hair regrowth, but you have to take/apply them forever. They're both available as generics.

Minoxidil can be sold over-the-counter (Rogaine is minoxidil) while finasteride requires a prescription.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Neat! Are there some variants that you do not have to take for the rest of your life, or do they not work then? I've looked into those kinda things and they just seem very... Intense.
I was hoping for some home-cooked grandmother remedy that worked for some inexplicable reason.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well, you don't have to take them for the rest of your life if you handle the source of the problem directly...

Male pattern baldness is caused by dihydrotestosterone, the only way to stop it is to stop your body from converting overall testosterone to DHT with finasteride, or by significantly dropping all testosterone levels with anti-androgens (or orchiectomy I suppose)

[–] regul@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There are not. Hair loss is genetic. So short of gene therapy, you're stuck with it.

~~I don't use either because I'd rather lose my hair than deal with that shit forever, but topical minoxidil, while less effective, has significantly fewer side effects and you can just buy it in bulk online.~~ Ignore this.

[–] voight@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What happens after you stop does it all fall off at once

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

minoxidil promotes hair growth while finasteride slows hair loss

if you stop minoxidil, the hair growth that occurred because of it will eventually fall off and doesn't grow back. if you stop finasteride, then the hair loss will speed back up again

[–] voight@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

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[–] regul@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't know.

[–] voight@hexbear.net 1 points 11 months ago

I think it does