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Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: Sugar Gel Triggers Robust Regrowth (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was incredibly excited until I read that. Yeah, minoxidil has never worked for me.

[–] ramirezmike 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

my understanding is that minoxidil addresses half the problem and finasteride addresses the other half.. it's something like minoxidil increases the blood flow and finasteride thickens the hair (usually male pattern baldness is like just your hair is too thin to break through the skin or something?)

if you're gonna try, I'd say it's not worth it unless you're doing both at the same time. It works really well for some people, but I'm too worried about the side effects to try

plus, I save so much money just shaving my head 😂

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I won't take finesteride. The possible side effects are too risky for me. I know it's only a 3% chance, but 3% chance of permanently losing my libido and shrinking my penis is 3% too much for me. Like, what's the point of having hair and being attractive if I don't even have any interest in the things that come from being attractive?