Hair loss prevention options besides finasteride/dutasteride?

Topical minoxidil plus topical ghk-cu on the scalp would be my first choice if I wanted to skip fina or duta. There are companies that make ghk-cu in a spray you can just apply to your scalp.

You're probably malnourished if a GLP med is making your hair thin. Take a B complex, a trace mineral complex, vitamin D3 with K complex, and magnesium. GHKCu likely cuts shedding by fixing a mild copper deficiency that a trace mineral complex would handle. Two percent ketoconazole shampoo is the mildest effective drug option if you're steering clear of proper 5AR inhibitors.

It might just be me trying to blame the GLP meds. I already had a hair transplant for the front. Now the middle is thinning too and I don't want to go through getting injected a hundred times with adrenaline again. I tried finasteride and it wrecked me for about ten months so I'm never going that route again. I want to keep my DHT levels intact. The substance I mentioned should work for that.

Those medications that block male hormones can help when hair thins from that specific condition. Did a skin doctor confirm your situation, or are you assuming based on the shedding alone? Shedding happens for many reasons beyond hormones. You mentioned the weight loss drug might be behind it. My own experience was similar at first, with major thinning that eventually reversed completely after I realized it wasn't hormone related. I ran some blood tests to figure out the actual trigger for the loss instead of jumping into those blockers in either form.

The compound I mentioned is basically RU58847 but supposedly without the risks. The problem is nobody seems to be selling it.

Over the past period I've put on five percent minoxidil morning and night as well as the AHK-Cu serum just in the mornings and now I'm seeing extra hair returning to my scalp.

I put together a few mixtures using hyaluronic acid for the foundation then stirred plain ghk-cu into one batch and ahk-cu into the second. My spouse dealt with some thinning that was really getting to her. The mixtures look like they halted the issue. It is probably all in her head yet her feeling better makes the effort worthwhile.

After beginning hormone therapy my hair started thinning much faster until the scalp showed clearly from the front all the way back. Scary posts online kept me away from that drug for a while. These days I use one milligram three times weekly plus two and a half milligrams of the other medication by mouth each day and the hair has begun filling in again. The only difference is stronger sex drive with no drawbacks.

I chose to inject the AHK version instead of applying it to the skin and matched the routine used with the GHK one. Following two treatment periods the thinning on my scalp stopped and hair across my body increased in both volume and thickness.

I've been injecting this copper peptide under my skin for roughly eight weeks without spotting any boost in how quickly my hair comes in. Everyone agrees these treatments demand patience, sometimes stretching out to a full year before anything shows. Research suggests the peptide can encourage follicles to produce more strands, so judging its value now would be premature.

For twelve years straight I've swallowed finasteride every morning and felt zero unwanted effects. Back then it moved my hairline forward to where it sat a year before, and that position has held steady since. At sixty I still see the same front line I had at forty seven. Lately I switched over to dutasteride each day while tapering the first drug, and nothing negative has appeared so far. The newer one blocks an extra enzyme that converts testosterone into the hormone that shrinks follicles.

A couple months back I began dabbing another copper peptide on my scalp but noticed nothing right away and got careless about mixing batches, so I stopped for a bit. I'll probably start again since I never gave it a fair shot. Around the same time I tried a research compound on my skin and again saw little change, though I know it lacks solid safety data and I watch for any chest discomfort. A few people online report strong results while most do not.

Plain minoxidil lotion never moved the needle for me, yet lately I've mixed it with a retinoid that improves absorption and boosts the enzyme needed to activate the lotion. Some users respond well because they already make plenty of that enzyme naturally, but I suspect I'm not one of them. It's still too soon to know if the pair will help.

Looking back, this whole effort actually began fifteen years ago when I figured nothing would work. Then I read a stray remark that the retinoid might shield hair on its own, and I already owned a tube. Using just that product seemed to thicken things a little before I added anything else, possibly because it affects the same enzyme.

More recently I started taking minoxidil by mouth, though again any payoff remains hidden. Its main action is widening blood vessels around the roots so they stay healthier and might even spark fresh growth. Whatever new strands appear should stay longer thanks to the enzyme blockers keeping the harmful hormone in check. That pairing is what most doctors hand out.

Rolling a needle across the scalp can also help by letting liquids sink deeper, yet going too far or too often sparks swelling that works against follicles. Still, mild irritation might trigger a protective response that grows hair, as seen in an old report of someone whose burned scalp later sprouted new strands. I'm curious what the next twelve months will bring, even if I end up with no clue which step actually mattered.

I really wanted to avoid topical minoxidil because of my cats and not wanting product in my hair. But I was pleasantly surprised that the generic minoxidil foam became my personal holy grail. Every day after the shower I grab it from under the counter, spray a small amount onto my hand over the sink so nothing hits the floor, then put it right back. I walk over to the tub, flip my head down, rub my hands together, massage it into the front where I noticed thinning, then distribute the rest over my whole scalp and massage for a minute or two. Then I wash my hands well. I let it air dry and comb it. My hair looks great, the product lifts the roots without weighing anything down. Even if I found out tomorrow it does nothing for regrowth I'd still want to keep using it.

I don't think finasteride or dutasteride is the real solution to hair loss itself. To me it's just a band-aid for something more complex. If DHT alone caused hair loss then someone like Dolph Lundgren in his prime should be extremely bald and any sedentary person who stays indoors should have perfect hair, but reality shows otherwise. He has all his hair even now. Look at programmers or IT guys in general, many are bald. It makes you wonder. I'm still researching but I'll handle the hair loss without touching DHT levels.

Hair loss happens for lots of different causes. My mother deals with an autoimmune condition that caused baldness from her teenage years onward, yet she experienced significant regrowth during each pregnancy. Most female relatives experience thinning around the time of periods or menopause. Relatives with that hormonal disorder also known as PMOS notice thinning specifically on the crown, and hormones seem responsible. I've looked into hormone replacement therapy for stopping hair thinning, and while research indicated some positive changes in women's hair, the actual measurement methods didn't pick up on it. It appears hormone replacement offers limited benefits, whereas treatments that block DHT lead to actual regrowth. Celebrities aren't reliable examples for how well those DHT blockers work, since their routines involve unknown products plus they can afford multiple options. I should check with my daughter about results from the solution I prepared for her. She mentioned the copper peptide version I created for her skin had faded her acne marks, and she felt pleased about it.

Hair shedding occurs in females as well from these injections owing to lower calorie and nutrient consumption. So those drugs like finasteride and dutasteride are unlikely to do much good unless male pattern baldness is also happening. I paid attention to the options that were suggested such as minoxidil and the shampoo containing ketoconazole. After finishing the weight reduction the hair returns to normal since this shedding is not permanent unlike male pattern baldness.

The tressless community on reddit has a lot of information on this subject.