Hey everyone.

I've been on finasteride (propecia) since I was about 18 (now mid 30s). I'm confident I would have been completely bald by 21 if I hadn't taken the plunge and started, yet I still have a decent head of hair. I've been thinning slowly (more so in the last few years as I started B/C) so I decided to do some research. Turns out there is a TON of varying information about all this so I wanted to make a post with some basics.

First let me explain one important thing that I thought I knew but I was wrong; there are 2 main types of steroids to worry about as far as I'm concerned:

(DHT and androgen are the bad things for your hair)

1. Ones that convert to DHT via 5-alpha-reductase enzyme (testosterones) - These can generally be countered by taking finasteride (propecia) or dutasteride. Keep in mind the "normal dose" will block most of the 5AR that you produce naturally so you would need to increase your dose as you add outside testosterone to the mix.

2. Steroids that are MADE from DHT derivatives - basically everything else. These steroids will NOT be neutralized by finasteride because the 5AR conversion process is not happening in your body as the steroid is already the "final hair wrecking product" and not the pre converted stuff that finasteride can stop. How to counter this is a little more complicated and will be explained further down.

Which steroids are ok or bad for hair? Basically all of them. Anavar, equipose(boldenone) and Tbol "might" be ok at lower doses - Please keep in mind everyone has their own reaction to these but this is more of a general consensus. This is also for people who are prone to hair loss obviously.

Please keep in mind the above is a very general summary of how all of this works and there are other things involved as well but this should be enough for most people.

Ok, so you want to get on the tren train and snort dbol all day... here are a few things that can potentially help:

1. Minoxidil with azelaic acid topical twice a day. Minoxidil works by opening up the blood vessels and letting more nutrients and potassium in. Azelaic acid works differently by helping prevent the binding of DHT to the hair follicles. There is a LOT of feedback about these working well together. You can buy these combined in 1 bottle.

2. Nizoral shampoo: Use this twice a week to every other day and let it sit in your hair while you shower. It works in a few days: anti inflammatory properties on scalp, lowering sebum secretion which clog up hair follicles, and the main reason, it's an anti-androgen. It stops DHT and androgen from binding to the androgen receptors.

3. Emu oil: This is another AR inhibitor and anti inflammatory. This has pretty great feedback for working in the front of the scalp, more so than most of the other things listed here.

4. Caffeine: This seems to promote hair regrowth when applied topically to the scalp, even in hair exposed to DHT.

5. Topical Spironolactone cream: This works a little different than the rest, in that instead of inhibiting or blocking off the receptors in one way or another, this actually binds to the receptors, so that the DHT cannot. This is available in a pill too but it is NOT meant for men. Topical only.

-- For items 2,3,4 you can easily find all 3 in 1 bottle of shampoo. I am not getting any compensation for this or anything but a very well reviewed one would be "Regenepure DR" at about $20-25 a bottle. Use it to wash the "horseshoe" danger zone and then some other shampoo for the rest if you want to make it last longer.

I know this sounds like a lot of stuff, and it is, but most of it can be found online pretty cheaply, some even on the sites hosted here. Hopefully this is helpful to people!