Dr. Bauman: What’s the Strongest DHT Blocker for Male Hair Loss? (Video)

Dr. Bauman: What’s the strongest DHT blocker for male hair loss? (Video)

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(Video Transcript)

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So, as we have mentioned before, Finasteride blocks the formation of DHT. But, actually, that’s not the strongest drug that we could use to do that.

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Finasteride blocks the type 2 5-alpha reductase, which converts most of your testosterone into DHT. But, there’s still a type 1 that’s left unblocked.

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But, the good news is that there’s a medication called Dutasteride which blocks both type 1 and type 2.

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So that would lower your DHT even further.

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So we can use a topical Dutasteride right on the scalp, to decrease the DHT level even further and hopefully get you a better hair regrowth result.

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Now, a lot of folks have been asking me, “Why should we use Dutasteride the same frequency as Finasteride?”, “Why should we use it twice a day?”, actually.

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And, the reason is, when we use Dutasteride with Minoxidil, you want to make sure you are still getting that Minoxidil in twice a day because it has a very short half-life. 

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The longer half-life with Dutasteride means that, yeah, it’s going to stick around longer. But, we don’t really have a lot of evidence to show that lower doses or infrequent doses of Dutasteride would be just as good.

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So, definitely stick with it, twice a day every day when you are using Dutasteride topically on the scalp.

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