After the dermatological-era…pills and stuff

It was the time for a research on the viable ways to eliminate this pernicious problem. That was what the market offered:

-drugs, that’s not for me, I hate eating pills, syrups, etc…

-topic drugs, the idea to put something on the scalp was more appealing than eating unknown substances that affected the entire organism.

-natural remedy, in my case herbal treatment (why not!?)

The famous Finasteride (which ahs several commercial names according to the country where one lives) is considered by the American FDA a powerful drug and it inhibits the formation of DHT (you know the molecule that ‘kills’ your hair follicles).
However, it consists of pills that have to be taken for a certain period… Let’s say that one doesn’t care about the possible side-effects (long list). I just wonder what happens when the administration of Finasteride is suspended… It is likely that the levels of DHT will increase and that everything will return like before…
However, I’m NOT a fan of the pills, I didn’t try the Finasteride, but it is unlikely that it is able to PERMANENTLY decrease the levels of DHT. Probably it effect lasts as long as you take the pills.
Anyway, if anybody has tried it, please let me know whether Finasteride has permanent or temporary effects.

What I have personally tried (4 or 5 bottles in 3 years) is the Minoxidil. And here I can say that its effects are just TEMPORARY (it is also written on the leaflet inside the box).
The idea is brilliant, no scary pills, just a lotion that in a few weeks will trigger the re-growth of your hair…………. But in the end the new hair quickly disappeared as they came. Why did I try 4-5 bottles before giving up?! Let’s say that every time I hoped that the new hair was forever…….
Anyway, if anybody is willing to put this lotion on the scalp twice a day for the rest of his life…….go ahead.

At least herbal treatment do not have the ‘arrogance’ to say that they will give your hair back, but just to reduce hair loss.
I had some benefit using ginko biloba and green tea, but I also heard about the benefit of stinging nettle he shou wu and pygeum. As a matter of fact, I believe that this type of treatment successfully slowed down pace of hair loss and gave me a few more years of ‘decent’ hair population on my head. Probably, without this treatment I would have performed the hair transplant much earlier.