Articles on hair loss and scalp health, from the biology of androgenetic alopecia to the treatments that actually hold up in the research.
Stress does cause hair loss, but almost never the kind men think it does. The shedding panic after a stressful month is telogen effluvium – a temporary, recoverable shift in the hair cycle. The slow loss of density at your…
Ketoconazole shampoo is the most-recommended cheap adjunct in hair loss, and most men get it wrong twice. They buy the 1 percent OTC version and expect prescription-strength results, then they use it like regular shampoo and never give the active…
I keep coming back to a particular kind of post on r/tressless: the multi-month progress thread where someone running RU58841 plus minoxidil shows real, visible regrowth. The photos are usually impressive. The protocols are usually meticulous. The comments are usually…
Post-Finasteride Syndrome (PFS) is one of the most polarized topics in men’s health. This article does not take a position on whether PFS is best characterized as a discrete syndrome, a heterogeneous symptom cluster, or something in between. The goal…
Topical minoxidil is the most widely used hair loss treatment in the world. It is also, in my view, one of the most poorly framed. Not because it does nothing, it does something. But what it actually does, what stops…
You’ve done everything right. You started finasteride early. You added minoxidil. You maybe layered in microneedling, ketoconazole shampoo, maybe even dutasteride or an anti-androgen like RU58841. At first, things stabilized. Maybe you even saw some regrowth. Then — nothing. The…
If you’ve been anywhere near the hair loss space recently, you’ve probably seen the claim: “539% better than placebo.” It’s one of those numbers that immediately grabs attention. It sounds massive. Almost too massive. And naturally, the first reaction most…
Most men assume something simple: If finasteride isn’t working, it must be because DHT isn’t low enough. That sounds logical — but it’s not how this condition actually behaves. Finasteride is very effective at what it does. Clinical data consistently…
Most people testing hair loss compounds are doing it under normal conditions. I’m not. For the past 12 weeks, I’ve been running an experiment with JXL069 — while simultaneously maintaining a supraphysiological androgen load through 200mg/week testosterone. And that changes…
Hair loss can feel like an inevitable process. Many men follow the standard treatment protocol: • start Finasteride • apply Minoxidil • hope the progression slows down. But what happens when those treatments either don’t work — or cause side…