Cetirizine

[hellouser]

Seen a couple photos of guys at the 6 month mark with pretty noticeable regrowth.

Links? Pics?

[Conpecia]

Something's definitely up with this stuff. Seen a couple photos of guys at the 6 month mark with pretty noticeable regrowth. Apparently combining with a minox regimen is the way to go. Let's not fall asleep on this around here, we may have bailed too early.

Cet/Minox could replace Fin/Minox is the hope...

[Dan26]

What's your point?

No point bro.

Certizine aint even on my radar b....

[Chromeo]

i don't know much about certizine but realized the reactin allergy pills I take contain it :S :S :S

What's your point?

[Dan26]

i don't know much about certizine but realized the reactin allergy pills I take contain it :S :S :S

[goingquick]

I'm still using it, though I've been very incosistent with applications the last 2 or 3 weeks. I really wish I could get a hold of cetirizine powder, as the crushed up tablets leave a lot of crap on your head, even after going through a filter. I'm also using fin and minox foam so it's pretty much impossible to isolate my results.

I added the cetirizine to my regime because about 8 years ago I used liquid minox and fin and didn't get good results, so this time around I wanted to add in something that might give me an additional boost. At the very least I think it helps reduce itching, though that could placebo.

You can see my treatment journal here: http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showthr...hlight=journal

[Buster]

It all depends on your NW level. If you're anything under 3.5 I'd not risk it. If you're a high NW and have nothing to lose I'd be more willing. I think as a rule of thumb if people aren't commenting regularly on your hair loss and you're not socially classified as a baldie, stick with the big 3 and see if you can keep what you have without succumbing to the sides.

Agreed. I went on Fin and had a nasty shed within two months of starting it. I have yet to recover after 10/11 months. I wish I hadn't started it, but it's too late now.It's the same with cetrizine in that you may get results, but you may wish you hadn't tried it on the otherhand. I don't personally want to risk it, but I would if I was a norwood 5 or 6.

[Conpecia]

^ a gamble that you should avoid IMO. The loss might be some temporary TE that reverses eventually, but why take the risk? There's no evidence for this working beyond a few forum-goers making unsupported claims.

It all depends on your NW level. If you're anything under 3.5 I'd not risk it. If you're a high NW and have nothing to lose I'd be more willing. I think as a rule of thumb if people aren't commenting regularly on your hair loss and you're not socially classified as a baldie, stick with the big 3 and see if you can keep what you have without succumbing to the sides.

[Kirby_]

^ a gamble that you should avoid IMO. The loss might be some temporary TE that reverses eventually, but why take the risk? There's no evidence for this working beyond a few forum-goers making unsupported claims.

[Buster]

but I'll say the best news from this Cet experiment is that I have yet to hear of someone who's been on it over 3 months say that their hair loss got worse.

A lot of people experienced bad sheds, on ***, and on the German forum. Just read the last few pages of the thread over on ***- one of the German forum members posted on there and says he didn't get any results, and many of the others guys on the German forum had bad sheds and didn't recover. It seems like a gamble.

[Conpecia]

Over at *** forum they're still pressing on with this treatment, using a water vehicle. Apparently the Brazilians are getting into it as well. Most people have given up on it around here but it seems that progress is being made, albeit at a snail's pace. It works, but we haven't figured out the perfect dosage/vehicle. I haven't seen any groundbreaking pics, and I haven't visited the German forum in a month or so, but I'll say the best news from this Cet experiment is that I have yet to hear of someone who's been on it over 3 months say that their hair loss got worse. So there's still potential for this to have fin-like ability to stop loss in its tracks. Again, not enough data to confirm, and no news on whether it substantially thickens existing hair, but there is still hope for this whole PGD2 thing...

[hellouser]

So we saw that Cetirizine was able to grow some very small hairs in slick bald areas. But did anyone experience any regrowth in thinning areas??

[jman91]

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[Pate]

Will do. It makes sense that you'd get a big itch coming off oral cet because there would be a big inflammation rebound response.

Whether it happens with topical I guess depends on whether it's even being absorbed into the skin.

[goingquick]

Five week cet update.

I have noticed no regrowth yet, but I have noticed a big shed in my frontal scalp. I'm not sure whether this is related to cet or if it's hair loss from when I had 3 weeks off fin about 2 months ago.

Could you make note in this thread after you go off cet as to whether or not you notice an increase in itching after you quit? Cet seems to help me a lot with itching, but I've been reading about how when you go off of oral cet, the side effect is extreme itching all over the body.

I've noticed some itching on the days where I've been out all day and didn't get a chance to apply my afternoon cet application. I don't know if it's cet withdrawal or itching I would have had otherwise had I never used cet at all.

I'm thinking about just calling it quits with cet now just to avoid serious backlash that I might get from extended use.