GOD NO!!!! Hairdx response test came back
I tested "negative" for the short allele CAG>22
I have a CAG allele of 27
according to their literature i have a "70% change of only a SLIGHT response to finisteride"
its one worst thing after another in my life. First I lose my job, now this sh**
Hair DX test results are damn near meaningless
I've posted this in a thread before, but don't get too worked up about the results. I got mine done last year, I was positive for the short allele and my CAG score was 19. After a year of propecia and over a year of varied amounts of avodart (.5mg up to 2.5mg per day), guess what? Nothing worked. My hair loss has continued at an extremely fast rate and I'm down to minimal coverage in the crown. Actually you can see through what's left of my hair now, my scalp is just not totally barren. Still, DX test results suggest that those medications would have a great effect on me. I quote, "A man that tested positive for the "SHORT" CAG allele of the AR gene had approximately a 70% chance of great response (ie. hair re-growth) using 1 mg daily dosage of Finasteride for 48 weeks."
As I wrote before, it's a waste of money. Maybe they do indicate whether or not your receptors react well with decreased dht, however if you have 10 receptors per follicle vs. 1 receptor, it's still going to be too much for any dht inhibitor to counter. That's just one other factor that the DX test does not account for.