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    Default Has Anybody Used PGD2 Blockers for 4+ Months and KEPT Balding??

    PGD2 blockers (Indo/Chromo, Cetirizine, Ramotroban, etc.) might actually stop baldness in its tracks, but it seems like nobody stays on them long enough because if you're using a PGD2 blocker you're probably looking for regrowth, which it does not really provide, as far as I know. All I've heard from the forums is that PGD2 blockers have successfully stopped the shedding of the people who use them.

    Has ANYBODY out there been using a PGD2 blocker for 4+ months, only to realize that your hair is still shedding badly?

    We really need documentation on this; I think we may be overlooking a great alternative to propecia, dutasteride, and other DHT blockers that bring about serious side effects...

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    People are just not taking their experimentation seriously

    Very few take pics, and quite frankly, I doubt the validity of the claims that "it stopped the shedding", shedding is an awfully difficult thing to document

    Some have even claimed that their hair is "thicker" in as little as two week, that is impossible unless their hair grew several inches in that period, and months after they claimed that, they still can't present evidence

    What we need is a controlled study, not armchair scientists claims. I agree that PGD2 seems promising, but people are not taking it seriously

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    bigentries; Agree.

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    Been on Cet for 7 months or so, no shedding whatsoever.

    So......no.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chromeo View Post
    Been on Cet for 7 months or so, no shedding whatsoever.

    So......no.
    thanks chromeo. exactly what i'm getting at. i think this stuff stops hairloss but nobody is aggregating data. we should do it here.

    everyone who's on a pgd2 blocker and reads this, please let us know if your shedding has stopped...

    anyone with before and after photos over a longterm period (at least 6 months), here's the place to show them off...

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    I'm gonna bite the bullet and purchase either ramatroban or indo/chromo combo from iron dragon. In addition I'll be using rogaine foam 5 percent. I will document the results for the rest of 2013. Right now I'm still shedding regularly and experiencing no regrowth from rogaine foam. Hopefully the pgd2 blockers will stop inflammation and allow the minox to do its job better, but as long as the loss stops I'll be quite content with that...

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    Remember to take pictures, Con.

    Baseline, front, middle, back.

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    They say you need to take fin for a year before judging....same should apply to this stuff.

    Maybe someone can mail Garza or Cotsarelis to check we're not chasing windmills. Not that they'd answer, but it's worth a shot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by clandestine View Post
    Remember to take pictures, Con.

    Baseline, front, middle, back.
    I will, but honestly pictures get dismissed just as easily as statements. You guys know me, I've been honest about everything I've ever tried, so hopefully that will count for something in addition to the photos.

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    Photographic evidence, when taken under similar conditions (lighting, time of day, hair length, and angle) are infinitesimally more solid than a claim made by a member.

    But yeah, as KO said, it'd be a year before we knew anything much. Such is the problem.

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