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@Artlan from HealthBoards

Avodart is dutasteride. It's like finasteride, but stronger also also inhibits both types of 5ar.
Using it can cause libido problems (what you already have) and gyno's (bitchtits).

@dpark419,
As far as I know, the cause of diffuse hairthinning when on B5 is still unknown. It could be vitamin/mineral deficiency. The problem is that TO MUCH!!!!! users don't known that a B-complex should be taken. A B-complex is even maybe not enough, because B5 might also cause Zinc deficiency (might cause hairloss and sexual problems). Also a lot of B-complexes don't have much Biotine, so an extra biotin supplement might also be recommended.



My B5 regimen is:
-30mg OptiZinc
-2gr B5
-multivitamin
-B100-complex
-2mg biotin

Biotin is often recommended by people when people are on accutane and experience hairloss. I don't know if biotin defiency can be caused by accutane.

What Artlan haven't told yet in this topic, is that he has been off B5 for 8 months! and still hass hair problems.

He told in another topic that he has hairthinning, even on the sides of his head. This is not normal hairloss or thinning, so I would not use duta.

Maybe better to seek a specialist on hormone levels etc.

Artlan, also try to check your blood pressure.

Checking blood pressure before, during and after B5 MIGHT be recommended for everybody. Because of this posts of XGamerX:
acne.org/messageboard/vie...hp?t=16186

@Artlan,
I was thinking the same things which could be related.
But one other thing to add might be:
*B5 decreases oil production which maybe decreases pore size, which maybe makes hair thinner.
This is just a theorie which a few people are thinking.

www.hairlosshelp.com/hair.../index.cfm

The usual cause of hairloss in males is Androgenic Alopecia (AA) which is caused by high DHT hormone levels. Finasteride (for example the brand Propecia or Proscar) block some percentage of DHT, so that hair becomes better on people with AA.
People with AA often have a high oil production on their head.
Other factors of hairloss: "damage to blood vessel linings can inhibit a growth factor they ordinarily produce: endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) or nitric oxide (NO)."

So finasteride block some DHT. Sideeffects can be increased acne, gyno's (bitchtits), decreased libido.

Artlan, you have decreased libido and increased hairloss. (If correct) so if your ONLY problem is caused by a high DHT level, than is should not cause a decrease in DHT. So it's probably not only DHT or it's something else.
Also you don't have normal Mall Pattern Baldness. You have diffuse thinning, even on the sides. That doesn't sound like a high DHT level, but something else.(Ofcourse, I can be wrong about that.)

What's also strange about you, it that you have the hairproblem even 8 months after you quit with B5. In time, your body should balance itself. But 8 months sounds very long.

A megadose B5 can as far as I know cause deficiency in vitamin B's (for example Biotin) and Zinc.
A girl said that she had decreased Iron levels and hairthinning while on B5. (Low Iron levels can cause hairthinning.)

B5 might cause kidney problems. Kidney problems can raise the blood pressure. High blood pressure can cause hair problems. (www.hairlosshelp.com/foru...SGDBTABLE= )
(That's why I also told to check the your blood pressure.)

I have also experienced diffuse hairthinning (not really hairloss)(didn't noticed it on the sides) while on B5. But I'm not sure if it's caused by B5 in my case. Other factors might be:
-Androgenic Alopecia (my father is bald). This might maybe be genetically increased at that time.
-Nizoral (a shampoo which inhibits DHT a bit). Some people have bad experience with it. I started with it around the same time as B5.

I started using 5% topical Minoxidil, which I think helped a lot. If it's wasn't the Minoxidil, than it was a lower B5 level or extra vitamins which I started to take. But I think minoxidil did a lot. (If correct, Minoxidil has impact on the blood vessels in the top of the head.)

Saw Palmetto is a bit like finasteride, but it's not as well used as finasteride. SP usually has less sideeffects. Sometimes it increases libido, and sometimes decreases it. It might also cause increased acne.