- If MPB is not about blood flow and DHT blocking blood flow causing hair loss, then what the hell is Minoxidil for? Isn’t it a vasodilator, which has to do with blood flow?
- Regarding DHT…if I’m taking Propecia and/or Saw Palmetto, and DHT is essential for men and to differentiate between men and women, by blocking DHT will this cause me to have more feminine characteristics? Also, I’ve read DHT may (emphasis) affect facial and body hair growth if taken at a young age (I’m 20), but will it affect height growth, muscle growth (bodybuilding), or any other hormone related things?
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- A side effect of minoxidil is that it causes hair growth. When the drug was originally released, it was an oral antihypertensive drug that did not work well, but they noticed that women grew mustaches and beards from systemic use. The connection between being a vasodilator has nothing to do with its hair growth side effect.
- Blocking DHT will not make you more feminine. Propecia will not make you feminine. You are asking questions about your medication management and I can not take those questions on without being your doctor. Discuss these with your prescribing physician.
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sir,i am citizen of india, you have said that, can take minoxidil for growing of body hair. but in india from where am i bought it? can i take it from any medicine shop? but i kwon that maximum shop generally dont have this. so, u pls suggest that from where am i bought it? pls response.
Blocking DHT could theoretically increase the body’s sensitivity to estradiol, as DHT opposes estradiol & estrogenic activity. One side effect noted for finasteride (though I’m not sure at which dose- the 1mg Propecia dose or 5 mg Proscar dose) is gynecomastia.
DHT does not tend to relate to muscle growth, though it is associated with neurological strength. If you block DHT production, your guess is as good as mine as to what could happen from a bodybuilding perspective.
Blocking DHT production can affect other hormone related issues. Since testosterone can be converted to estradiol via the aromatase enzyme or DHT via the 5 alpha reductase enzymes, what do you think will happen when you block one of the two possible outcomes?
Blocking one or both of the 5 alpha reductase enzymes can prevent masculinization of developing males (consider those boys in the Dominican Republic who have 5 alpha reductase deficiency), but it will not totally reverse masculinization of a post-pubertal male.
I’m not a doctor & can’t give medical advice. You should talk to your doctors (multiple, if possible) in light of clinical studies & case studies about DHT.