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August 1999 in “The American journal of medicine”
The transscrotal testosterone patch normalizes hormone levels in men with AIDS and weight loss but does not improve weight, body mass, or quality of life.
Finasteride is unlikely to cause a drop in testosterone; it typically increases it by preventing conversion to DHT. The testosterone level drop is likely due to timing of injections or other factors, not finasteride.
A potential treatment for hair loss that involves injecting fat into the scalp; the role of testosterone and estrogen in thinning fat tissue under the skin; research on using lard to treat androgenic alopecia, as well as PRP + ACELL/amniotic stem cell treatments; and ongoing clinical trials by doctors involved in the study.
A user plans to undergo a temporary MtF transformation to regrow hair, using estrogen, RU58841, and Dutasteride, then revert with testosterone. Many users criticize the plan, suggesting alternatives like hair transplants, and emphasize that estrogen is not a reliable solution for hair regrowth.
A user is curious why their DHT levels are not higher despite using 400mg of testosterone without finasteride, and wonders if zinc or GHK-Cu injections could be influencing this. Another user suggests that more testosterone typically leads to more DHT, but the user might be fortunate not to exceed normal DHT levels.
The conversation is about a user making a homemade topical dutasteride solution to use alongside testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) and oral dutasteride. The user aims to reduce DHT locally at the testosteroneinjection site and on the scalp.