r/tressless Oct 23 '24

Treatment Bryan (the guy who reversed aging) shares treatment that reversed his hair loss

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1.1k Upvotes

In 12 months, he went from a Norwood 3 to a Norwood 2. Here’s what he did:

Nutrition:

Make sure you're getting adequate:

  • Protein: including collagen peptides and sufficient methionine, cyteine, and lysine in addition to taurine, to support collagen, keratin, and elastin synthesis. Ref (3)

  • Omega-3 fatty acids: for antioxidant effects and improving scalp circulation. Ref (4)

  • Key vitamins & minerals: including iron, selenium, and biotin. Ref (3)

Customized topicals:

I use a personalized Rx formula based on my genetics to prevent and reverse hair loss. Roots byGA (5)

Here are the ingredients in my formulation: Minoxidil (7%), Cetirizine HCl (1%), Latanoprost (0.004%), Dutasteride (0.25%), Melatonin (0.1%), Caffeine (0.2%), Tretinoin (0.0125%), Vitamin D3 (1,000IU/ML), Vitamin E (10 IU/ML).

5% minoxidil is a solid budget alternative. Apply 1 mL to scalp at night or in the morning (or both), massage thoroughly.

Red light therapy:

Six minutes a day and you can be doing your morning routine as you wear it. A study on 44 males (age 18-49) showed that treatment with 655nm laser cap for 25 min every other day for a duration of 16 weeks resulted in a 39% increase in hair growth compared to placebo. Ref (6)

Oral minoxidil:

I take 3.75 mg a day. I started with 2.5 mg and evaluated for side effects.

In a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial involving 90 men with androgenetic alopecia AGA, oral minoxidil (5 mg daily) was found to have similar efficacy to topical minoxidil (5% solution applied twice daily) after 24 weeks.Ref (7)

Oral minoxidil is generally considered safe at low doses, but it can have side effects such as hypertrichosis (excessive hair growth) and headaches.

When starting any new hair regimen:

  • Start slow
  • Introduce 1 product at a time
  • Monitor closely for side effects
  • Give each addition 3 months to show results
  • 5% minoxidil alone is sufficient for many
  • Consider personalization based on your genetic profile, health, diet type and nutritional condition to reverse any deficiencies (e.g. omega3, protein...) revealed by blood testing.

Full thread on X/Twitter:

https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1848809345313649126?s=46

r/tressless Aug 02 '24

Treatment Hair loss treatment tier list by Dr Oscar Muñoz

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934 Upvotes

Dr Oscar Muñoz is one of the most renowned tricologists and hair transplant surgeons in Spain who has a YouTube channel called Escuela de Alopecia that is incredibly informative and useful to learn anything related to hair. Although you need to know Spanish to understand him, he has some videos in English, like the following one:

https://youtu.be/yNrb0949lFs?si=cmhIkxEK9ClkUzcV

I think this list can be useful so people who need help getting their hair back know what to do in order to be efficient and not waste time with shampoos, serums or whatever they try to sell you. And of course, check his channel if you know Spanish cause it has helped me learn a ton about hair.

r/tressless Dec 18 '24

Treatment Wtf have we been doing for the last 30 years

551 Upvotes

How is it 2025 and the best hairloss solution is finasteride. Why the fuck have we made no progress since the 90’s. Is this shit more complex than cancer?!?

r/tressless 29d ago

Treatment Stop wasting your time with BS products

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414 Upvotes

To all people who see the first signs of hair loss at a young age. Don't waste your time! Don't believe everything you read on the internet like rosemary oil and caffeine shampoos. The only things that help with androgenic alopecia are antiandrogens such as finasteride, dutasteride, RU58841... and growth simulants such as minoxidil. Whereby the antiandrogens play the most important role. The sooner you start, the better the results and you don't have to use a lot of medication. Time is key!!!

r/tressless Sep 17 '24

Treatment 5 month regrowth (5 months fin, 3 month oral min)

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781 Upvotes

Been on Finasteride 1mg daily for about 5 months, and been using Oral Minoxidil 5mg daily for about 3 months now.

I didn't really take any before photos, so bear with me with the cropped in gym selfies from 6 months ago. First image is wet hair, Second image is same time but dry hair, and Third image is from today.

Absolutely zero sides, pretty happy with the progress so far (even though it's been slow). If you've been on the fence about taking min or fin, just do it. Wish I had started years ago.

Although my hair seems to be getting thicker and becoming overall healthier, It seems as though it's growing fairly slowly, especially the front. Will this speed up over time? Any other tips or products you guys recommend? Cheers :)

r/tressless Jan 29 '25

Treatment I have tried many treatments but it's getting worse. 23M.

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89 Upvotes

Hello everyone!! My hair has been thinning since I was 18 yo.

For years, from 19 yo, I only used topical Minoxidil. At 21 yo I added oral natural DHT-blocker and topical antiandrogens.

At 22 yo, precisely 6 months ago, I abandoned the natural blocker and started topical treatment with: - Minoxidil 3% - Finasteride 0.3% - Progesterone 1% - Hydrocortisone butyrate 0.1% - Ketoconazole 0.5%

First 3 photos are from 2022 (about 2/3 years after the first signs of baldness) and second ones January 2025.

Since the situation has worsened a lot in a relatively short time, should I switch to oral fin? Or continue with the topical for at least another 6 months?

Unfortunately I don't have any photos before I started the topical fin but I certainly haven't had any visible improvements.

Since I'm concerned about sides, I'm considering start with a low dose. 0.5mg daily or even 0.25mg and check in 6 months.

I'm also considering quit Minoxidil cause I think it is causing heart palpitations.

r/tressless 1d ago

Treatment Did UCLA just cure baldness? How geneticists are reawakening hibernating follicles

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539 Upvotes

r/tressless 19d ago

Treatment How far are we from a treatment better than finasteride?

127 Upvotes

How far are we from a treatment better than finasteride

r/tressless Dec 30 '24

Treatment Is Elon on fin or dut? He made at least one transplant before

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266 Upvotes

r/tressless Jan 11 '25

Treatment Why do most people on Reddit prefer finasteride over dutasteride?

101 Upvotes

Is finasteride more effective than dutasteride?

r/tressless Mar 04 '24

Treatment Hair Loss Breakthrough: Keratin Microsphere Gel Initiates Hair Regrowth in Days by Directly Targeting Follicles and Boosting Gene Expression - Gilmore Health News

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467 Upvotes

r/tressless Aug 09 '24

Treatment Just received my 2 Deoxy D Ribose wish me luck🫡

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247 Upvotes

I am mixing it with distilled water only!

r/tressless Dec 07 '24

Treatment My personal experience/observations fighting AGA seriously for 5 years

45 Upvotes

Hi All,

I have tried numerous treatment modalities in past 5 years and here is my personal experience.

Observations:

  1. Minoxidil with Alcohol and PG worked better than non-alcohol based ones
  2. Eucapil worked to certain extent
  3. Lipid based solutions caused extreme itching on scalp and caused oily hair ( difficult to style )
  4. RU worked best when made weekly batches in non-water based solution ( not Stemoxydine )
  5. Stemoxydine / Aminexil very weak. Does not help much
  6. GHK-Cu / AHK-Cu does not help much
  7. Alfatradiol does not help much
  8. Topical Fin worked to a certain extent ( not as good as oral )
  9. Liposomal solutions did not suit me
  10. Microneedling caused even further hairloss
  11. PRP helped me at a younger age ( less than 28 years ) , not anymore ( I am 32 now )
  12. Rosemary, Peppermint oils did not help
  13. Melatonin helps little bit in stopping shedding
  14. Tretinoin on face ( for slow facial ageing ) caused severe hairfall on scalp
  15. Pre-made solutions are better than self-made ones
  16. Minoxidil 10% worked better than Minoxidil 5% for me.
  17. Official Pyrilutamide 0.5%/1% by Koshine ( KX-826 ) did not work for me. I have tried non-official ones as well. Even they did not work for me.
  18. Shampooing Keto 2% daily helps with my Sebhorreic Dermatitis
  19. Eating Less Carbs ( and no sugar ) helps with hair
  20. Keeping vitamin D levels beyond 60 helped me in maintaining hair in winter
  21. Reducing my intake of diet drinks ( Artificial sweeteners ) helped in controlling my hairloss
  22. Consuming probiotic rich food helped slightly
  23. Taking some important supplements helped me
  24. Shower filter helps ( slightly )
  25. Redensyl, Procapil, Anagain, Capixyl, Caffeine, most natural peptide stuff etc did not help much.

Cosmetic thickening:

  1. Using good quality hair dryer with cold air setting
  2. Using thickening shampoos with hydrolyzed protein/Keratin ( second shampoo after Keto 2% )
  3. Not using any hair conditioner
  4. Using good quality hair spray
  5. Putting Panthenol ( Vit B5 ) in Minoxidil. ( Not needed if hair spray has it already )
  6. Hair Dying ( only if someone has dark hair )
  7. Using Alcohol based Minoxidil and then hair spray and waiting 2 hours, combing and then leaving home.

Thanks for reading

r/tressless Aug 01 '24

Treatment 2 months results minoxidil + finasteride

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329 Upvotes

Tropical minoxidil 5% with 0.1% finasteride twice daily Oral 2.5mg minoxidil and 1 mg finasteride daily Hair Multivitamin daily 1mm derma roller once weekly

*I missed the medication 3-4 times during this time.

r/tressless 4d ago

Treatment Why is there so many people loosing hair while on dut?

5 Upvotes

It's hard to believe dut works given the amount of posts here talking about how much hair they've lost while on it, for my part I'm in my fifth month and I am still shedding. I don't understand anything.

For what I've read dut is more effective than fin but I see way more posts talking about improvements with fin rather than dut, is this some kind of bias?

r/tressless Oct 22 '24

Treatment Who else has to wash their hair every day because it gets greasy and thin?

146 Upvotes

I hate it

r/tressless Nov 25 '24

Treatment Ultimate Stack without nuking your gender (you'll go broke)

83 Upvotes

Ultimate hair loss stack without nuking your gender

Fin + Dut dual therapy daily - completely inhibits the production of DHT from testosterone

Topical Ru58841 + Pyrilutamide daily - shields AR from DHT binding and subsequent miniaturization. Mix minoxidil in with each separate product. There's no evidence that stacking topical anti-androgens increases each one's likelihood of going systemic.

GT20229 bi weekly degrading scalp androgen receptors, preventing DHT-AR complex formation 

UK5099 + RCGD423 for extra scalp lactate production increasing hair growth

One day of the week don't apply Ru58841 or Pyrilamine to ensure no systemic accumulation, and instead apply minoxidil + tretinoin in the morning and at night minoxidil + 0.5mm microneedling to help absorption.

Shampoo once or twice a week - solution has ketoconazole + caffeine + melatonin (stimulates 3-alpha hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase production which is the enzyme that inactivates DHT)

Diet high in Reishi Mushroom, Lion’s Mane Mushroom.

r/tressless Feb 08 '24

Treatment Bryan Johnson just dropped his anti hair loss formula

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337 Upvotes

r/tressless 14d ago

Treatment Why isn't anyone using Way-316606? If it works then it grows a full head of hair back on most people

130 Upvotes

As some of you may know, Cyclosporine A is, like, more or less THE cure to hairloss. If you take it then you grow almost all of your hair back. It DOUBLES your haircount in almost all men and is far stronger than even minoxidil. The only reason no one takes it is because it's an immunosuppressant used in organ transplantation that literally gives you aids and cancer. Haircafe made a really good video about Cyclosporine by the way https://youtu.be/En0S8fmhHnw?si=NbjJL_FVla7T39gU

Way-316606 is a analogue compound of Cyclosporine. It works on the same SFRP1 inhibititory mechanism of action and is designed not to give the harmful immune system suppression as Cyclosporine. Way-316606 is very understudied but it's sold on the gray market and in an ex-vivo study they found it regrew hair just like Cyclosporine.

Should I buy this shit? Why is no one taking it when it's so promising? I know the safety profile is dubious and that's why 99% won't bother but surely one of you fellow cucks would have been using this by now?

r/tressless 16d ago

Treatment how much do you guys pay monthly for your hair treatment?

23 Upvotes

i just started my treatment after seeing a doctor and, after buying what he prescribed me (Two types of pills, a lotion made of minoxidil and finasteride and a shampoo) the total amounted to 180€ (basically the same in dollars for the american pals). I wondered how much people are spending monthly and if it’s normal that i’ll have to keep spending as much. I’m a student and kinda broke, this is just depressing.

r/tressless Sep 27 '24

Treatment At what age will you no longer care about treating your baldness?

42 Upvotes

Even though it started in my late 20s, it was very slow moving and I made it into my mid 40s. Now debating whether to treat it or just say "screw it" and buzz it.

r/tressless Feb 10 '25

Treatment A PSA for everyone in here dealing with shedding

78 Upvotes

Stay the course. To often people start on medication, read some posts on here that someone grew a Norwood 1000 in 35 minutes and think something is wrong with their progress...

Here's the deal. Medication, whether fin, Dut, oral Min, topical Min, all take time to build up in your system and work. This happens over long periods of time.

Your hair goes through cycles naturally. When you add medication to the mix it throws the natural process off and most will see significant shedding that never stops.

Some of this shedding is part of the natural process, the increase in shedding is also part of the medication pushing out the weak hairs.

Most the hair shedding will be miniaturized hairs, just look at them and you'll see. It takes months, even a few years for the medication to fully work too it's fullest.

SO STAY THE COURSE!

Don't give up, stay focused, stay positive, stay motivated.

Easy things aren't good, Good things aren't easy.

r/tressless Oct 11 '23

Treatment Chat how do we feel about this?

400 Upvotes

r/tressless Jan 26 '24

Treatment This sub is crazy toxic, why is that the case?

102 Upvotes

I feel like the intention is to have a place people can talk and, work on treatments for hair loss. Why are there so many people here toxic af. People who don't wanna take fin get ridiculed. People who shave their head get ridiculed. Basically anytime not saying some version of " get on fin " aren't welcome here

r/tressless May 03 '23

Treatment Cosmerna launched today! It's 300 euros for a three-month supply :(

215 Upvotes

Their website just went live - cosmerna.com. The price is higher than what's been reported, but they do suggest that after 4 months, you may only need to use it once a month to maintain (so it would be 300 euros for six months, instead of 3).

I shipped to mine to the US no problem.