Epitestosterone, premature balding, and "male PCOS"
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@insufferable That study theorizes that epitestosterone converting to epiDHT is what prevents hair loss. EpiDHT takes the seat of DHT in the hair follicle, thus preventing DHT from getting in and doing its thing.
There are two more studies in this series, which don't have quite as nice and clear results. I'll post them soon.
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@insufferable it was designed as a potassium sparing drug for high blood pressure, edema, pcos, heart failure and excess aldosterone. If I remember correctly, it's an anti-androgen
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@insufferable this is quite interesting.
EpiT is 5AR inhibitor. I wonder how useful it would be in taking if it could be acquired. Is it known to inhibit hpg axis?
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@risingfire I would imagine not. Most pharmaceutical anti-androgens (at least those that block the androgen receptor itself - for example bicalutamide) actually increase levels of circulating androgens because the hypothalamus androgen receptors are also "blocked" and as such the hypothalamus "thinks" that there are no androgens in serum.
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@saturnuscv thank you
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Supposedly you can increase epitestosterone by topically applying 7-keto-DHEA. I doubt applying it to the scalp would do anything, but if I can get the 7-keto-DHEA to dissolve, I'll put some on my scalp and on my navel/stomach and see what happens.
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@Gaston do keep us updated on that. I want to try 7kDHEA but I don’t want to make anything worse.
My hair is not too bad at the moment but since stopping progesterone I have been shedding more than usual. I’m close to just giving up on exogenous steroids and thyroid+cholesterol+bloomaxxing because every time I introduce some kind to steroid it either greatly aggravates shedding (Pansterone) or makes me feel and look like shite (Cortinon)
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Thanks for those papers! 57% of those who are already bald by age 45 have metabolic syndrome compared to 14% of non-bald 43 year olds. That's an impressive result.
@Gaston said in Epitestosterone, premature balding, and "male PCOS":
Supposedly you can increase epitestosterone by topically applying 7-keto-DHEA. I doubt applying it to the scalp would do anything, but if I can get the 7-keto-DHEA to dissolve, I'll put some on my scalp and on my navel/stomach and see what happens.
Interesting! Where did you find that out? I couldn't find anything about it.
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https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/CCLM.2005.038/html
I came across it in one of Hans' articles.
https://testonation.com/2022/01/17/7-keto-dhea-what-you-need-to-know-fat-loss-thyroid-androgens-etc/
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@Gaston Awesome, thank you! That's the first place I've seen any mention of an epiT increase.
~12% testosterone decrease, ~80% epitestosterone increase.
I know nothing about 7-keto-DHEA. Do you have any idea why it would do that?
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@insufferable
I can't say that I understand the mechanism, no. But that's not going to stop me from recklessly experimenting! -
@Gaston You might be on to something.
I remember when taking 7ketoDHEA my hairloss was decreased. It is pretty safe to experiment with.it is not water soluble though.
"7 Keto DHEA (Dehydroepiandrosterone) is a white crystalline powder. It is very soluble in warm methanol, soluble in ethanol, and not soluble in water. Micronized so that 90% of particles are less than 20 μm."
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I am going to try to dissolve a few mg of 7ketoDHEA in alcohol and apply it to my scalp.
Dare to think.
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The whole section under anti-andrigenic activity really doesnt sound good...
But if it is only locally in the scalp, it might be ok.
The difference of epitestosterone in the scalp between balding and non-balding fasthers is huge. Non-balding fathers have an almost 6 times lower Testosterone/ epitestosterone ratio in the scalp.
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This is how I attempted to dissolve the powder:
7-Keto-DHEA
300mg powder
1/2 oz. dropper bottle
~15% isopropyl myristate (I don't think this is necessary, but I had some left over from dissolving DHEA powder)
~80% ethanol
(~5% powder)
~300 drops
~1mg per dropIt didn't fully dissolve, but that's because there are excipients in the capsule like silicon dioxide and magnesium stearate. I don't think that there exists a commercially available source of pure 7-Keto-DHEA powder.
When I apply 10mg to my navel I get sleepy as heck, but that could also be because I'm laying down when I do it lol
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@Gaston it’s anti-cortisol and doesn’t supply a substrate to make estrogen so feeling sleepy is not unusual.
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@insufferable and how to cure PCOS?
Inositol??
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it won't work topically??
Effects of transdermal application of 7-oxo-DHEA on the levels of steroid hormones, gonadotropins and lipids in healthy men.
Sulcová J1, Hill M, Masek Z, Ceska R, Novácek A, Hampl R, Stárka L.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11300231 -
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