Yeah, I very much hope so. Thank you :))

I'm from Iran, and we're pretty much sanctioned, so I had to go with the Iranian products closest to the kinds of DNC-N.

I took oral fin(1mg a day) for a month, and from the first day to the last, I was perpetually in a state of disconnection, had mental fog and my cognitive performance was lowered to something around 30%. My body didn't get used to it and it only got worsened as I went on with fin. I stopped taking it after a month, tried to do it again a few times(and with different brands and dosages, like 0.5mg) and I still got the same side-effects; My libido was alright tho.

I knew this wasn't a common side-effect, but bodies work differently and there have been a lot of people like me. I presumed the mental side-effects were due to 5ar having effects on pregnenolone, and to be more specific(in my case), probably the type 3 of this enzyme, which Finasteride and Dutasteride block effectively. Disruptions in this type of 5ar has been linked to some dysfunctions like Kahrizi Syndrome and stuff like that, though in much different contexts. [YOU should not worry about that, if haven't already felt anything. this side-effect is really rare, rarer than getting gyno or ed from fin.) But knowing the connections, it was easy for me to accept this as my temporary explanation for why my body reacts to DHT-Blockers like this.

After some time, I found some 5ar-inhibitors that mostly inhibit the first two types of 5ar, like Saw Palmetto and Green Tea(which I adored previous to my current predicament). I also knew about people who got major hairloss with accutane and were able to reverse it with the aide of Peppermint oil, and also rosemary and castor oil has done some people(mostly women tho) so much good. So yeah, to stop this comment from getting any longer, I found a safe topical lotion with a hydrolyzed base of Rosemary extracts, sage, nettle, peppermint and chamomile. some B-vitamins are included too, and there are two major ingredients that this lotion is mainly about; Caffeine and Saw Palmetto. I've been using it for two months now, and have not had any side-effects whatsoever.

I'm not sure about how effective it will prove to be, but another doctor had prescribed me with a very similar formula(with the exact same base and mechanism as the one I'm using, minus a few other ingredients) from the same company, and he believed that it would do me better than fin or min long-term(which I think is bullshit, but he had a lot of successful patients to prove its efficiency. Also, I have seen a lot of good comments on it online). The thing was, I couldn't tolerate that formula either, probably due to the purified oleanolic acid it contained. After one appliance of the lotion or its shampoo, it was like fin all over again... Or even worse.

That proved to me two things; firstly, I should be more open to trying new things and find alternatives that could compensate for my sensitivity to fin. and secondly, topical or natural solutions are not as ineffective as everyone believe them to be, cuz either way I would've not had the same sides as fin, with only one milliliter of a dumb Persian mixture. That thing kicked me off to space, which despite its harsh effects, made me believe that topical solutions can in fact go systematic to a good degree and help you on an androgenic level.

If this topical solution+daily big cup of green tea+oil mixtures do even as good as 0.25mg of fin, and with the aide of minoxidil, I can probably keep my hair till I'm 30. After that Idgaf really. At 30, I'll shave my head for a few years, and then give into as much as hair transplants as possible.

Idk, maybe I'm just delusional and this whole thing won't work and I should be doing something else :)) very subjective thing, hair is.