Shampoos & Serums
Nothing on this page will hold your hairline on its own, and we would rather say that at the top than let you find out over six months. Antiandrogens do the structural work; this is the ground they work on.
For the scalp, not the hormone.
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Ketoconazole shampoo
The most evidence-backed thing in this group. An antifungal first, which is what makes it useful against the seborrhoeic dermatitis that sits underneath a lot of shedding.
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GHK-Cu
A copper peptide — skin quality and repair rather than the hormone signal reaching the follicle. The evidence is thinner and mostly in vitro.
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Serums
For tolerance and comfort. A routine that is uncomfortable gets abandoned in week five, and a treatment you abandon has an efficacy of zero.
Get the first thing right first.
If you want ours: get one antiandrogen right first. Add the shampoo. Consider the rest when the first two are boring and automatic.
Made in the EU. Two to five working days, no customs.
What else the lab makes.
RU58841 Topical Solution
Occupies the androgen receptor so DHT cannot deliver its signal to the follicle.
This is the cause, not the symptom. On its own it will not push a dormant follicle back into growth.
Pyrilutamide 0.5% (KX-826)
A newer topical androgen-receptor antagonist. Different molecule, same target as RU-58841.
For people who do not tolerate RU. Run one blocker or the other, not both.
CB-03-01 2.5/5% (Clascoterone)
Blocks the androgen receptor at the follicle, then breaks down in the skin into an inactive form.
The only one here that finished phase 3. Clascoterone sold much cheaper elsewhere is usually weaker than the label says.
Minoxidil 5%
Extends the growth phase so follicles stay active longer. It does nothing to the hormone driving the loss.
Pairs with a blocker, never replaces one. Stop it and the growth it borrowed goes back.
Ketoconazole Shampoo
An antifungal wash that handles the flaking and irritation sitting underneath a lot of shedding.
Two or three washes a week, alongside a blocker. It is not a blocker itself.
GHK-CU Copper Peptide Spray
A copper peptide that works on the condition of the scalp itself. Not an antiandrogen; it does nothing to DHT.
For scalp quality. On its own it will not hold a receding hairline.
Natural Hair Regrowth Serum
Caffeine, rosemary and botanical oils. Scalp support, and the mildest thing in the range.
A leg of the routine, not the whole table. It does not block DHT.
