Beginners regimen - too complicated? (CS - please help!)

Firstly, thank you for taking the time to check this out!

This is the regimen I'm thinking of beginning.

Internal:
Finastride 1.25mg every day
Omega 3 every day. Apparently it’s indirectly related to hair by helping with the nitric oxide synthesis and TNF-a down regulation.
L-Arginine 5 ml (combined with L-Lysine). Helps blood flow and triggers the release of NO, a lack of NO is one of the culprits behind hair loss.
L-Lysine, 5 ml (combined with L-Arginine) every day - Basically same as above. I’m not sure if I read this, but does L-Lysine work against L-Arginine. Can someone please clear this up for me?
Niacin 150mg every day.
MSM 5ml, every day: One of the main components of hair and the third most common component in the human body. Studies have shown that MSM increases hair thickness and colour.
Tadalafil 20mg every third day: I’ve heard this could be risky, but it does increase the vascular size and this helping blood flow. Can someone warn me off this?
R-ALA 300mg (alpha-lipoic acid) every day. Helps with liver.
Mutli-vitamin: Just to give overall health benefits. Can someone please recommend a good one?
Vitamin C 1000mg every day: Apparently it helps the MSM to function properly.
Then there is the top 6:
One capsule of Curcumin 95 with a large meal every day.
Ecklonia cava extract, 400 mg morning and evening
1000 mg of Krill oil once a day.
100 mg of Acetyl L-Carnitine three times daily
Vitamin D3 and K2 once per day
5000 (or 5) mg of Biotin a day.

Topical:
Green tea extract everyday: TGF-B inhibitor (protein that controls cell growth – I was told that sometimes your cells can grown so condensed that they stop allowing hair to grow, as it suffocates the hair.
A Caffeine solution – meant to inhibit DHT well, while inhibiting EGF. Not too sure how to do this though. Maybe this?
http://www.amazon.com/Bath-Buzz-CaffeinatedLotion/dp/B000V7B8QW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1210894063&sr=8-1

I’ve been warned not to take the caffeine solution, (or the tea for that matter) since my hair loss is still at an early stage. I’m 22 with early signs of hair loss (receding hairline in the typical M pattern, and slight loss on the crown, but getting worse). I’ve been taking Proscar for about 3 months now, and hoping to see some effects coming through in the next 2-3 months. I just want to hold onto my hair now, while I’m young. Beyond thirty doesn’t really bother me, but I want to enjoy my youth now (travelling, meeting new people etc) without having to worry about my appearance all the time.

I’m also changing my diet, but I’m not too sure where to begin. I’ve read a whole bunch of CS’s posts, and its all a bit daunting. Information such as saturated fats are good for you, but others bad has my head in a spin. Is there anyone who can suggest a diet I can ease myself into? Such as giving up dairy products, or simply cooking with coconut oil?

CS, will the above supplements go some way into fixing my hair loss, and do any clash, or have hindering effects on others? I also want to get healthy, so I’m assuming all these nutrients will help. I have fairly bad dark patches under my eyes, which I wouldn’t mind getting rid off. I’m fairly fit (run plus gym three times a week) and only ever eat fast food maybe once every 2-3 weeks.

Also, as a side note, I know many of you don’t like seeing Finastride in there, but I’ve been taking it for just too long too stop now. Still some of CS”s comments scare the bejesus out of me!

Thanks so much guys. A lot of research has gone into this, and I would like your insight into all this before I drop hundreds of dollars on the supplements!

Oh and Iodine?

Erm, to be honest man the best advice I personally can give is to make sure you outline if there is anything specifically which might be triggering your hair loss particularly, and targeting that.

For example, in my case I got too stressed, probably threw my thyroid off, ate too much junky food, and have also stopped masturbation lol

My theory for myself is that if I can perfect my cortisol (lower drastically), insulin (lower), testosterone (lift) and estrogen (lower) levels, and reduce inflammation, oh, and encourage my thyroid to recover from being thrown off (probably mainly by cortisol), then everything else might fix itself, you know? I mean maybe in your case there are no obvious triggers, in which case yes a more general, and potent unfortunately, approach might be needed. Gluten can also be a trigger, and particular food sensitivities. Stress and excessive sexual activity are HUGE triggers, it seems.

Of course, as everyone's follicles vary in their sensitivity, this is what makes one of the biggest differences.

If you have no discernible triggers (including not believe you have low thyroid or after having corrected it) then I believe the best course of action is lowering DHT, inflammation, insulin, estrogen and sebum, and maintaining good, healthy testosterone levels (which shouldn't be too difficult at 22!) and reasonable SHBG levels.

Overall your regimen seems pretty good but obviously very large! I mean there are things I'm learning from it too! heh

The thing about nitric oxide, for example! Good thing I stocked up on the Omega 3 eh? hehe ^_^

Just yes, IMO, examine obvious triggers first, go for a more general approach later!


Hoppi

Team Catfish - It can be simple, would drop all the drugs and just take the
the basic regimen.

After that, then you can evaluation your progress in some months and focus on other details if necessary, such as iodine.

On diet, in the beginning just try to avoid the basic bad foods, which include pasteurized milk, and excessive consumption of refined sugars and cereal grains.

Would forget about the caffeine topically.

You really do not need the arginine at all, in fact would recommend against it.

Omega-3 is optional since you're taking krill which is superior to standard fish oil.

On multi-vitamin, would take either Brewer's yeast or Spirulina (these are natural forms, not synthetic isolates vitamins).

Thanks a lot CS and Hoppi!

If I was to begin with the basic regimen, including Iodine - should I begin with 50mg (or is it 50ug)?

I just attempted to purchase Acetyl L-Carnitine online, but the resulting price was going to end up being ~$60 just to ship to Australia.

Managed to get the rest of the top 6 though! Wish me luck.

Team Catfish - 50 mg (milligrams), not the micrograms.