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A reader asks...

One thing I'm curious about. The aldactone. I've been at this process for so long and no one has ever mentioned the benefits and I surely need relief from a hairy body. Is there any way these pills can be gotten except by prescription? Please advise.

Melanie replies...

I don't recommend taking anything without prescription. As for Aldactone, I don't recommend it at all. I took it for about six months and feel that it permanently dried out my body. The effect was most noticable in the skin, which began to look "oldish". Spiroaldactone is a diuretic used for high blood pressure. Potential body hair loss is a side effect, but the primary effect is still working. I had minor relief from body hair (nothing major) but the side effects were enough to make me stop taking it, though I think the bad effects lingered.

Melanie

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