In my view, why use propecia, which f*cks with your hormones, when you might be able to get results with just Rogaine + a dermaroller? I would at least try that combo for 9 months, or hair transplant surgery, and then just use propecia as a last-ditch try if you are very desperate (which you shouldn't be), given the potential side effects.
Even if there is only a 1% chance your libido will suffer after Propecia, do you want to risk it?
Even if there is only a 1% chance your libido will suffer after Propecia, do you want to risk it?
Quote: (10-18-2017 01:38 PM)little wing Wrote:
Quote: (10-18-2017 07:54 AM)Gopnik Wrote:
@littlewing how long did you take it for?
I've been on finasteride for almost 3 months now and so far so good.
No significant side effects (zero loss of libido etc.) and hair loss seems to have stabilised, although it's hard to tell as I keep my hair quite short.
My brother has been on it for over 2 years now and he's also doing ok.
I'll post an update in a couple of months if anything changes but I don't think it's as bad as people might think.
I totally agree that it's not worth losing your libido in exchange of your hair and men should definitely keep an eye for side effects.
However, there's millions of men that have tried it and a lot of them have succesfully stopped or stabilised their hairloss so I wouldn't completely rule it out.
Used it for 1 week, only had very mild sides while on it(watery ejaculate, that's all).
Was fine after stopping but then a few months later I started getting symptoms of androgen deprivation. The kind of symptoms males get when they start therapy to become females.
I don't want to go into too much detail about my side effects and make you paranoid but it were physical, genital and mental/cognitive changes that I could observe that seemed to line up right with the side effects reported by other users who experienced them AFTER quitting the drug(also I had the same experience as fortysix who posted below me).
I have had blood tests and my testosterone is above the reference range for males my age and my estrogen is super low, basically what you want as a male. I also eat healthy, lift multiple times a week, take Vitamin D/zinc/magnesium etc. so It's not due to my lifestyle. My diet and lifestyle before taking propecia were a lot worse than now, still I was feeling much better sexually and mentally, I also looked more attractive imho.
I took a stupid gamble with my health and now I'm paying the price. I have to live with that decision probably for the rest of my life. Looking back I wish I would not have taken it but alas, all I can do is keep moving forward and make the most out of it. Looking back my hair loss was definitely not that bad, I was just very worried about it progressing and everywhere I looked people advised to take finasteride. Now I have a thick, luscious head of hair but honestly I'd rather have a buzz cut with a receded hairline and my health back