9 Years On Finasteride (more Words For The Title)

[Nextjohns]

nice site revamp.. I think.

9 years on finasteride now. I think it's maintained my hair pretty well - fingers crossed (don't want to jinx it)

Best thing to do is just pop the pill every day and forget about it - get on with your life and stop worrying about side effects, since it can become a self-fulfilling propechy

unfortunately I've had to get a new GP and she is clueless about male pattern baldness so I may have a battle on my hands getting the b*tch to prescribe me the generic. Why can't GPs be more educated about these things?

9 years? Good god, your face must be wasted.

 

[Quantum Cat]

9 years? Good god, your face must be wasted.

my face looks better than ever. I regularly get mistaken for someone 5-10 years younger

 

[Quantum Cat]

It does affect all the parameters except for morphology.

so no problem with concieving then?

 

[mdmnota]

Can you buy it over internet?

 

[michel sapin]

propecia maitained your crown ? thx

 

[Quantum Cat]

Can you buy it over internet?

probably but I wouldn't unless it's from a legitimate source

propecia maitained your crown ? thx

seems to have

 

[davesmith420]

I asked on the first page; do you ever go through random sheds?

 

[dr75]

so no problem with concieving then?

Probably not. But it affects a subset of men to a greater extent, if you are one of those guys whose spermatogenesis is very sensitive to DHT then you can have problems concieving. The majority of men on finasteride do not have problems with spermatogenesis.

 

[Quantum Cat]

I asked on the first page; do you ever go through random sheds?

I don't think so

 

[Quantum Cat]

Probably not. But it affects a subset of men to a greater extent, if you are one of those guys whose spermatogenesis is very sensitive to DHT then you can have problems concieving. The majority of men on finasteride do not have problems with spermatogenesis.

what about potential foetal damage to the baby, or is that just an urban myth?

 

[WMQ]

how many hairs do you shed daily on finasteride?

just curious

 

[dr75]

what about potential foetal damage to the baby, or is that just an urban myth?

Although there is no human study proving paternal finasteride usage causing harm to the offspring, there are studies on rats that clearly show impaired spermatogenesis in male offsprings of finasteride-treated male rats. This is probably a species-specific effect and do not apply to humans. As a finasteride user 21 year old guy, i will stop finasteride before conceiving just to be safe. Merck and most of the doctors do think this way though.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26377331

 

[Quantum Cat]

how many hairs do you shed daily on finasteride?

just curious

no Idea, I don't count shed hairs. Shedding hairs is normal for everybody. I don't go through any unusually noticable sheds as far as I know, but like I said I don't think about it most of the time

 

[DoctorHouse]

Hey QC, nice to see a fellow poster from back in the day I came here. I can't believe I have lasted this long here. What Norwood did you start at when you began treatment and where are you today? I don't remember your case.

 

[Quantum Cat]

Hi Doctor, good to see you too. I left this place becuase it was too depressing and full of nutters, but good to see you're surviving

I think finasteride has mantained me at Norwood 2-3

Can't complain

 

[DoctorHouse]

Hi Doctor, good to see you too. I left this place becuase it was too depressing and full of nutters, but good to see you're surviving

I think finasteride has mantained me at Norwood 2-3

Can't complain

Yes, I am trying to ween myself off here but I still like seeing posters like you report back. Only wish s.a.f. and Cassin would report back. Glad to hear you still staying at a low Norwood.