Going 8 weeks without finasteride for basic training.

[Agahi]

So I've been on finasteride for some time and have been maintaining and possibly even gaining a bit. Problem is I am getting ready to go to basic training soon, and know that I wont have access to any of my treatments. That means no finasteride minoxidil and possibly even no keto shampoo(dunno yet If I can bring my own shampoo).

How bad of a setback do you guys think this is going to be for me?

 

[Bowser]

Could be disastrous! Your hair is probably heavily dependant on the treatments now.
I suppose it would depend on how many hairs you got to play with. If you still got a good amount you may not notice it too much.
Everyone is different though and this is my opinion only.

 

[AnberlinFan84]

Honestly if you are going no matter what and cannot take your medications under any circumstance I would just forget all about it. Just focus on basic training what you need to accomplish to graduate and move on and resume your treatment when you are done. No point on fretting about it when you have a lot on your plate.

 

[elephant_knight]

How long have you been on finasteride?. Most dudes who have been on finasteride for years can afford to leave it for two or three months (sometimes even more) without much of a problem. If your follicles are already as healthy as finasteride can make them be, then you should be fine, but if you have been on finasteride no more than a couple of months it could be bad. But two months without minoxidil is a lot. Oh well, it should be not that bad, most of your gains are probably from finasteride anyway...

 

[ladysmanfelpz]

are you on minoxidil? All those gains will be lost and in 2 months you will have a massive shed. If you have been on finasteride and you are just dropping that you should be fine. finasteride actually hits the fundamental process of balding and if caught early enough will reverse it. There have been cases of guys going on active duty and missing finasteride for 8 months or more and not losing anymore. Remember balding is slow so if reversed even slightly by finasteride it will take a while to lose the progress gained. If just on finasteride you won't notice any differences, although it sounds like it is just kicking in so some progress will be slowed but once started again you will be right where you are at and gaining again. If on minoxidil though a big shed will be seen in that short time. Best of luck.

 

[Woodyy]

If you're worried get hold of some dutasteride and take 0.5mg+ of that the day before you leave, it has a half life of 6 weeks so there will be a decent amount of it still in your system by the time you finish.

Hopefully you're not on minoxidil as well though, 2 months off minoxidil is asking for a massive shed.

 

[Agahi]

Dont think ill be able to get any dutasteride before then, only 26 days to go now, usually takes longer to get my finasteride. Thanks for the replies everyone.

 

[Rawtashk]

dutasteride will most likely make you SHED LIKE A MOFO, so I would not get on dutasteride right before you have to leave for Basic.