Working out and hair loss.

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Lifting should increase testosterone levels. Testosterone gets converted into DHT by 5-alpha-reductase. DHT is bad news for hair. finasteride, dutasteride, spironolactone, etc. inhibit 5-alpha-reductase, so it can't convert testosterone to DHT. But if you're lifting and ultimately making more testosterone (which you want when you're lifting), is the finasteride/etc. going to be able to keep up?
 

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I think this boils down to what the ideal level of testosterone is. Also: Should a man supplement with testosterone or use HCG? How much? It's an optimization problem. I would guess that the increase in test from working out could be more than offset by increasing finasteride / dutasteride dose.
 

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I know dutasteride is dose dependent but I don't know about Finasteride. There is some flat dose response curve theory I read somewhere which says Finasteride isn't dose dependent. I am not sure and I may be wrong. Any more inputs?
 

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I'm really curious about the answer to this question, once and for all. I see some articles stating that it will increase DHT and some that don't.
 

shookwun

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lifting spikes testosterone but its so marginal I highly doubt you would notice any difference.
 

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Source, and reference would be my full head of hair, continuous muscular development, and throbbing/pulsating c***.
 

Iopu

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I worked out for years with 0 hairloss before my genetics kicked in. I wouldnt worry about it.
 

shookwun

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it may and it may not. For most it slows it down, but it's never 100% guaranteed.


The drug has worked very well for me.
 

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Its really not worth altering your normal thing to try avoiding some very minor hair loss . Long term nature will run its course anyway. The lifting wont matter much either way
 

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the benefits of lifting weights and putting on size will far outweigh the slight (unproven?) risk of losing more hair. I have been on treatment for 3 years and noticed no accelerated loss whilst lifting for the past year. Even if it does, I would rather be big and bald than skinny and bald.
 
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