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Title: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 12:06:16 PM
still hair everywhere

my girlfriend came to visit

asked if i had a dog or cat in the place because hair everywhere
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 16, 2012, 12:36:35 PM
still hair everywhere

my girlfriend came to visit

asked if i had a dog or cat in the place because hair everywhere


What a basket case you are.   Man the fuck up already and shave it off.  Geese!!!
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 12:39:21 PM

What a basket case you are.   Man the fuck up already and shave it off.  Geese!!!
what is not manly about trying to avoid getting uglier
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Jadeveon Clowney on December 16, 2012, 12:40:15 PM

poor chalo, soon your cranium will be revealed to the world in all its quasimodoesque misshapen glory.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 16, 2012, 12:41:19 PM
what is not manly about trying to avoid getting uglier

Unless you look like sloth from the goonies, shave it off already.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: mass243 on December 16, 2012, 12:43:18 PM

Hair transplants are getting more and more affordable. Consider.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: The True Adonis on December 16, 2012, 12:43:27 PM
Grandpa used to use fluoride to soak his teeth in because he lost a few at Guadalcanal in the 40s.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 12:46:23 PM
poor chalo, soon your cranium will be revealed to the world in all its quasimodoesque misshapen glory.
suicide time that day
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 16, 2012, 12:47:28 PM
suicide time that day

You think people don't see it now?    LOL!!! 

Man up dude.  You sound like a mental case.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 12:49:27 PM
You think people don't see it now?    LOL!!! 

Man up dude.  You sound like a mental case.
dont see what now

what is your agenda


are you a gillette salesman
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 16, 2012, 12:51:26 PM
dont see what now

what is your agenda


are you a gillette salesman

I shaved my head a long time ago as do most guys I know balding.  You deal w it and move on.   
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 12:54:43 PM
I shaved my head a long time ago as do most guys I know balding.  You deal w it and move on.   
most guys keep shitty looking hair

Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 16, 2012, 12:56:35 PM
most guys keep shitty looking hair



Stay miserable bro - your choice.  But you are a mental pigmy for allowing this to control you.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Archer77 on December 16, 2012, 01:03:52 PM
You need to take it for up to twelve month before you see results.  Some people experience an initial shed.  It's probably won't regrow a lot of hair but it will help you keep what you have.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 01:05:25 PM
You need to take it for up to twelve month before you see results.  Some people experience an initial shed.  It's probably won't regrow a lot of hair but it will help you keep what you have.
ha, there is hope after all

then when it stabilizes i could theoretically fix the hairline with a transplant
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 16, 2012, 01:06:17 PM
ha, there is hope after all

then when it stabilizes i could theoretically fix the hairline with a transplant

Unless you have 30k to drop - most look like shit.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Van_Bilderass on December 16, 2012, 01:08:09 PM
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Archer77 on December 16, 2012, 01:08:43 PM
ha, there is hope after all

then when it stabilizes i could theoretically fix the hairline with a transplant

You could go that route.  Many have.  Be prepared to spend the rest of your life on it.  
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 01:11:38 PM

this sounds like BS

i'm not impotent and i knocked up a chick while taking it
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: bebop396 on December 16, 2012, 01:19:40 PM
still hair everywhere

my girlfriend came to visit

asked if i had a dog or cat in the place because hair everywhere

Dude you knew this was a possible side effect, why are you crying?
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Primemuscle on December 16, 2012, 01:51:24 PM
still hair everywhere

my girlfriend came to visit

asked if i had a dog or cat in the place because hair everywhere

Try vacuuming....it works wonders on hair.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 01:52:01 PM
Try vacuuming....it works wonders on hair.
i only have a broom
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Primemuscle on December 16, 2012, 01:53:19 PM
i only have a broom

That's a problem. Get a vacuum.

Incidentally, I took Finasteride for years and it did nothing to regrow the hair I'd lost in my early twenties. Of course I was taking it for a different reason, but the doctor indicated a positive side affect would be that it might help regrow the hair on my head. Instead I suspect it messed with my sexual powers in a negative way. So even had it worked as he indicated, is it worth risking impotency just to have some hairs on your head?
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Van_Bilderass on December 16, 2012, 01:55:39 PM
this sounds like BS

i'm not impotent and i knocked up a chick while taking it

Some peoples systems just break down easy, like he says. I think these sides are
possible in some.

Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 01:57:17 PM
Some peoples systems just break down easy, like he says. I think these sides are
possible in some.


is there even proof finasteride is causing this in these folks
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Primemuscle on December 16, 2012, 02:01:37 PM
is there even proof finasteride is causing this in these folks

You want proof? Personally, if I had it to do over, I wouldn't touch the stuff. But hey, if hair is so important to you, go for it. Who knows you might be one of the lucky ones who grows hair and keeps getting a stiffy whenever you want.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 16, 2012, 02:03:02 PM
You want proof? Personally, if I had it to do over, I wouldn't touch the stuff. But hey, if hair is so important to you, go for it. Who knows you might be one of the lucky ones who grows hair and keeps getting a stiffy whenever you want.
yeh i hope so
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Van_Bilderass on December 16, 2012, 02:14:01 PM
is there even proof finasteride is causing this in these folks

Depends on what you count as proof. IMO, knowing what DHT does it's likely that blocking it
will potentially affect libido, mood, etc.

http://www.examiner.com/article/new-research-finds-finasteride-propecia-causes-penis-shrinkage-rats
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: 240 is Back on December 16, 2012, 02:51:07 PM
shaving head isn't that bad.   You'd be surprised at how people treat you differently when you're bald.  Girls are either instantly into you, or instantly not.  You look older.  Anytime you give someone a dirty look, you're much more likely to get the reaction you want, cause bald dudes are typically viewed as no-nonsense badasses.

ya gotta put on some size, you can't be skinny and bald, that'd suck. 

Shave it bald, take some pics.  Then let it grow in for a week, and shape it.  most people like a little salt on it, just a light level 1 growth, but that'll vary.

Once you're bald, you might like it... people look at you like a fcking man, not a kid. 
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Jadeveon Clowney on December 16, 2012, 03:23:14 PM
this sounds like BS

i'm not impotent and i knocked up a chick while taking it

you don't know that you knocked her up.  odds are you didn't.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 16, 2012, 06:01:24 PM
Spot on.   



shaving head isn't that bad.   You'd be surprised at how people treat you differently when you're bald.  Girls are either instantly into you, or instantly not.  You look older.  Anytime you give someone a dirty look, you're much more likely to get the reaction you want, cause bald dudes are typically viewed as no-nonsense badasses.

ya gotta put on some size, you can't be skinny and bald, that'd suck. 

Shave it bald, take some pics.  Then let it grow in for a week, and shape it.  most people like a little salt on it, just a light level 1 growth, but that'll vary.

Once you're bald, you might like it... people look at you like a fcking man, not a kid. 
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 17, 2012, 01:29:01 AM
you don't know that you knocked her up.  odds are you didn't.
i keep telling you the odds are i did

i dont know what is so satisfying about being that negative all the time ???
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: sync pulse on December 17, 2012, 01:44:53 AM
Taking finasteride prophylactically is also effective for preventing early benign prostate hyperplasia in steroid users.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Powerlift66 on December 17, 2012, 02:31:19 AM
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Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Primemuscle on December 17, 2012, 10:57:50 AM
Taking finasteride prophylactically is also effective for preventing early benign prostate hyperplasia in steroid users.

That's interesting. Do you have a source or is this just some crazy shit you made up?
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 17, 2012, 10:58:50 AM
That's interesting. Do you have a source or is this just some crazy shit you made up?
it's true

they also found a correlation between people who go bald young and prostate cancer
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Primemuscle on December 17, 2012, 11:13:07 AM
it's true

they also found a correlation between people who go bald young and prostate cancer

Again, very interesting. I went bald in my early twenties and I had prostate cancer this year. Guess I should have been sticking the Finasteride up my butt instead of in my mouth all those years.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 17, 2012, 11:15:20 AM
Again, very interesting. I went bald in my early twenties and I had prostate cancer this year. Guess I should have been sticking the Finasteride up my butt instead of in my mouth all those years.
are you saying you did take finasteride and went bald + prostate cancer regardless?
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Primemuscle on December 17, 2012, 02:43:09 PM
are you saying you did take finasteride and went bald + prostate cancer regardless?

Yes, I am saying this. However, I did go bald almost two decades prior to taking Proscar and later when it was available, the generic Finasteride for an enlarged prostate. After taking Finasteride for almost 30 years, I still ended up having prostate cancer. Apparently, it does not always prevent it. In fairness, prostate cancer is one of the most common ailments in older men, like myself. Few actually die from it. When I was diagnosed about a year ago, my doctor appraised me of all my choices, including doing nothing (called watchful waiting). I chose the robotic prostatectomy because I want the cancer out of me and because I expect to live to be ancient. LOL!
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 17, 2012, 02:48:37 PM
Yes, I am saying this. However, I did go bald almost two decades prior to taking Proscar and later when it was available, the generic Finasteride for an enlarged prostate. After taking Finasteride for almost 30 years, I still ended up having prostate cancer. Apparently, it does not always prevent it. In fairness, prostate cancer is one of the most common ailments in older men, like myself. Few actually die from it. When I was diagnosed about a year ago, my doctor appraised me of all my choices, including doing nothing (called watchful waiting). I chose the robotic prostatectomy because I want the cancer out of me and because I expect to live to be ancient. LOL!
interesting

now for the million dollar question

did you experience libido, erectile or cognitive problems from the drug?
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 17, 2012, 02:57:06 PM
interesting

now for the million dollar question

did you experience libido, erectile or cognitive problems from the drug?

Dude - really man the fuck up!   This is embarassing now.   

Get big - lift like an animal, take MMA, toughen yourself up and snap out of this shit w your hair.  You can't stay on this forever. 
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Primemuscle on December 17, 2012, 02:58:32 PM
interesting

now for the million dollar question

did you experience libido, erectile or cognitive problems from the drug?

Yes that is the million dollar question. I would like to think that the problems I've had with a low libido and erectile dysfunction were caused by Finasteride, because that is easier for me to accept than it being the result of some psychological issue. As for cognitive problems, I've never had them. My memory is great, always has been....well, except for some stupid mental block with remembering people's names, but that has always been a problem for me.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 17, 2012, 02:59:10 PM
Dude - really man the fuck up!   This is embarassing now.   

Get big - lift like an animal, take MMA, toughen yourself up and snap out of this shit w your hair.  You can't stay on this forever. 
why not?
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 17, 2012, 03:06:23 PM
why not?


Staying on any drug forever is no good.  And at what $$$$$
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: anabolichalo on December 17, 2012, 03:07:03 PM

Staying on any drug forever is no good.  And at what $$$$$
what about all the drugs in our food and drinking water
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: AC Slater on December 17, 2012, 04:02:01 PM
it takes 2-3 months to take effect.  it actually increases shedding in the beginning, then it grows back.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Primemuscle on December 17, 2012, 06:21:11 PM

Staying on any drug forever is no good.  And at what $$$$$

Finasteride came with a $5 co-pay for me. That comes to approximate $1,800 over 30 years. -Not really a bank breaking amount.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Archer77 on December 17, 2012, 06:42:36 PM
Finasteride came with a $5 co-pay for me. That comes to approximate $1,800 over 30 years. -Not really a bank breaking amount.

When you are prescribed Propecia for hair loss it is not covered by insurance as it is considered cosmetic. Propecia can cost as much as ninety bucks a month. Recently I've decided to come off the drug because at this point who do I have to impress.   I turned thirty-five in June and my hair doesn't seem so important anymore.

Yes that is the million dollar question. I would like to think that the problems I've had with a low libido and erectile dysfunction were caused by Finasteride, because that is easier for me to accept than it being the result of some psychological issue. As for cognitive problems, I've never had them. My memory is great, always has been....well, except for some stupid mental block with remembering people's names, but that has always been a problem for me.

I've been on Propecia for close two years and never experienced any side effects.  From my reading it appears that there is a subset of men, 1-2%, who will experience persistent side effects. Side effects are a real possibility but the chances are quite small.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 17, 2012, 06:50:51 PM
When you are prescribed Propecia for hair loss it is not covered by insurance as it is considered cosmetic. Propecia can cost as much as ninety bucks a month. Recently I've decided to come off the drug because at this point who do I have to impress.   I turned thirty-five in June and my hair doesn't seem so important anymore.

I've been on Propecia for close two years and never experienced any side effects.  From my reading it appears that there is a subset of men, 1-2%, who will experience persistent side effects. Side effects are a real possibility but the chances are quite small.

Shave it off.   
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Archer77 on December 17, 2012, 06:52:24 PM
Shave it off.   

I did, brother.  Buzzed it down to a 1 and never looking back.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Soul Crusher on December 17, 2012, 06:56:22 PM
I did, brother.  Buzzed it down to a 1 and never looking back.

My hair started thinning in my early 20's at the temples.   I sort of was able to keep it respectable until about 27-30 yo.    One day in the summer it was humid and and y hair just looked like shit.   


My friends were begging me to shave it off.  At that point i tried minox, consulted w people for hair trainsplants, etc and decided to just shave it off.  I have friends who spent 40k for a transplant.  Being active, just does not work for me. 

Never looked back and now love having a shaved head.  People tell me they cant imagine me w hair and neither could I. 

Its clean, neat, etc.     Mature women also love a shaved head so long as you have some muscle. 
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: Primemuscle on December 17, 2012, 08:21:27 PM
My hair started thinning in my early 20's at the temples.   I sort of was able to keep it respectable until about 27-30 yo.    One day in the summer it was humid and and y hair just looked like shit.   


My friends were begging me to shave it off.  At that point i tried minox, consulted w people for hair trainsplants, etc and decided to just shave it off.  I have friends who spent 40k for a transplant.  Being active, just does not work for me. 

Never looked back and now love having a shaved head.  People tell me they cant imagine me w hair and neither could I. 

Its clean, neat, etc.     Mature women also love a shaved head so long as you have some muscle. 

I first had my hair buzz cut when I was about 24 (not counting having a crew-cut as a kid. I really liked the way it looked. However, in my late 20's to my mid 30's I grew it and my beard out (kind of a hippie look and not my best years for men's fashion. In my late 30's, I vacillated between a little hair on the sides and a beard and buzzed with a mustache. By my early 40's I settled into the buzz cut and a beard. My most resent look since retiring is buzz cut with a trimmed beard. It is easy maintenance and I can do it myself, meaning $0 for haircuts, which is a good thing. I have a fair amount of body hair which when I let it grow out makes up of the lack of hair on my head and keeps me masculine looking.
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: sync pulse on December 17, 2012, 10:54:56 PM
That's interesting. Do you have a source or is this just some crazy shit you made up?

Physician who directed my cycles...
Title: Re: i've been taking finasteride for months but it doesnt do shit
Post by: epic_alien on December 18, 2012, 12:45:36 AM
one time grandpa combed the hair on his nuts....


cue for true homo to finish story