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can any medical professionals on the site care to comment?
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Of course we are...
But we are MORE worried about society ridiculing us for a lack of hair.Comment
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terrifying....I was totally against ****ing with my hormones....but when hair-loss finally sent me spiraling into depression it occurred to me I was either going to have to take finasteride or some powerful anti-depressants.....which also have their potential for crazy side effects.
luckily after more than a year and two months now, I have no real side effects.
That having been said, I had a weird burning sensation in my pecks the day I started the stuff.
Also, I micro dose. 1 mg every other day. Maybe it's only 80% as effective or whatever, but lasts me twice as long, so its 50% cheaper. Can't argue with numbers like that.Comment
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also, just another thought. I believe that until a few years ago it was a common for menopausal women to take hormonal supplements to alleviate their various symptoms.... that is until studies unearthed a significant correlation between those women taking hormones the development of breast cancer.....often of the highly aggressive variety. There are no free lunches.
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Finasteride definitely has positives than negatives... I can't not take it...
I do think however that it probably isn't best to stay on it for life. That is why I just plan on using it until some cure or something better comes along. But I really have no choice. I much older already...and crap.Comment
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I wonder how many people have decreased penis size after taking fin..Comment
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Notice how the guy preaching the 'wrongs' of taking fin has a FULL head of hair.. I'm sure if he were suffering from hair loss, his thoughts wouldn't be quite the same.. Something to think about.Comment
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I thought the exact same thing.Comment
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from my research, i think it is the people who take fin for months/years with symptoms that have long term problems when they eventually quit.Comment
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Agreed. From most of the side effects I have read about people experience symptons but then continue to take the drug and then have more drastic sides when they finally quit. It is confusing to me. However, I do beleive there are serious sides with this drug and I can't see taking it for life so it begs the question why even start?Comment
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These types of videos/people scared me away from the drug for months. My hair got worse, looked extremely bad and I just thought I had no choice. I cannot live a life with worse hair... It is/was already devastating enough. It changes your WHOLE appearance. It chances how people perceive you, how they treat how and how much they respect you. This is very real and not just in my head. I don't want to be the inferior guy that everyone makes bald jokes about.
Euuughhhhhh. This is all quite disgusting.
I am in a much better mood today, thankfully. But it is only because I am having a good hair day! It seems the better my hair the better my mood!
I can't help that... Just the way it is.
Propecia definitely is worth taking for me. I have no other choice. I could scare myself a lot more with a hair loss video than a propecia side effect video. So there you have it...Comment
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Fair point, I saw a bit of the video and to be honest I think it is largely unfounded. A lot of reputable doctors prescribe propecia and it is also approved by FDA. If it was so bad, I hope it wouldn't have been approved in the first place.
What do the doctors here think?
Another point, if propecia side-effects were permanent, then surely its benefits will also be.Comment
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I heard that taking saw palmetto is better than propecia. I dont know. Well there are side effects to any type of prescription medication.Comment
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saw palmetto results are negligible at best. hopefully prp will show some results for me this summer.Comment
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