Finasteride 0.25 mg twice per week. Works for me.

[JulioGP]

Makes sense , JulioGP, but other people claim success with this? Desmond for example.. Tho after several requests for updates he hasn't given any..

Would this amount 3 times per week be beneficial then I wonder? I certainly see what you mean regarding confusing the hormones, and have wondered about it.

I've read the case of Desmond . It turns out that the clinical examination , thus taking Finasteride does not show any efficacy . Even using 1mg every other day , it was an old thread , whether or not worked , the clinical examination showed no reduction in DHT .

I remember Desmond had made no examination of DHT . It may be that the follicles were not very sensitive to DHT in his case, and any dosage made a small difference , because no one knew what was the level of DHT that he had , maybe it was already extremely low .

In my examination which showed effectiveness have used was 0.5 mg daily . Perhaps using 0.25 mg daily also do some effect .

Only you have to be daily, because if the half-life of finasteride is 8 hours , a few hours after you take it , your DHT already back to normal level , ie you will get about 1 /3 of day with the lowest DHT , and the rebound effect of the body to compensate for this decrease in DHT , in my opinion , can further aggravate the AAG , in this case to take every other day or so diluted in the week .

I think the best thing to do would be to lower the dose, but always take daily.

[Jcm800]

Take it either daily - as recommended - or don't take it all, and show your shiny skull to the whole world. The clownery you are doing is worthless.

Lol, words of wisdom.

[WarLord]

Makes sense , JulioGP, but other people claim success with this? Desmond for example.. Tho after several requests for updates he hasn't given any..

Would this amount 3 times per week be beneficial then I wonder? I certainly see what you mean regarding confusing the hormones, and have wondered about it.

Take it either daily - as recommended - or don't take it all, and show your shiny skull to the whole world. The clownery you are doing is worthless.

[Jcm800]

Makes sense , JulioGP, but other people claim success with this? Desmond for example.. Tho after several requests for updates he hasn't given any..

Would this amount 3 times per week be beneficial then I wonder? I certainly see what you mean regarding confusing the hormones, and have wondered about it.

[JulioGP]

taking 0.25 mg 1 or 2 times a week to no avail.

I've done a series of blood tests and Finasteride has a short half-life of about 8 hours. The next day after you ingest these 0.25 mg, and did not reduce DHT consistently, you will still cause a rebound effect and your body will further increase the level of DHT in the other day to balance.

You do this 2 times a week, only confuses your body and the hormonal part no use at all for baldness.

I do not approve the use of Finasteride, especially in this way.

If you want to do something less harmful, it is better to further fractionate the dose, but take every day and not be creating a rebound effect.

[Jcm800]

Loomings, where are you? Are you still taking Fin?

[WarLord]

The excess in testosterone is expected, your HTPA system is compensating for the reduction in DHT with extra testosterone.

I dont want to scare you, but this string of drug induced messages associated with the HTPA system is often what sets off the endocrinal 'crash' when coming off the drug, your body has nothing to do with the extra testosterone but to convert it into estrogen which usually results in the feminising effects of the drug. Now if you were to take an estrogen blocker you'd just end up with high endogenous levels of testosterone which could damage your liver - the fact that your testosterone levels are consistently high due to the effects of this drug is what sometimes causes a total shutdown of endogenous testosterone production when coming off the drug, setting you up for a lifetime of hypogonadism.

I also wouldn't trust the 2% side effects statistic being that Merck also stated that "DHT does not have much use in the male body" - I have been rolf'ing at that for a few years now.

DHT is one of the most important male hormones, the very fact that it determined your gender when you were in a foetal state should indicate that.

Good luck.

Fearmongering! The increase of testosterone induced by 5-AR is small, much smaller than e. g. in anti-estrogens that are capable to elevate your testosterone levels by more than 100%. Hence the risk of gynecomastia is small as well, about 1.3%.

And as for DHT, it has no important function after adolescence - if you don't consider baldness, prostate enlargement and prostate cancer as things without which you can't be alive.

[UK_]

Any sides? forgot to mention- I've noticed I lose my temper much more easily as well. Feel like having angry outburst

Maybe due to extra testosterone?

The excess in testosterone is expected, your HTPA system is compensating for the reduction in DHT with extra testosterone.

I dont want to scare you, but this string of drug induced messages associated with the HTPA system is often what sets off the endocrinal 'crash' when coming off the drug, your body has nothing to do with the extra testosterone but to convert it into estrogen which usually results in the feminising effects of the drug. Now if you were to take an estrogen blocker you'd just end up with high endogenous levels of testosterone which could damage your liver - the fact that your testosterone levels are consistently high due to the effects of this drug is what sometimes causes a total shutdown of endogenous testosterone production when coming off the drug, setting you up for a lifetime of hypogonadism.

I also wouldn't trust the 2% side effects statistic being that Merck also stated that "DHT does not have much use in the male body" - I have been rolf'ing at that for a few years now.

DHT is one of the most important male hormones, the very fact that it determined your gender when you were in a foetal state should indicate that.

Good luck.

[Jcm800]

Loomings, how's it going? How's progress?

[Loomings]

Are you sure it isnt 5mg twice a week? I am taking 5mg pills and chop them into 4 and take a piece daily. This would mean you taking almost exactly what I am.

.5mg seems pretty darn low to me. Perhaps you misread it.

It sounds like you take Proscar.

I take Propecia which is a 1mg pill. I bought a month's supply (28 pills) and funnily enough I am still on my first pack....although I'm now down to my last pill. I'm about ready to buy my second ever packet of Propecia (which in Australia is about 100 bucks a pack).

[drybone]

Hopefully the photos I have posted showing my progress over the passed 7 months demonstrates that my modest dose of 0.5mg twice a week works (at least in the crown area, can't see much effect at the front unfortunately).

I'm not interested in making fun of people here as the prospect of baldness has been one of the most distressing things i have faced in my life so far. So chill out Kojak, we're all brothers here.

Are you sure it isnt 5mg twice a week? I am taking 5mg pills and chop them into 4 and take a piece daily. This would mean you taking almost exactly what I am.

.5mg seems pretty darn low to me. Perhaps you misread it.

[Loomings]

I see a head full of hair and no visible signs of hairloss.

There's no disputing the first photo and the skunk strip of thinning hair striped across the top of my head.

[WarLord]

How do you explain the visibly shrunken crown i have achieved in the past 7 months? surely that warrants some merit as proof this dose has made a difference.

2 other members have posted in agreement that there is visible progress.

I see a head full of hair and no visible signs of hairloss.

[Loomings]

Then go to a specialist. They will list you in medical literature as a genetic freak.

I don't believe that 0.5 mg twice weekly could do anything significant. Your posts indicate that you seriously delusional.

You should post your DHT levels, by the way.

How do you explain the visibly shrunken crown i have achieved in the past 7 months? surely that warrants some merit as proof this dose has made a difference.

2 other members have posted in agreement that there is visible progress.

You should be happy with this result and adopt my dose Warlord. 1mg of Fin a week instead of 7mg will save you a heap of cash. You're welcome.

[Loomings]

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