9 years later on propecia

[hbates55]

Your link for BEFORE photo doesn't work, any chance of reposting on imgur? Thanks

[Jcm800]

Yeah what happened to Drybone etc? He was prolific? How are you Notcoolanymore?

[Hicks]

Hey Sweden! make your own thread. Great idea. Make your video more professional.

[Notcoolanymore]

Nostradamus says you will be banned very soon.

[Notcoolanymore]

This thread happened a few months before I joined this forum. It is a good one. Almost 2 years later and everything still applies. Same fear mongering BS mostly from guys either too afraid to treat their hair loss or too late for anything to make a difference. They have no solutions and are pissed off about it and want you to suffer like they are. They try to disguise their misinformation and fear mongering as help. Yeah thanks but no thanks.

Drybone, Bigthinker, 25 going on 65, all good posters...miss those guys.

[thejack]

Yepp nice hair for nine years! I have been on finasteride for 6 years now since I was 21 and my hair has not budged since

[blondetooth]

Free bump to an old thread! But great results! having hair really makes a guy look much younger.......

[drybone]

Just to join in, I really think that it is a case of the people who do get sides are the ones who end up on the internet crying foul for obvious reasons.

I have a couple of friends who both went to their gp to ask if there was anything that could be done about hair loss, their doctors (maybe somewhat recklessly?) just said "yes, here is a script for finasteride". I have asked both of them, they didn't even seem to know that there could be sides and have experienced none.

For one of them, who's father is slick bald, the fin literally within months had regrown his hair to extremely thick completely flawless coverage, didnt even shed. This is from a situation where he'd probably lost about 50% density across the whole top of his head, and the typical jibing had started from the idiotic dickheaded individual in the group of friends, there always seems to be one right? I realize he probably was lucky to get on it super fast, and also lucky to respond really well though.

Neither of these people has used a forum in their life, both are weightlifting womanizers, I suspect the vast majority of those on fin are more like these people....not shut ins sitting on their computer giving updates on how great fin is.

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and when I say "how great fin is" I mean great for them, I am still too scared to take it haha..

Here is a case where you cited one guy. There is nothing wrong with it. I have searched the internet and found 415 lawsuits against it.

415 guys claiming some kind of permanent loss . Out of what? 500,000 or a million or 5million men who have taken it since 1997?

To me its a no brainer. You can be scared all you want. The medication is for you. I will take my 99.99943 % chance I wont have some kind of drastic side effects.

There are other methods besides finasteride to combat hair loss. We can choose one of them.

[Kova]

Just to join in, I really think that it is a case of the people who do get sides are the ones who end up on the internet crying foul for obvious reasons.

I have a couple of friends who both went to their gp to ask if there was anything that could be done about hair loss, their doctors (maybe somewhat recklessly?) just said "yes, here is a script for finasteride". I have asked both of them, they didn't even seem to know that there could be sides and have experienced none.

For one of them, who's father is slick bald, the fin literally within months had regrown his hair to extremely thick completely flawless coverage, didnt even shed. This is from a situation where he'd probably lost about 50% density across the whole top of his head, and the typical jibing had started from the idiotic dickheaded individual in the group of friends, there always seems to be one right? I realize he probably was lucky to get on it super fast, and also lucky to respond really well though.

Neither of these people has used a forum in their life, both are weightlifting womanizers, I suspect the vast majority of those on fin are more like these people....not shut ins sitting on their computer giving updates on how great fin is.

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and when I say "how great fin is" I mean great for them, I am still too scared to take it haha..

[BigThinker]

Wrong. This is where they do become trolls.

They come here and give their opinon , fine. But they dont do it from a personal point of view, they try to spin it into everyone and their dog has these side effects.

And when someone does that, making it seem like everyone gets these side effects, they are doing it for a selfish reason.

We come here to exchange our experiences, not to rain on everyones parade because it didnt work out for them personally.

If that is not trolling then what is? Its the classic definition .

*As for the poster UK finasteride didn't hinder my muscle gains at all. Check out various bodybuilding forums, there are plenty of guys on finasteride who comment on whether it has affected their gains and muscle tone. The overwhelming answer is that it hasn't. Why does that piss you off? Misery loves company and you want people to suffer from sides??

The amount of truth in these two posts makes me want start a slow clap.

It's so interesting to me that the anti-fin guys are the ones that squandered away their opportunities to save their hair because they chose to be remain uninformed or let fear override reason.

I don't doubt the existence of some guys who have had real sexual side effects while on finasteride. However, I do find it difficult to attribute causality, instead of muddled association.

[akai]

Looks great. I'm almost on year two on finasteride and it has stopped my shedding and filled in my crown. Not sure how much Nizoral has helped but it's definitely the best product I've used for seborrheic dermatitis. No sexual side effects at all. As I've mentioned before I had sexual side effects from taking a SSRI. They're no joke and scary as ****.

*As for the poster UK finasteride didn't hinder my muscle gains at all. Check out various bodybuilding forums, there are plenty of guys on finasteride who comment on whether it has affected their gains and muscle tone. The overwhelming answer is that it hasn't. Why does that piss you off? Misery loves company and you want people to suffer from sides??

[drybone]

Wrong. This is where they do become trolls.

They come here and give their opinon , fine. But they dont do it from a personal point of view, they try to spin it into everyone and their dog has these side effects.

And when someone does that, making it seem like everyone gets these side effects, they are doing it for a selfish reason.

We come here to exchange our experiences, not to rain on everyones parade because it didnt work out for them personally.

If that is not trolling then what is? Its the classic definition .

[baldozer]

I'm not saying you are a troll, but I don't think you are looking at it from other people's perspectives.
For most men, the price of fin is just some money out of the pocket, since most of us do not have sides. For people like me who are not well equipped to handle hair loss, this is worth it 10x over.
I had insomnia, depression and sexual dysfunction because of hair loss, before I ever took hair meds. Finasteride treated all three for me by improving and maintaining my hair....not just a few hairs on my head, but tens of thousands (which is how many we lose when we go bald).
This is the irony....finasteride is the best choice I ever made for my sexual and psychological health. Thank god it did mess with my hormonal balance, because the one I had before was ruining my young adulthood.
My biggest regret is not starting sooner, but better late than never, as they say!

Good to know that mate. Have a nice day!

[Soxfaninfl]

You anti-Propecia zealots are disgusting sometimes! This guy is obviously happy with his results and wants to share them with everyone and you actually take the time to insult his hair and his physique. Why would you want this person to feel bad about himself? Does this type of behavior somehow make you feel better about yourself? Isn't this forum about trying to support each other?
You people behave like animals!

Great post!

[25 going on 65]

But it comes at a cost. Propecia can mess up the hormonal balance in the body. People are willing to sacrifice their health for few hairs on their head. That is not a good thing IMO. What if one day you have ED, Insomnia and depression due to this drug. You would want to trade every bit of your hair to get back your health. Ya call me a troll if you want, but I'm entitled to my opinion.

I'm not saying you are a troll, but I don't think you are looking at it from other people's perspectives.
For most men, the price of fin is just some money out of the pocket, since most of us do not have sides. For people like me who are not well equipped to handle hair loss, this is worth it 10x over.
I had insomnia, depression and sexual dysfunction because of hair loss, before I ever took hair meds. Finasteride treated all three for me by improving and maintaining my hair....not just a few hairs on my head, but tens of thousands (which is how many we lose when we go bald).
This is the irony....finasteride is the best choice I ever made for my sexual and psychological health. Thank god it did mess with my hormonal balance, because the one I had before was ruining my young adulthood.
My biggest regret is not starting sooner, but better late than never, as they say!