I took the Propecia Plunge

[baldozer]

Just to let you know, a very new study has shown long term finasteride use can make men infertile.
As far as I understand it can creep up on you without any other side effects.

Worth getting a sperm count test at the very least.

Permanently infertile? Can you give the link?

[drybone]

Permanently infertile? Can you give the link?

Of course he cant.

[ThinningB420]

Tomorrow marks the 4th month on fin. Everything still seems normal. I will say hair has grown in my hairline on the right side quite a bit. It was the weaker side in terms of recession previously and now it is the stronger side. The hairs are thinner but a lot are growing and growing long enough that you can see them standing a few feet away from me. Hopefully they will continue to grow as I see more that are sprouting. Overall density seems to almost be back where it was before I started Rogaine so I am happy with that. If I can maintain my hair as it currently is I will be very happy. I think it looks pretty good when I use putty. It's not great but looks acceptable IMO. I will upload pics around the end of the month because that's when I'll be getting a haircut, as they have a sale at that time. Look for pics in about two weeks.

[BigThinker]

The hairs sprouting is a good feeling; I've got quite a few myself. Not sure if they're hair back from the grave thanks to fin or not -- who knows.

Lookin' forward to the pics, brah.

[ThinningB420]

Hi, I just wanted to give an update since most people stop posting and we we don't know how things turned out. I was on fin for 2 and a half years. During that time, the thickness of my hair and my hairline improved a moderately noticeable amount. Upon my second year on fin, I noticed my hair was slowly thinning, but it was still better than before fin. During my entire course of fin, I never showed any side effects.

I got married last year and stopped taking fin as I did not want to risk any possibility of birth defects, as unlikely as they could have been. It has been a year off fin. I'm a NW 2.5-NW 3. However, my hair is now thinner than it has ever been, but I have a wonderful wife and beautiful son so my hair bothers me less. I still use minox and hope one day to improve my hair but will accept baldness if it happens. I wish everyone the best in their journeys and just wanted to let others know that fin seemed to be moderately effective and side effect free for me.

[ThinningB420]

Three years later off of fin and my hair is really thin. I keep my hair cut very short, but it's pretty much extremely visible in all pictures save for dim lit pictures.

The only side effect that I would say is that my semen is yellow and I go to the bathroom more often than I used to go.