Quitting propecia, share your thoughts:

[drybone]

Been watching this thread.

Glad to hear your libido is back to full force, and apparently you're using it (you got it in 5 times in one day? goddamn!).

My mindset is that in the incredibly small likelihood fin messes me me long-term, I know I'll do whatever it takes to cycle hormones to get my drive back.

I basically have nil fear that my unit will shrink. I don't trust anyone who says they have had extreme sides, because they are always so loud, abrasive, and clearly mentally unstable. There's like one dude on this forum who says he has had long term sides, but doesn't act like an outspoken chode.

I even went to one guys 'poll' of what consumers thought of finasteride and many of them were going............ya, took the stuff for YEARS with no side effects but then all of a sudden i got depressed ............

Could it be something else ? Takes the medication YEARS to make you depressed , or lose your wood or whatever???? I dont buy that. Its not reasonable.

One thing I think is reasonable is that your body eventually starts to shift its hormones after long term use. I can see that eventually happening , thus if you go off it, you now have an ABUNDANCE of DHT making you cop wood 15 times per hour and shooting 5 times the amount as normal.

[BigThinker]

It's been three weeks and I am now 100 percent certain my sex drive has increased dramatically, I had sex 5 times todays with ridiculously short refractory periods and my mind was really on it. It felt amazing.

I hate the idea of getting the chrome dome look but my thinning forelock isnt much better. I definitly regret not having started AT THE FIRST SING OF THINING but now is it worth having the sex drive of an old man?

Now I just hope PFS is bullshit, because I feel like I'm back to my pre-fin libido, I don't have to force myself to get aroused it comes naturally. NO DOUBT.

Been watching this thread.

Glad to hear your libido is back to full force, and apparently you're using it (you got it in 5 times in one day? goddamn!).

My mindset is that in the incredibly small likelihood fin messes me me long-term, I know I'll do whatever it takes to cycle hormones to get my drive back.

I basically have nil fear that my unit will shrink. I don't trust anyone who says they have had extreme sides, because they are always so loud, abrasive, and clearly mentally unstable. There's like one dude on this forum who says he has had long term sides, but doesn't act like an outspoken chode.

[drybone]

i dunno. If you are a 'chrome dome' then I dont know what any medication can do for you at this stage.

If you are exaggerating, then take the advice of the above poster and try to find some middle ground on the dosage / side effects

[Exodus]

What about a small dose of Fin over a few days? Say 0.5 or 0.25 EOD or even every 3 days? I guess you have to consider the half life too?

[Assemblage23]

It's been three weeks and I am now 100 percent certain my sex drive has increased dramatically, I had sex 5 times todays with ridiculously short refractory periods and my mind was really on it. It felt amazing.

I hate the idea of getting the chrome dome look but my thinning forelock isnt much better. I definitly regret not having started AT THE FIRST SING OF THINING but now is it worth having the sex drive of an old man?

Now I just hope PFS is bullshit, because I feel like I'm back to my pre-fin libido, I don't have to force myself to get aroused it comes naturally. NO DOUBT.

[Assemblage23]

I think I will get back on fin by the end of week 3, I dont think my hair will suffer from this break.


Yes there seems to be a difference.


But accepting baldness= unthinkable

[Assemblage23]

I tried both toppik and derm match. I suggest getting both and then deciding which one works.

You can get a small sample bottle of toppik for cheap but I dont know about a sample of derm match

For me, toppik is great but you need hairspray to make the stuff stick otherwise it just falls to your scalp.

I just recieved my derm match and for me it works much better. It basically 'paints' your hair like makeup. But it also thickens each strand so you dont need any hairspray or whatnot to make it stay there.

Try em both.

Thank you for the advice!
Truth to be told I might panic and get back on fin within the next month I have to make this hard choice.

I will apply rogaine to my entire scalp (front only so far)soon and use a concealer, it really looks effective! It should buy me five years, and the hairloss community has been announcing a new treatment within the next five years for like 15 years, but I hope to god this is true this time!

[drybone]

Day 10:

I have spontaneous boners all the time, not sure it is the dht coming back yet because my dick felt numb as ever dring sex yesterday night. Good sexdrive overall, but nothing crazy so far. Still waiting and being patient.
I migh feel a slight increase or it's just a good day! I have been experiencing similar days when I was using fin though. Hope I'll be a raging hornball in one week.
I don't know if I'm ready to give up on my looks it still hurts. I will order some topik shortly.

I tried both toppik and derm match. I suggest getting both and then deciding which one works.

You can get a small sample bottle of toppik for cheap but I dont know about a sample of derm match

For me, toppik is great but you need hairspray to make the stuff stick otherwise it just falls to your scalp.

I just recieved my derm match and for me it works much better. It basically 'paints' your hair like makeup. But it also thickens each strand so you dont need any hairspray or whatnot to make it stay there.

Try em both.

[Assemblage23]

Day 13: Libido increased without a doubt, significantly.

[Assemblage23]

Day 10:

I have spontaneous boners all the time, not sure it is the dht coming back yet because my dick felt numb as ever dring sex yesterday night. Good sexdrive overall, but nothing crazy so far. Still waiting and being patient.
I migh feel a slight increase or it's just a good day! I have been experiencing similar days when I was using fin though. Hope I'll be a raging hornball in one week.
I don't know if I'm ready to give up on my looks it still hurts. I will order some topik shortly.

[BigThinker]

To BigThinker: Getting a HT is still my goal, eventually. I hate the idea of going bald, I will never accept it. I have a BA and I refuse to go back to the university as a bald man, no ****ing way. I will never want social exposure like I used to. I just decided I'd rather live as horny baldman with a rich sexlife than as a lifeless insecure man trying everything to feel attractive to compensate for his thinning hair. If someday I can get my hair back I'll change my plans. Sure people will notice I did something about it and I will be embarassed with a few friends but they'll get over it and I'll be able to live again as a top of the food chain atractive man which I think I can be, sorry about the Highlander mindset. People like us are perfectionists and even if I admit I could tolerate fin(libido was low but bearable) it's no longer worth all the hassle, a Norwood 3 takes a lot of styling and it still looks like shit under the light.

As I'm typing this I have a raging hard-on it's funny how I decided to drop the fin when my libido went up these days, it had the opposite effect on my relationship with propecia I realized I am not living to my full potential because I remember how CRAZY I would get just two years ago. Nothing age-related I was 24 when I started and I'm 26 now.

I started propecia after a knee surgery, I remember waking up the night after the operation in pain, the nurse came to check and I had to jerk off as soon as she left because she was sexy enough to drive me so horny despite my pain and trouble to clean up. Before Propecia I was into call girls and all of my disposable income was burnt in prostitutes.

I got on fin, and felt like I needed to secuce because I had an expiration date coming up. I became all about slaying ***** and I had really impressive results for someone who wasn't that good in the first place. But it didnt come from my sex drive, it was mostly out of boredom, wanting to be adventurous and play mind games. Now I have proven to myself that I could pick up women I am left with half a dozen decent looking regular partners(I work in the night club scene this is the secret) but I really don't fully enjoy them deep inside.

I remember the raging horniness, the burning desire to ****, and it's gone. Is it because of fin or because ***** has become something a lot easier to access now?

Back on the original topic, the official study says original DHT levels are back after a couple weeks.

I read about PFS. This is scary but it seems rare and I believe there are a lot of hypochondriacs out there.

I hear ya, bro. I started wearing my hair like I used to, flipped back and parted so my "mature hairline" is showing. It feels like I'm embracing what I've been handed, similar to the dudes who just cut all their hair off.

Me and my roomie had a double date last that that ended superbly. There's something about just owning your physical appearance that just makes you radiate confidence. Couple that with some gin and tonics, and it's a wrap.

Still going to start fin though.

[Assemblage23]

I'm getting realy exited about trying topikk but to be fair my density is alright maybe when things get worse due to my discontinuation of fin, and it seems topikk works best on diffuse thinners. I really would love to enjoy a full head of hair outside of my close social circle. I'd wear a hat half of the time, topikk when I go out or to work depending on the job, and wouldnt give a damn about my MPB with my mates and family.

But then again, if I am disapointed by the increase in sex drive I am expecting I'll get back on fin. I give it about one month.

[Jcm800]

Buzzed on the sides shorter on top it is what works best for a nw3 i reckon i was very happy with straightening long hair but it was a bit of a combover and it made me shed.
I Will update pics when i get home

I'm on the verge of buzzing myself, starting to be a pain in the arse styling it. Big step tho as used to longer messy back and sides.

[Assemblage23]

Day 6: Started to feel as if my thoughts were more clear, a surge of optimism. I remember skipping fin for a week last year due to some prescprition problems and feeling better mentally.
Been abusing porn and ****ing a girl three times in one hour as well, so much for someone who's main motivation is to recover his libido! I have erections during the night but not when I wake up. But I cum three times a day. So far my libido is about the same no sudden change I havent turned into a raging sleazebag like I was before fin. It should take a couple more weeks but I'm so looking forward to it.

I have been taking homemade ZMA (Zinc magnesium and vitamin B6) for a week. I sleep better I had already tried that years ago.
I don't work during the week(bouncer on weekends) so I spend my days browsing the internet and I started to get interested in concealers such as topikk and dermatch.
I had another job last year that was very social, and I would never be able to work in that kind of environment again as a bald man, I'll be too self-conscious, so I think besides continuing Rogaine and living really healthy I'd like to add a concealer if I get another job, not for going out though, this is not about women it's about liking my own image at work.

[Assemblage23]

Buzzed on the sides shorter on top it is what works best for a nw3 i reckon i was very happy with straightening long hair but it was a bit of a combover and it made me shed.
I Will update pics when i get home