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    Quote Originally Posted by chrisis View Post
    If you're going to come off it, I'd suggest doing so gradually, i.e. lower the dose over the course of weeks or months. I'm not sure if it will make a difference but I wish I'd done that.
    I agree with you here but I actually have something interesting to say about this. I went to my doctor to look at the results of my blood test that was taken the day before my last dose of propecia. I was only taking like 0.06 at this point barely any of the drug and had been weaning off for over a month. My DHT was still inhibited by about 50% at this point, pre fin I was at 3199 DHT at this point I was at about 1588. So the drug is far more effective at lower doses than people think.

    Not to derail I plan to make an update thread soon enough.

    But I still think weaning off is the best choice.

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    Congrats on giving up on the dream. If that's what makes you happy, I guess.

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    I just had sex came twice and masturbated in her bathroom to cum a third time because she is asleep right now. My sex Life is very decent however at norwood 3 with a thin forelock i dont think i'm better off with hair and i know i could have a much higher libido

    If I was happy with what's left I would stay on propecia. Feeling attractive is a greater satisfaction than running around as a horny bald man. But i cringe every time i look in the mirror at my current state. Lets see how much better i will feel sexually in a couple weeks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aames View Post
    Congrats on giving up on the dream. If that's what makes you happy, I guess.
    dickbreak dream?

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    Want to start by thanks for the post. It was powerful and provided a lot of insight. I'm 25 with a thinning NW2, and I have probably lost about 4 months of being on fin. I read your post and realize I've already lost some time. But, strangely enough, at the same time going through hairloss up to this point has made me stronger.

    Quote Originally Posted by Assemblage23 View Post
    The crazy thing is that before I took propecia I had only laid four girls at 24.
    I started taking it and now I get laid with a new girl LEFT AND RIGHT about twice a month. I started taking it and it gave me a sense of urgency about my powers of seduction.

    Maybe my loss of libido make me look at girls in a different way that makes me more attractive to them. I'm no longer needy and my thoughts are clearer when I interract with them. Getting laid is very easy for me these days it's just about going out and flirting with every woman I see and a couple will respond positively every night. Two thirds don't reply the next day and some of them give me the relationship/I've been hurt before lecture but I still live in a porn movie these days.
    Wow, this part spoke to me. Although I havn't been on fin yet, I also saw my deterring hair as a time bomb until I was completely and utterly unaesthetic, even though I have had every indication from girls that isn't the case.

    Last year, with full hair, I was staying at home on the weekend and playing video games, copping out on my friends and blaming it on lack of money (which was hardly true). This year, I said f**k it, moved into a sick condo with a good buddy and have been going out every reasonable opportunity I get. In addition, my game has been totally on point and I've never been so uninhibited in my entire life.

    Two nights ago, I had a work party where I stole the dance floor and had a circle of girls clapping and dancing with me as I "taught them out to dougie". Ended up going home with a girl from work whom I've been attracted to for ages, and only after I had multiple other women from work approach me. She ran her hands through my hair, which is obviously thinning and I decided to not let it bother me, and it ended up not bothering her or deterring her from what we were about to get into. I couldn't believe how "in control" I felt of my own projection onto women. It was sort of like I had nothing left to lose.

    Quote Originally Posted by Assemblage23 View Post
    Many men with my level of libido probably feel fine. I am fine actually, I can still perform but I just miss the random thoughts and being exited about seeing someone and the very intense arousal. I just screw around like a sociopath trying to feel something and I don't feel happy about it. I just want the random boners to come back and to have fantasies and strong urges to keep the fun in my dull sex life.

    Going bald is still scary as ****. Truth be told, I wish I had gotten on fin at the first sign of hair loss but now I'm not sure what I have is worth fighting for. I have already posted pictures on here I'm an advanced norwood 3 at 26.


    Sorry about the long biography. I will keep you updated about my libido coming back or not. I really hope someone can contribute to this thread by adding his experience.
    I'm not sure your loss of random boners is due to fin, and not due to loss of ego or maturation. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't - hear me out. To be honest, in the last year I've also lost those tendencies, up until very, very recently. I still enjoyed being with women but havn't felt "head over heals" in some time.

    I just said "up until very, very recently" and I'll elaborate: Since I started hitting the gym hard, my libido and random boners have came back. I'm back to laying in bed thinking of a girl from work or school I'm super attracted to until I fall asleep and into a great dream.

    I should add I've put on 8 pounds of muscle in 1 month, and I love the way I look. I hit the gym and look in the mirror and love what I see. I run my hand through my hair and see my scalp 1 inch deep from the hairline and it just doesn't even bother me. I smirk, hop in the shower, rinse with 2% keto twice a week and just function.

    I think I'm really close to being at total peace with myself. I think I'll still start fin next month just to keep an NW3, but I may still bare clipper it and take fin to maintain some stubble.

    I hope you don't mind my rant, but your post really spoke to me. I can connect on a lot of levels. Also, I think learning to love yourself: face, body, identity (career, etc.), intelligence, game, etc is all you have to do to get the random boners back. Maybe I'm crazy, but give it a shot.

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    This is the dilemna with me too. I've been on Propecia for about 2 and a half years and have the same side effects as lower libido, not being able to get it up in bed, and feeling the same levels of attraction and arousal towards women that I used to. However, I still continue to take Propecia because I don't think that I could handle living life as a bald man, especially within the rock n roll scene which I love being a part of.

    However, these side effects have really been pissing me off lately. I've always been a big weight-lifter and I feel that Propecia has really affected my lifting and my muscular structure. Pre-finasteride, my muscles always felt hard and firm, and now oftentimes they feel soft and flabby, even after a workout. This makes sense that Propecia would be affecting my muscles this way because it inhibits the production of a chief form of testosterone throughout the entire body, and testosterone is what causes muscles to grow and remain firm. This is why men are more muscular than women, because of the levels of testosterone that they produce.

    I actually want to get back on creatine for a bit because it really boosts my workout performance and could counteract the muscular side effects of Propecia. But I've heard that since creatine elevates the levels of testosterone in the body, it could cause hair loss. And frankly, I'm getting sick and tired of constantly lowering the levels of testosterone in my body. Hell, most men are looking to increase their testosterone levels for things like workout and sexual performance. However, men who are committed to stopping their hair loss will watch out for products that elevate their testosterone levels. This is just ridiculous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cr779 View Post
    I agree with you here but I actually have something interesting to say about this. I went to my doctor to look at the results of my blood test that was taken the day before my last dose of propecia. I was only taking like 0.06 at this point barely any of the drug and had been weaning off for over a month. My DHT was still inhibited by about 50% at this point, pre fin I was at 3199 DHT at this point I was at about 1588. So the drug is far more effective at lower doses than people think.

    Not to derail I plan to make an update thread soon enough.
    But I still think weaning off is the best choice.
    How in the hell were you dividing up a pill to get 0.06 mg??

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    Judging from what I read online, the alleged 2% of side effects sufferers are those who had an hardcore experience on par with the worst propecia help horror stories. It makes sense to suppose that we all lose some sex drive and a lot of fin users go on with their lives.
    Let's not end up discussing the prevalence of side effects though it's been done all over the hair loss boards.
    As for the ladies... Some will be grossed out some will not give a **** that's simple as that it's like our reaction to a chick with no boobs some of us can actually have preference for this body type most of us wouldnt be too happy about it but still look past it and it's an absolute dealbreaker to a minority of guys. Being very active on the dating scene i really feel bad about losing my hair and I will never want to be the center of the attention like before. I have lost a huge amount of social confidence for ever.

    Please come and share your post finasteride experience on here this is what I am very curious about. I wanna know what i have been missing out and if getting up a norwood in a few months will be worth it.

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    I still have some urges, but not like before. If I had a Norwood under 2 to maintain I would be able to accept losing my sexdrive as it was in my best days. Propecia is worth taking when you are in the early stages. But I was in denial at this point

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    Quote Originally Posted by Assemblage23 View Post
    I still have some urges, but not like before. If I had a Norwood under 2 to maintain I would be able to accept losing my sexdrive as it was in my best days. Propecia is worth taking when you are in the early stages. But I was in denial at this point
    I was in denial too, even though my dad was NW7 at age 25. Luckily I have 2% keto to keep my mind off of it until Feb 24th when I see the derm. Then it's fin time. After that, I've done all I can do and I play the cards that are dealt from there (I'll never use toppik, wear a toupee, ge ta HT, or use minox - just my preference).

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