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No long term fin users on this forum have anything to share on this topic?

Just being curious.

I, as I'm sure many of you are, use finasteride daily to maintain my existing hair. Being fairly young and having only been using it for a year, I was just wondering what the long-time users have experienced.

Has anyone on this forum had further progressive hairloss over the years even though you've been on a strict medication (finasteride or dutasteride) regime? Has anyone here had their hairline restored via surgery, only to require further surgery to 'top up' any gaps left as the MPB has continued despite the meds?

IT WILL KILL YOUR LIBIDO BIG TIME. Its very strong combination.. Beware buddy. Saw palmetto does finastride job but in lower levels. so using it with propecia would be over the limit.

I agree. Personally, I found Saw Palmetto and plant sterols to have far more of a damaging effect on my sex drive than finasteride. To combine would be a bad idea unless you want to live your life as a monk. Or a nun.

Hello Stingray,

 

Can you please be more specific with regards to your bad experience with Dr Armani

 

Thanks man

Click on the link on his signature. Or look at his previous posts. I'm pretty sure he's gone into detail on this and various other forums.

Just trying to save him having to repeat himself.

Coincidentally, I order the generic 5mg finasteride on Sunday and, lo and behold, it was on my doorstep when I came home from work this evening. That's pretty damn quick.

Now cutting the pills into fifths is my next quandary.

Hi Spex,

Thanks for the update, I've just placed my first order with them. Fingers crossed all goes well.

Hi Spex,

The ukfinasteride site seems to be broken for people trying to register. The 'Submit' does nothing (tried using three different browsers).

Any ideas how to contact them?

I've not spotted this question before, so I'll mention it here.

Given the half-life of finasteride, is there any benefit of splitting your dose so that you're taking it twice a day? If, for example, you take 1mg of finasteride every morning, would splitting it so that you take 0.5mg in the morning and evening be more efficacious?

If the half-life of fin is 5-7 hours, do we know how long it takes for DHT levels to return to normal to the point where it would start aggravating MPB again? If it takes less than 24 hours in total, would twice-daily administration of finasteride help prevent that spike of the drug and keep a more balanced suppression of DHT over time?

Any thoughts or experiences would be very much welcome.

I have been working out for the past few months and havent really seen the results I want. I know it takes time...but just incase I wanna go ahead and get some answers to my questions. I am a male and will be 19 in may.

 

These are the areas I would want worked on.

 

NECK (way to fat and too many rolls)

FACE (fat cheeks)

NOSE (too pointy)

BACK (more so the bottom of my back, the sides etc)

CHEST (I feel like I may have gymnostsia or however you spell it and that I may need a breast reduction for it)

 

There's also more that I have written down somewhere. I'm going to have to get back to this and edit it.

 

But what can you tell me about this stuff so far? I am going to keep working out and dieting but this discussion is basically just to answer some questions for me.

Technical answer:

Neck: neck liposuction or neck lift

Cheeks: buccal fat excision

Nose: rhinoplasty

Lower back/flanks: liposuction

Chest: gynecomastia male breast reduction or liposuction (the former is far more unpleasant as it means removing the nipple to remove the breast tissue)

Personal answer:

A lot of these things are linked to body mass index; before you consider any fat removal procedures, always try general healthy eating and a fitness regime first. Liposuction does have a purpose for people of a healthy weight who are genetically predisposed to storing fat in certain areas that are resistant to diet and exercise. Liposuction is not a substitute for a healthy lifestyle and a proper diet.

You are too young for buccal fat excision (facial fat will decrease with age anyway) and the op may result in you looking gaunt with age.

You may also struggle to find a respected surgeon to perform rhinoplasty on you at this age. Bear in mind that you are still growing and changing, so surgery to change the shape of the face on top of changing foundations can be problematic and lead to unexpected (and undesirable) results as your face matures. Give it another couple of years. Also: rhinoplasty has a very high number of revisions compared to other forms of surgery, be very careful of going down this path as you may find yourself getting revision on top of revision over the years.

Also: stop looking for flaws in yourself, we all have them.

My partner has been awesome with this. Simply put, if she has something deeply personal she wants to resolve, I will give her all the love and support I can, likewise, I hope she does the same for me.

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I don't want to have a pop at someone you may very much care about, but I think you should reflect on where you are currently are emotionally and romantically.

I work in an office full of women and they love criticizing men (those who are short, bald, wearing clothes they don't like etc), yet they can rest safe in the knowledge that nobody will criticise them for their flaws. Insulting men is fine; insulting women is not. It's this messed up ideology that continues the myth that men are not allowed to have feelings or insecurities as well. As a result, it's okay to pick them apart - because it won't hurt them...right?

I suspect that your partner may come from this old school way of thinking. Worse still is the fact the evidence that you have insecurities by the fact that you've spent a lot of money on something that is deeply bothering you..and she is still criticising you for it. Even worse is the fact that you are going through the most difficult shedding stage of HT where you are at your most sensitive and doubtful and she is still criticising you.

It may be worth really having a proper talk with your partner and letting her know how much MPB has affected you and how much the HT means to you. If you get nowhere, I fear that she may not be there for other emotionally difficult times in your life as well. It sounds like she wants to you to fit into her understanding of what men should be as opposed to accepting who you actually are. If this is the case, it may be worth reflecting on how much of a future there is with this woman.

Best of luck. And apologies if you feel I've stepped beyond the mark.