Yes, ED medication like Viagra or Cialis often help but not if you don’t have a reasonable libido.
The side effects between Dutasteride vs Finasteride are about the same but Dutasteride is not FDA cleared for safety and effectiveness at least officially (Click to enlarge).
The recent Journal Lancet, published a study revealing that the obesity epidemic is increasing the terrifying appearance of many cancers in young people. According to the article, there is an increase in cancer of up to between 50-80% in the following cancers: Uterine and esophageal, colon, gallbladder, kidney, liver, pancreas, upper stomach and brain membranes. For obese women, there is a 7 times increase in uterine cancer. Six of the listed cancers are rapidly rising in people ages 25-49 and the incidence is rising at a 2-6% rate yearly. There is a suggestion that reducing ones obesity may reduce the risk of some of these cancer.
Nobody knows if there is a connection between Diffuse Unpatterened Alopecia (DUPA) and the action of DHT on the hair receptors. but I doubt that it fits the classic model for male pattern genetic loss; nevertheless, because finasteride is the only drug that we can use to block DHT and we know that sometimes it works, finasteride is the drug of choice for DUPA. People with DUPA can also develop patterned balding which shows that there is not a direct connection between the two.
I have experienced hairloss in all of those same areas I have been losing since starting finasteride. Sexual function has also improved since starting finasteride. How common is this?
Some people report hair loss when they start finasteride and this usually subsides in a couple of months, getting improvement afterward. The increase in sexual drive is now increasingly reported by many postings.
I have heard that he got hair transplants. I am not sure if he also did SMP as his hairline is very dense and tight! We did another similar celebrity and did SMP with it to make it look that thick!
What do you think: Does fin hit harder for guys with previously high or low libido? Any personal experiences here?
Some context: Im not on any medication but considering getting on the big 3. Like everyone else I’m concerned about sides from fin. When I was 20 or under, my libido was always sky high but now that I’m 25 I’ve noticed that I’m in the mood a lot less frequently. I’m sure this is a natural consequence of me getting older and I’m totally ok with that, but I’d prefer to not artificially tank my libido if I can avoid it.
We know that men who are in their 20s have some ED at a rate of about 20%, men in their 30s have an ED rate of about 30% and men in their 40s have an ED rate of about 40% and so on. I have not seen a relationship between men’s previous ED elements in their history to those who get finasteride induced ED, but it may exist.
You probably won’t get enough hair growth from finasteride. A hair transplant at 25, is probably the best solution for you.
Very interesting article. Maybe we will be seeing it soon on the market.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2217050-a-hat-that-zaps-the-scalp-with-electricity-helps-reverse-male-balding/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=dailynewsletter&utm_campaign=23092019
How old are you? What have you done so for to treat your hair loss? The idea that you can get an estimate of how many grafts if you (1) are too young, (2) haven’t tried treatment without surgery, and (3) go forward without a Master Plan by a good doctor is crazy!
Doing a little reading on stem cells turns up a few stories from credible sources showing that skin can be grown in a lab to cover nearly an entire body. Couldn’t skin with hair also be grown then? A lab grown graft with hair follicles would be a better donor source than the scalp for a number of reasons. The risk of rejection is minimal, and the patient wouldn’t have to suffer the pain of having their scalp harvested.
You could always grow more follicles, so it’s a good potential path to having an unlimited number of grafts available to patients who could return for additional follicles as needed throughout life.
Skin is an organ. Each hair ‘Follicular Unit’ is a separate organ. When skin is grown, it doesn’t include hair follicles because these are separate organ systems with their own stem cell that are different than skin stem cells.
I’ve been using topical finasteride (Morr-F) for a period of about 8 months. 2 months ago, I had a blood test for a physical examination. Everything was fine, except that I showed elevated liver enzymes (ALT/AST) and just barely met the criteria for prediabetic fasting blood sugar. I repeated the test last week and my ALT/AST were even worse.
I’m a healthy male who doesn’t drink often at all (sometimes no drinks in a month, never more than 5 in a month). I exercise regularly, have no history of diabetes in my family, and eat an ovo-vegetarian diet with adequate protein for resistance training. I’ve recently found studies indicating that 5-AR inhibitors have been shown to interfere with liver function, elevating liver enzymes and interfering with glucose metabolism.
Don’t be your own doctor and get professional advice as finasteride will not cause liver enzyme elevation.
Can you image going out in public with this look on the left? The patient on the left is not our patient but compare our patient on the right and see the difference. We are obsessed with an undetectable look beginning when you leave our office. What this doctor did, was to leave his grafts elevated. These elevated grafts will remain visible for weeks after the surgery and they will crust over. I have seen patient photos showing this to last up to a month. I look at it as a month of hiding because of a poorly executed hair transplant. Both of these patients had the same hair transplant distribution
This is according to https://clincalc.com/DrugStats/
