Cycling Finasteride

Is it possible to go on a Finasteride “cycle” in the same way a body builder will go on a “cycle” with steroids to avoid the brunt of major side effects? Has anyone tried this with finasteride? (i.e., take it for 6 months then stay off it for 3 months or something to that effect). I understand that finasteride has a long half-life and will stay in your system for a long period even after stopping dosage. I wonder if you can avoid or limit some of the side effects.
Thanking you in advance for your response.

Finasteride has a very short half life. If you have a leaking bucket, and it dripped slowly and you decided to stop the drip for every other day, it would just take longer for the bucket to empty, but it will eventually empty. Think of your hair as the bucket full of water, dripping out drop by drop every day, some days less than others. Cycling Propecia just slows down the loss that will happen sooner or later, but unlike the bucket of water which you can just refill, when the hair is gone, it is gone! I hope you get the message?