A small percentage of men report an increased sex drive from finasteride. The reduced ejaculate is a known side effect of finasteride, though usually seen with the full 5mg dose (for treating the prostate).
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We’ve written about this many times. Simply put — masturbation does not cause hair loss. I do not know what other advice I can provide or how much clearer I can be. If you strongly feel masturbation is causing your hair loss, then stop masturbating. I suppose at that point, it is your choice — […]
I guess this is another way to answer the same issue. Masturbation, erections, sexual arousal, ejaculation, etc do not cause hair loss. Your genetics are the cause of male pattern balding. I’m not trying to be rude here, but I get this question many times a week and have answered it dozens of times already. […]
The report can be found at Psychology Today, and essentially blames online porn for libido problems in young men. I don’t know if there’s anything to this, but it certainly is interesting. The report suggests that in 6-12 weeks, the problem could be resolved by staying away from the porn and perhaps leaving your penis […]
Snippet from the non-hair-loss article: Read the rest — Email Sexual Advice Study Highlights Problems Raised by Different Ages and Cultures This isn’t about hair loss, but it’s interesting nonetheless. The frequency of libido or erectile dysfunction (ED) problems reported are far more common than previously thought. Granted the results are just from email surveys, […]
We get questions like these all the time, and the answers don’t seem to change. Here we go: 1. The amount of body hair you have doesn’t relate to the amount of scalp hair you lose. 2. Hair loss can skip generations, so you can’t just look at your grandfather (from either side of the […]
I do not know what more I can say or contribute. It seems you are under the care of a physician and you are doing well. It’s not that I don’t want to help, but please understand that I can’t give personalized medical opinions online. Despite how accurate and descriptive you may be I cannot […]
There are many resources for information as well as misinformation. Some sources say finasteride half life is 4-5 hours. Some say it is 8 hours. My Epocrates drug database says it is 6 hours. Half life is the time it takes for 50% of the drug to be out of your bloodstream. So if you […]
I can understand the desperation, but I highly suggest you go back to your prescribing doctor to help manage the problem. Sexual side effects occur rarely (1 to 2 percent), and many men can manage the process with their doctors including reducing the dose, or by stopping it to study what happens when the drug […]
Not sure why you would include your masturbatory habits with the hair question. Masturbation does not cause hair loss, regardless of how many times you might’ve heard that myth. There is no specific diet that decreases DHT levels and high or low DHT levels in the blood stream do not reflect a cause for hair […]
Many men have that same attitude towards their hair loss, but they take a stand and do something about it! Medications or surgery are the options to have hair growing from your scalp again. As to what you did personally… well, I don’t think karma has much to do with hair loss, but I’m sure […]
I was sent this fluff piece that really doesn’t dig into anything other than reminding me that today is “Be Bald and Be Free” day. The article from the Examiner is about professional golfers that are losing their hair, and the writer states: Tiger Woods had a hair transplant? He wears a hat so often, […]
I remember a billionaire I performed a hair transplant some years ago. He had an interpreter with him (came from Asia) and I jokingly told him not to have sex for 3 years. I remember laughing and I thought he understood it was a joking comment. Three months later, his interpreter called and told me […]
I suppose too much of anything can be a bad thing to some people. In our experience, a high sex drive is a common side effect of Propecia (more than a low sex drive), but a high sex drive is a very common “problem” for young men in their 20’s as well, medication or not. […]
Maybe these doctors try to exploit our psychological weaknesses, but I doubt that anything you did as a teenager will have impacted your hair. Maybe they aren’t doctors at all — I don’t know. What I do know is that masturbation did not cause your hair to fall out and these “magical” pills will most […]