Quitting Propecia After 9 Years

[badbeat2]

Well after 9 years of being on Fin and 9 years of dealing with it's side effects, i think I am finally ready to throw in the towel. I started at 18 and I am now 27.

It has taken me from one of the horniest people I know and turned me into someone who couldn't get up to bang my ex-girlfriend who is model pretty. My own fear of quitting fin and going bald basically destroyed my relationship. My girlfriend complained about a lack of intimacy for about 9 months before she finally gave up.

So I've decided the time is now to grow a pair (literally and figuratively) and accept baldness. I would give anything to go back in time and just accept baldness and I am embarassed I kept taking the drug for so long when it was having such negative side effects. What a messed up set of priorities.

I would appreciate it if someone who has been through this before could let me know how quickly the Fin will lose it's impact on my hair (e.g. how long until it will be like I never took Fin).

Also, I use Nizoral twice a week, is it worth adding anything else to my regimen? I am not willing to take anything with the potential to cause sexual side effects.

Thanks in advance.

[brian liles]

IMO I could care less about sex. my hair is more important than sex. I would rather have erection problems or lack of desire for sex, in order to keep my hair. everyone is different


once you stop fin, it can take 3-12 months before you experience catch up hairloss. when did you stop fin?

[oldmpber]

Well after 9 years of being on Fin and 9 years of dealing with it's side effects, i think I am finally ready to throw in the towel. I started at 18 and I am now 27.

It has taken me from one of the horniest people I know and turned me into someone who couldn't get up to bang my ex-girlfriend who is model pretty. My own fear of quitting fin and going bald basically destroyed my relationship. My girlfriend complained about a lack of intimacy for about 9 months before she finally gave up.

So I've decided the time is now to grow a pair (literally and figuratively) and accept baldness. I would give anything to go back in time and just accept baldness and I am embarassed I kept taking the drug for so long when it was having such negative side effects. What a messed up set of priorities.

I would appreciate it if someone who has been through this before could let me know how quickly the Fin will lose it's impact on my hair (e.g. how long until it will be like I never took Fin).

Also, I use Nizoral twice a week, is it worth adding anything else to my regimen? I am not willing to take anything with the potential to cause sexual side effects.

Thanks in advance.

Well it was 5 or 6 years ago for me so may not have everything right but it seems like it was 3-4 months later and i started losing hair like crazy. It got to the point where I was really looking bald in the back. I stayed on Minox and crossed my fingers. Took about a year but I got 50-60% of that hair back.

Some people have said they lost no hair or hardly any getting off Fin so it is one of those things you will just have to wait and see. Good luck!

[nohawk]

Come on home brother, come on home... I understand what you are going through. I was on Fin for 5 years and went from testosterone-jacked rabbit sex with my ex girlfriend to hoping that she won't wanna have sex with me. Because most probably I would not wanna have sex and therefore not even get hard. She finally gave up on me due to lack of intimacy, understanding, etc.

I found a new girlfriend, who is pretty much an objective 9/10, and as soon as the novelty wore off I was back to not caring again... Im 25 so this was obviously not acceptable.

I got off the damn thing gradually... but still had the post-fin crash which I'm sure you'll get. I was able to somewhat recover by eating clean, getting all my vitamins, and going to the gym 4 times per week. Also stopped paranoia-masturbating.

In regards to hair, I was able to keep all my propecia gains by using a shampoo and conditioner called regenepure, niz once or twice per week, one application of rosemary oil on my hairline in the mornings, and one application of Lipogaine minox at night. I also take two "Hairomega 3-1" pills everyday. I shed less now than I did on propecia and slowly getting my libido back.

good luck

[Beingbaldsucks]

Thats why I'm not touching this crap, don't care how good it is, better to use dht blocking shampoos like revivogen instead of riskin yourself

[Chris87]

So you had side effects for the entire 9 years you were on it? Were you aware that you had the side effects the whole time?

[Rawtashk]

Thats why I'm not touching this crap, don't care how good it is, better to use dht blocking shampoos like revivogen instead of riskin yourself

Those shampoos won't do (hardly) anything to keep your hair on your head. Also, you have a 98% chance of not getting sexual sides. If you do get them, then just stop fin. You'll have a 99% chance of the sides going away in a month or less. Basically you have a 1-in-2000 chance of getting sides that persist for more than a month after you quit.

I delayed going on Fin for 2 years because I was afraid of sides. I'm 4 years in now, and side-effect free (except maybe some very minor ones, but nothing major). My current greatest regret in my life is that I didn't start Fin 2 years sooner than I did. 80% of my current hairloss happened in those 2 years :-/

[mlb]

I quit Fin after 12 years on the drug (started at age 21). I have very aggressive balding genes (younger brother is a nw6 at age 28). I maintained a nw1 up until i quit - i must be a great responder.

I would say i lost 20% of my hair in the first 6 months after quitting. Then it stabilized for about 10 months. And then it suddenly started thinning rapidly again. I would say I have now lost about 65% of my hair and am forced to use a #1 guard (2 years off the drug in total). I will most likely be fully shaving my head within 6 months.

It's pretty traumatic watching your hair disappear. But it's also pretty traumatic having sexual sides. I've tried a few things to counteract the loss but to no avail. My libido improved and morning erections returned - but it hasn't restored me to my early-20s libido levels.

Good luck.

[Mestys]

I quit Fin after 12 years on the drug (started at age 21). I have very aggressive balding genes (younger brother is a nw6 at age 28). I maintained a nw1 up until i quit - i must be a great responder.

I would say i lost 20% of my hair in the first 6 months after quitting. Then it stabilized for about 10 months. And then it suddenly started thinning rapidly again. I would say I have now lost about 65% of my hair and am forced to use a #1 guard (2 years off the drug in total). I will most likely be fully shaving my head within 6 months.

It's pretty traumatic watching your hair disappear. But it's also pretty traumatic having sexual sides. I've tried a few things to counteract the loss but to no avail. My libido improved and morning erections returned - but it hasn't restored me to my early-20s libido levels.

Good luck.

You will never be restored to your early 20s libido because you're not 20 anymore. I'm sure a lot of people who have used Fin long term blame the drug for natural ageing.

[oldmpber]

I quit Fin after 12 years on the drug (started at age 21). I have very aggressive balding genes (younger brother is a nw6 at age 28). I maintained a nw1 up until i quit - i must be a great responder.

I would say i lost 20% of my hair in the first 6 months after quitting. Then it stabilized for about 10 months. And then it suddenly started thinning rapidly again. I would say I have now lost about 65% of my hair and am forced to use a #1 guard (2 years off the drug in total). I will most likely be fully shaving my head within 6 months.

It's pretty traumatic watching your hair disappear. But it's also pretty traumatic having sexual sides. I've tried a few things to counteract the loss but to no avail. My libido improved and morning erections returned - but it hasn't restored me to my early-20s libido levels.

Good luck.

You will never be restored to your early 20s libido because you're not 20 anymore. I'm sure a lot of people who have used Fin long term blame the drug for natural ageing.

When it happens fast I do not think it is natural aging. And if you take TRT , yes you will feel 20 again and will want sex 24/7

mlb - have you thought about just reducing your fin dosage? I had problems too and trying to see if 1 to 2 times a week will work- too early to say yet.