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This is an interesting thread. I don't see how your DHT could raise so dramatically while it it supposed to decrease with age. However male pattern baldness progresses with age because of the sensitivy of your follicles to DHT, this probably explains why for some users they see a decrease in propecia's...

Yeah I also dislike this expression because it sounds very "cliché". Yet after reading your whole thread and especially your message on July 13 about college orientation, I decided to say it. It remains true even if it is irratating, I just wanted to help you put things in perspective. Deep...

I must admit I have mixed feelings on this one. At first I thought like others that you were a bit paranoid about your hair given the fact that some pictures show you with almost 100% coverage. I also honestly believed your hair looked the same after finasteride in some of your pictures. But...

I don't know if I'm allowed to share it, but here is the full pdf paper: https://docdro.id/UgBKcPK It's not really a study but an article about the current state of knowledge about 5α-R inhibitors. They tried to be exhaustive about possible side effects with more than 200 references. IMO the...

Apply it on your wet scalp, like just 5-10 minutes after shower. If you're feeling a bit dizzy or light headaches, it's probably minoxidil. Good luck btw. Life must be really hard right now in Idlib

See if your hair is too dry. It is generally the case when people over-use Nizoral. Go for 1x/week ... and yeah 12-15 hair is not "tons of"...

Hmm, I would not recommend that at all. IMO being on TRT means having regular endocrine check-up and if you start to mix up drugs, it can get impossible to know the source of upcoming problems. 1/. I think you should switch to oral finasteride and stop topical. It is absolutely pointless to use...

You're not a "victim", relax. Stop the drug and try to not think about it. Such severe sides after only a few days makes me believe part of the symptoms are exaggerated by your anxiety. Go outside, play sports, work, eat healthy and try to sleep well. No reason to panic, just give it some time...

If you choose to go on, I would recommend getting your hormones tested. First it helps to feel reassured when tests show that everything is fine and also it could be useful as a baseline in the next couple of months if you do another test. Keeping track of hormonal balance can help a lot.

Going half dose (0.5mg if you use the common 1mg dosage) won't change anything unfortunately for your sides (see the studies about finasteride flat dose response). I took propecia 0.5mg for 5 weeks and quit cold turkey at the start of the 6th week. Watery semen is common, I did not experience ED...

Taking Saw Palmetto is a mistake. It's been proven it mostly interacts with type 1 5alpha reductase which is not prominent in the scalp. Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's safe. Try propecia (specific type 2 5alpha reductase) and quit if the sides are too important.

I've taken 0.5mg of finasteride for about a month. If your question is about the appropriate dosage, you should know that propecia has a flat dose response so that even 0.25mg will reduce DHT by almost the same amount as 1mg in long term. So same effectiveness, but also same sides (I have quit...