Anyone Gotten Off Finasteride And Kept Their Hair?

[Tanuge]

Just curious. I'm 50 years old, and I've been on it for about five years, and it has moved me a notch of two up the Norwood scale (before I was a bad Norwood 3V; now I'm a good Norwood 3v- hard to explain as my hair is very curly and frizzy, but it is a noticeable difference) Not experiencing any sides- just not sure I want to be taking it for the rest of my life (and if I do ever get off it, I'd rather lose 5 years or hair all at once than 10 or 15).

So, I've been wondering if I could switch over to saw palmetto and Revivogen and at least slow down the "catch up" loss. I keep seeing stories of guys who went down this same road, thinking they were cool with backsliding, only to come running back to finasteride when they start losing hair again.

I'm not too worried about sides- my own layman's opinion (for what it's worth) is that it's more likely to run into hormone problems getting off it if one started taking it a relatively young age (as opposed to having started it when one's testosterone levels have passed their peak). I also have a friend who is a doctor who believes that weening off of it over time would mitigate any risks.

So, anyone have some getting off finasteride stories? (hair stories- no testosterone stories please, i'm stressed out enough as it is)

 

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My advice would be just stay on it unless your okay with losing all of it. Then Id agree with weening off of it. No treatment can replace finasteride though so just be at peace being a chrome dome before you cut the cord.

 

[Tanuge]

Thanks for the candor. I think I might be OK with going back to where I was when I started finasteride and naturally progressing from there, but I know it doesn't work that way.

The real reason I'm thinking of getting off it is that my girlfriend is starting to talk about wanting to get pregnant. I think that's a little far-fetched to begin with, as she is 40 and I'm 50. I don't think she's 100% committed to the idea, just sort of a "Let's skip the condom and let's see what happens"- thing.

Thing is- I never told her that I take finasteride (she's weird about pills- won't even take antibiotics). It's really the only thing I've never been honest with her about. So, now I'm not sure what to do; get my sperm tested? come clean with her? go off of it? go off of it for a few months? do nothing?

I went to see my new GP (old one retired last year). He's an osteopathic doctor. He said he didn't know much about it, read over the warnings, and then told me unequivocally that I had to get off of it if I was thinking of getting the gf pregnant.