Body hair predictor of sexual side effects?

[INT]

First of all:

#1 I know that high DHT does not necessarily means more body hair (research has ony shown a weak correlation between DHT levels and leg hair)
#2 know that high DHT does not necessarily mean more male pattern baldness

Now,

Over the past months I have red at least 100 stories of finasteride users. I was mostly interested in their degree of success and the incidence of side effects. Before I was aware of #1 I had my own broscience theory where I thought that men with more body hair would have less sexual side effects because they had higher levels of DHT.

Based on all the personal stories I red (I know that the sample is still way to small to be conclusive and I of course also know that there is zero scientific validity regarding these observations) it seems like men who report to have more body hair actually tend to be more susceptible to sexual side effects compared to men with less body hair.

Any thoughts on this observation? Personal experiences that provide poof for or against this are more than welcome!

PS: It also seems like men with more body hair tend to be good responders in terms of hair growth and maintenance as well...

 

[Solomon]

I have a lot of body hair and got gyno(1/16 proscar every 4 days). It's not catastrophic but still bothers me and I'm afraid it will continue to grow

 

[INT]

I have a lot of body hair and got gyno(1/16 proscar every 4 days). It's not catastrophic but still bothers me and I'm afraid it will continue to grow

How long have you been using finasteride? How had is your gyno? Did you experience any sexual sides?

So far: 1-0 in favour of my hypothesis.

 

[g.i joey]

Hey solomon, take it from someone who got gyno the first time around on finasteride. The gyno you get on finasteride is minimal and could be treated right away, given you take the right precautions. But not only that, most of the aesthetics of gyno on finasteride is due to fat redistribution, i lost 15 pounds recently and it took ALOT of weight off my nipples. I luckily got rid of my gyno a little under a year ago, my nipples were still fatty but my tissue had shrunken significantly, now with the weight loss i am actually very comfortable with how my chest looks. Also, 2-0 for your hypothesis, but i take spread out doses so i havent really felt many sides.

 

[INT]

Hey solomon, take it from someone who got gyno the first time around on finasteride. The gyno you get on finasteride is minimal and could be treated right away, given you take the right precautions. But not only that, most of the aesthetics of gyno on finasteride is due to fat redistribution, i lost 15 pounds recently and it took ALOT of weight off my nipples. I luckily got rid of my gyno a little under a year ago, my nipples were still fatty but my tissue had shrunken significantly, now with the weight loss i am actually very comfortable with how my chest looks. Also, 2-0 for your hypothesis, but i take spread out doses so i havent really felt many sides.

Did you get any sexual sides from finasteride?

Dammit always hated being hairy and now it seems there will be another reason to hate it...

 

[g.i joey]

i havent suffered one sexual side until last week, after the holidays where i ate like a slob and a new years party where i took part in drinking ALOT of alcohol and maybe 1 or 2 other substances which i prefer not to name, i couldnt get hard for maybe 3 or 4 days, you should also take into account that i was on the verge of getting sick for the past 3 days and it just never progressed, so i think more than 1 factor contributed to me not having much libido. Im back in business after only 4 days off propecia so starting saturday night i will start with .5mg e3d and after 2 or 3 weeks move it to 1mg e3d.

 

[INT]

i havent suffered one sexual side until last week, after the holidays where i ate like a slob and a new years party where i took part in drinking ALOT of alcohol and maybe 1 or 2 other substances which i prefer not to name, i couldnt get hard for maybe 3 or 4 days, you should also take into account that i was on the verge of getting sick for the past 3 days and it just never progressed, so i think more than 1 factor contributed to me not having much libido. Im back in business after only 4 days off propecia so starting saturday night i will start with .5mg e3d and after 2 or 3 weeks move it to 1mg e3d.

Could you keep me updated please?

 

[br1]

I have basically little hair on arms and legs. None on chest, back.. Never had any side from finasteride (maybe watery semen, but not always)..

 

[INT]

I have basically little hair on arms and legs. None on chest, back.. Never had any side from finasteride (maybe watery semen, but not always)..

3-0...

 

[br1]

Just to add: My dad is 50% chinese. I'm 25%.

I don't have almond eyes nor a Chinese looking hair. But I don't have much body hair, like an Asian...

 

[jimmypage]

I have hair all over my body, exception on the back, but a lot in the chest, belly, arms, legs, etc. No sides for me, 1mg a day for 4 months.

 

[Dench57]

I'd be more interested to know if people with certain baseline hormone levels (DHT, Test, Estradiol) were more susceptible to sides. Would having naturally high DHT make you less susceptible to sides? Would having high T make your a poorer responder in terms of hair?

 

[INT]

I'd be more interested to know if people with certain baseline hormone levels (DHT, Test, Estradiol) were more susceptible to sides. Would having naturally high DHT make you less susceptible to sides? Would having high T make your a poorer responder in terms of hair?

Agree, can't believe that this has not been studied before...

 

[Hammer]

I have very little body hair (half Chinese). No sides from finasteride or dutasteride or anything else.

 

[INT]

4-1

 

[M.G]

I'm extremely hairy. 2 months in on finasteride and I haven't experienced any sides yet.

There's actually a study on finasteride that compares hairy people and non-hairy people and the hairier ones turned to have significantly better results.
http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?is...59;issue=2;spage=163;epage=165;aulast=Inadomi

Southern europeans, especially greeks and italians seems to statistically be the most balding people in the world. I wanna believe this is also correct with middle easterners. What these people got in common is lots of body hair. Hairier people seems to bald faster and perhaps react better to their DHT-levels lowering.

 

[bluemoon1212]

Hairy as ****. Zero sides on .5 mg dutasteride ED

 

[INT]

4-3!

 

[bluemoon1212]

Just for the record: Before- http://imgur.com/w6dcyzn After- http://imgur.com/BHsOKLP http://imgur.com/sEaBoyT

 

[Wolf Pack]

This isn't a good predictor at all. It's more to do with our unique physiology and biochemistry, genetics e.t.c.