Hey all, I dont post much so bear with me!
I started finasteride in March 06 and was on it for a year. However during that time I suffered from pretty bad acne that haunted me as a teen (which disappeared after a course of (Ro)accutane at 18). So for the last 6 months on finasteride (Sep - March) I took low dose accutane to counter this. I started at 20mg a day then cut down and down and it all worked pretty good. However I did notice I was losing quite a lot of hair which is possible I could attribute to the accutane so kinda like a catch 22. I read a lot of posts saying that dutasteride / Avodart had cleared them up so because I'd had no other sides I made the switch in March 07, dropping the finasteride and Accutane for Dutas.
Phew.
Ok. Since then I have stayed clear and my hair has improved, not hugely but I started early and I guess I'm at baseline or thereabouts with some more temple recession from March 06. Overall I'm pretty happy with it. Now the only side I've noticed is an increase in body fat, not massive but since I'm a pretty thin guy I've noticed it and I play a lot of sport so I'm pretty active. So my question is, is it wise to drop to 3x a week on dutasteride while still seeing the good results or should I wait for another couple of months or the year mark before dropping the dose?
On a side note, a couple of weeks ago I was diagnosed with a cataract. Which ok its no huge deal, except I'm 27 so its very unusual to occur at my age unless I have used steroids (which I haven't). I thought about and then dismissed the idea that dutasteride plays on levels of Test. as do steroids - was I right there??
I started finasteride in March 06 and was on it for a year. However during that time I suffered from pretty bad acne that haunted me as a teen (which disappeared after a course of (Ro)accutane at 18). So for the last 6 months on finasteride (Sep - March) I took low dose accutane to counter this. I started at 20mg a day then cut down and down and it all worked pretty good. However I did notice I was losing quite a lot of hair which is possible I could attribute to the accutane so kinda like a catch 22. I read a lot of posts saying that dutasteride / Avodart had cleared them up so because I'd had no other sides I made the switch in March 07, dropping the finasteride and Accutane for Dutas.
Phew.
Ok. Since then I have stayed clear and my hair has improved, not hugely but I started early and I guess I'm at baseline or thereabouts with some more temple recession from March 06. Overall I'm pretty happy with it. Now the only side I've noticed is an increase in body fat, not massive but since I'm a pretty thin guy I've noticed it and I play a lot of sport so I'm pretty active. So my question is, is it wise to drop to 3x a week on dutasteride while still seeing the good results or should I wait for another couple of months or the year mark before dropping the dose?
On a side note, a couple of weeks ago I was diagnosed with a cataract. Which ok its no huge deal, except I'm 27 so its very unusual to occur at my age unless I have used steroids (which I haven't). I thought about and then dismissed the idea that dutasteride plays on levels of Test. as do steroids - was I right there??