Encouraging infomation and a question..

[Jack23-]

So i'm taking finasteride, i took my first dose yesterday - 0.5mg. Will shortly be taking my next dose in an hour. I went to watch the new Batman movie last night and couldn't follow what the hell was going on, and started thinking i had brain fog.. Then i realised what i retard i was being.. lol.

Anyway.. i went to see my doctor one final time to discuss finasteride before i begin and she told me she used to be a Gynecologist but also treated men with Prostate problems and she explained how she had treated men on 5mg Proscar - quote - 'Everyone i treated was on it and i never ever came across anybody with the side effect of gyno'

This to me in encourgaing for people taking 1mg of finasteride..

Anyway, i thought i'd share because i have a question, so hopefully i'll get a reply for giving somthing back lol

When you begin taking finasteride and minoxidil, is it possible for the body to become dependant, so if you stopped taking both, your hairloss would become heavier than it's ever been and you would potentially made your hairloss worse?

It would be greatly appreciated if anyone could shed some light on this?

And go see the new Batman movie lol

 

[Avery]

When you begin taking finasteride and minoxidil, is it possible for the body to become dependant, so if you stopped taking both, your hairloss would become heavier than it's ever been and you would potentially made your hairloss worse?

It probably won't accelerate your hair loss (unless it causes shedding and then never regrows those hairs, some people have complained about either drug eating their hair lines), but some hairs to become dependant on one or both drugs, so if you took them for a while and then stopped, your hair loss would quickly catch up to where it would be if you had never taken them. Your hair would go quickly, but it wouldn't be any worse than if you'd never taken them in the first place.

 

[ali777]

It probably won't accelerate your hair loss (unless it causes shedding and then never regrows those hairs, some people have complained about either drug eating their hair lines), but some hairs to become dependant on one or both drugs, so if you took them for a while and then stopped, your hair loss would quickly catch up to where it would be if you had never taken them. Your hair would go quickly, but it wouldn't be any worse than if you'd never taken them in the first place.

That's basically the official line. I would like to know the answer to the "dependency" question as well. I've been asking myself the same question lately.

 

[Jack23-]

Surely we cannot become finasteride dependant as the process works through DHT and if we stopped our levels would return to normal with no increase right? I'm more worried about the minoxidil issue?

I think this is a whole area Merc have missed?

 

[Bryan]

I'm more worried about the minoxidil issue?

There is some pretty good evidence suggesting that if you use topical minoxidil for a while and then stop using it, your hair will probably take a big hit immediately afterwards; but after a few more months it will get back to the way it would have been, had you never used the minoxidil at all. Here's a scan of two graphs from a 1999 study by Dr. Vera Price which demonstrate all that:

http://www.geocities.com/bryan50001/quitting-minoxidil.htm