Finasteride induced gynecomastia

[Ende]

I'm 24. I'm currently not exercising regularly. I've not been feeling too well lately because of bad testosterone/estrogen ratio, but I'm getting better now. Exercising do alot of good for people, so I don't doubt that. Fat cells are loaded with aromatase enzymes, so yeah. Dropping fat and building muscles would most likely relieve the symptoms.

 

[Ende]

Please share your gynecomastia experience. More information needed.

 

[barcafan]

You should not be f****ing with your HTPA without a compedent doctors help, otherwise you'll either f*ck yourself up even more, or it will take you MUCH longer to recover.

That's the RISK yes, I agree, but I'm not the one to sit and do nothing if they refuse to help me. I take care of things myself.

The problem is that you dont know nearly enough nor have anywhere near the clinical experience that a *good* physician has. There's dozens of feedback loops in your body that you dont know how to predict. It's not only E2, DHT, T.....

 

[Ende]

And yet I've almost recovered, even while using finasteride. Strange.

 

[razelscnhaps]

Believe me, you'll know for sure if you're developing gynecomastia. It's very painful when it begins to grow, and you'll feel lumps all over the chest around the nipples.

I believe pain is inevitable when growing breasts, yes. Just ask the girls. I'm not a doctor, so I can't tell you what you're feeling in your chest, but I would say it's nothing to worry about as long as you don't have any pain and lumps. Puffy nipples are soft and more defined than usual. I don't remeber if they're more sensitive.

Puffy nipples are usually an early sign, and by time, lumps may begin to grow all over the place, and it hurts like hell. I took care of it before it advanced further.

Hi, could someone confirm this?

I can not sleep until then. It is awful and even psychologically worse than when my alopecia was triggered.

I have no pain and no lumps so could this be extra-fat localised in breasts caused by change in fat division due to finasteride?
Since I began finasteride. (74 days) I've got a little fatter (compensate compensate, food and a LOT of beer)

I am going to do a hardcore diet to see if it goes away (and go to see an andrologist) but meanwhile I am freaking out.

 

[g.i joey]

Yeah dude if you gain ed weight that's all it is. I was off finasteride for 2 weeks and my chest slimmed down and I actually lost 6 pounds in a week and a half. You really have to watch what you eat on finasteride.. maybe more cause I was already chubby but I gain weight super easy on finasteride

 

[Afro_Vacancy]

I started propecia this year, and i hope to not be on it forever.

 

[razelscnhaps]

Thanks for the answer Joey, I hope you are right.
The thing is not only to gain weight easily on finasteride, but it seems that (for me at least) there is also a change in fat distribution (that I hope is different from gynecomastia) because I know what shape my body takes when I get fatter and I never saw my "tits?" grow like this.

It would be very convenient if the pain criterion is correct to identify real gynecomastia.

 

[g.i joey]

Hey Dave same here. I'm prob gonna be off and on it for as long as my hair holds up until I make it close to 30. I'm actually ok eith going bald but not ok with going bald at 23

 

[Thespain]

I'm 24. I'm currently not exercising regularly. I've not been feeling too well lately because of bad testosterone/estrogen ratio, but I'm getting better now. Exercising do alot of good for people, so I don't doubt that. Fat cells are loaded with aromatase enzymes, so yeah. Dropping fat and building muscles would most likely relieve the symptoms.

I can't agree with this statement enough. I started finasteride while in the middle of losing weight and got side effects, but since I started I dropped another 50lbs and the side effects are 95% gone.

 

[g.i joey]

Really? You have minimal sides now that you're skinny? I need to drop at least 30 according to my Doctor.. might help with finasteride too.