Hairloss Prevention While On Steroids

soundnvision

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Unfortunately yes. Massive sides with Oral Dutasteride.
No sides with Topical though. I was using 0.5% once a week roughly. I also used 1%.
I am now going to start using 0.1% every other day.
I think you can get away with a low dose and still bee very effective at blocking DHT on the scalp.
Did you try dutasteride with an anti e?

I take dutasteride with arimadex, 10mg boron daily ( lowers HSBG ) and 5 mg cialis daily ( because finasteride and dutasteride depletes nitric oxide ) and i have no side effects.
 

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Unfortunately yes. Massive sides with Oral Dutasteride.
No sides with Topical though. I was using 0.5% once a week roughly. I also used 1%.
I am now going to start using 0.1% every other day.
I think you can get away with a low dose and still bee very effective at blocking DHT on the scalp.
Once a week doesn't cut it?
 

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Did you try dutasteride with an anti e?

I take dutasteride with arimadex, 10mg boron daily ( lowers HSBG ) and 5 mg cialis daily ( because finasteride and dutasteride depletes nitric oxide ) and i have no side effects.

I would never touch an estrogen blocker unless restarting my HTPA after a cycle or getting off TRT.
High estrogen makes me feel great.

I did the boron experiment. SHBG lowered from 35 to 28, I have not followed up to see whether it remained and to be honest I have my doubts wether lowering SHBG is a good idea anyways, there are several articles on it.

I take 5mg cialis every other day, no need to take it daily.

I'm glad you have no sides, many people don't!
 

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Did you try dutasteride with an anti e?

I take dutasteride with arimadex, 10mg boron daily ( lowers HSBG ) and 5 mg cialis daily ( because finasteride and dutasteride depletes nitric oxide ) and i have no side effects.

Do you experience libido problems with Duta and finasteride? How much does the Cialis help? I bought some Cialis and it should be arriving in a few weeks bc Dutasteride really shuts off my libido.

Also, do you take Arimidex rather than Aromasin bc it's more hair safe?
 

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Did you try dutasteride with an anti e?

I take dutasteride with arimadex, 10mg boron daily ( lowers HSBG ) and 5 mg cialis daily ( because finasteride and dutasteride depletes nitric oxide ) and i have no side effects.

Terrible protocol. Stay off the AIs, especially if you care about your hairs.
Second worse thing for hairs after 19-nor compounds.
 

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Do you experience libido problems with Duta and finasteride? How much does the Cialis help? I bought some Cialis and it should be arriving in a few weeks bc Dutasteride really shuts off my libido.

Also, do you take Arimidex rather than Aromasin bc it's more hair safe?
I just take cialis as a precaution because finasteride and dutasteride inhibit nitric oxide.
I havent noticed a change in livido honestly.
I tried aromasin and got bad shedding with it but arimidex 0.5 mg twice a week dosnt hurt my hair.
 

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I just take cialis as a precaution because finasteride and dutasteride inhibit nitric oxide.
I havent noticed a change in livido honestly.
I tried aromasin and got bad shedding with it but arimidex 0.5 mg twice a week dosnt hurt my hair.
How does finasteride lower nitric oxide, ive never heard of this? Can that make you less “veiny” or hurt your pumps ?
 

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How does finasteride lower nitric oxide, ive never heard of this? Can that make you less “veiny” or hurt your pumps ?
If it does in fact decrease NO then yes it would decrease your pumps and appearance of veins. There are bodybuilders that take Cialis just to increase their pumps but I think it's only a theory/speculation that finasteride/duta decreases NO. I never researched into it yet so I may very well be wrong
 

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If it does in fact decrease NO then yes it would decrease your pumps and appearance of veins. I think it's only a theory/speculation that it decreases NO but I did no research into it yet.
I ask cuz My arms used to be COVERED in veins before finasteride. I attributed less veins to gaining weight from eating like sh*t. Never heard about finasteride doing this
 

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I ask cuz My arms used to be COVERED in veins before finasteride. I attributed less veins to gaining weight from eating like sh*t. Never heard about finasteride doing this

Maybe there's something to it then. I just don't here many people talking about it. Did you experience any libido issues on finasteride? If finasteride/Duta do decrease NO, shouldn't everyone be experiencing libido issues on it?
 

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Maybe there's something to it then. I just don't here many people talking about it. Did you experience any libido issues on finasteride? If finasteride/Duta do decrease NO, shouldn't everyone be experiencing libido issues on it?
I really don’t have any noticeable libido issues. I’m sure a lot of bodybuilders take finasteride too though
 

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I really don’t have any noticeable libido issues. I’m sure a lot of bodybuilders take finasteride too though
Neither do I and I dosed finasteride up to 5mg a day before. But if I take even 0.05mg of dutasteride (1/10th the normal dose, which is 0.5mg) I feel my libido decrease. I'm just curious to see if Cialis will help me combat the side effects of dutasteride because 0.5mg makes me feel castrated for a week.
 

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Neither do I and I dosed finasteride up to 5mg a day before. But if I take even 0.05mg of dutasteride (1/10th the normal dose, which is 0.5mg) I feel my libido decrease. I'm just curious to see if Cialis will help me combat the side effects of dutasteride because 0.5mg makes me feel castrated for a week.
try l-citrulline and see if that helps.
 

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By taking dutas or fina I think due to decreased dht as well as increased estrogen you will have a softer and less vascular look
I def look softer and less vasilar. I used to have veins on veins. Kinda sucks. But it could be cuz I have higher body fat. Idk. I like bodybuilding and hair so it blows. I’m also natty
 
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