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I had light gyno from puberty. If I keep my body fat percentage low it is almost undetectable unless you examine it with your fingers by pinching the hard mass underneath. If I pack on some fat then it would become puffy and slightly cone like to the point that you can see it through a t shirt.
higher body fat looks like this
lower body fat looks like this
To be clear I'm totally okay with this level of gyno.
I started generic finasteride 1mg/day on april 25 2022 and kept daily diary. I noticed slight ball discomfort on day 1 as well as this migraine where my brain feels really heavy and no other sides. The testicle discomfort is completely gone but the migraine stayed(I may be able to tough this one out). On April 27th(2 days later) I noticed that my nipples started to become sore 24/7. This is particularly noticeable at night because I'm a stomach sleeper and ever since the nipple soreness started sleeping on my stomach became painful to the point that I started to sleep on my sides and back. This has never been a problem before even with my pre-existing pubertal gyno.
I want to continue this drug long term but I'm not sure if I have a solution for the gyno. Ideally I would like the nipple soreness to go away and the gyno stay the same size and not grow any bigger as I continue finasteride. Is this at all possible?
Some ideas I'd like to try:
- stay the course with finasteride 1mg/day and see if the nipple soreness resolve it self
- reduce finasteride dosage to 1mg MWF
- further reduce finasteride dosage to 0.5mg MWF
- switch to a topical anti androgen like finasteride or RU
- take DIM + zinc to lower E2 (doubts about this as I don't like to mess with my hormones anymore than I need to)
- take an aromatize inhibitor to lower E2(doubts about this as I don't like to mess with my hormones anymore than I need to)
- male breast reduction surgery (doubts about this since some gland tissue is still left and resuming finasteride could cause the gyno to grow again?)
- mastectomy(doubts about this as a possible side effect is caved-in nipples)
If anyone had any success staying on finasteride long term after experiencing nipple sides please pitch in.
updates:
2022-05-20: I either gotten so used to the nipple soreness that I almost don't perceive it anymore or the gyno has calmed down significantly.
2022-06-27: backed down dosage to 1mg MWF for the entire month of June. headaches have reduced a lot. Nipple soreness remain the same as previous update.
2022-09-19: 1mg MWF still. nipple soreness is almost not noticeable now but still there. I consider this a pretty big improvement. The headaches are also still there but also very light. No visible change in my hair detected so can't speak of finasteride's effectiveness on me at this dosage just yet.
2022-12-02: at 1mg MWF the headaches and nipple soreness are pretty much unnoticeable. So for the past 2 months I updated my dosage to 5mg a week. however I suddenly started feeling nipple soreness and pain again. gonna take a week off and back it down to 4MG a week and see.
higher body fat looks like this
lower body fat looks like this
To be clear I'm totally okay with this level of gyno.
I started generic finasteride 1mg/day on april 25 2022 and kept daily diary. I noticed slight ball discomfort on day 1 as well as this migraine where my brain feels really heavy and no other sides. The testicle discomfort is completely gone but the migraine stayed(I may be able to tough this one out). On April 27th(2 days later) I noticed that my nipples started to become sore 24/7. This is particularly noticeable at night because I'm a stomach sleeper and ever since the nipple soreness started sleeping on my stomach became painful to the point that I started to sleep on my sides and back. This has never been a problem before even with my pre-existing pubertal gyno.
I want to continue this drug long term but I'm not sure if I have a solution for the gyno. Ideally I would like the nipple soreness to go away and the gyno stay the same size and not grow any bigger as I continue finasteride. Is this at all possible?
Some ideas I'd like to try:
- stay the course with finasteride 1mg/day and see if the nipple soreness resolve it self
- reduce finasteride dosage to 1mg MWF
- further reduce finasteride dosage to 0.5mg MWF
- switch to a topical anti androgen like finasteride or RU
- take DIM + zinc to lower E2 (doubts about this as I don't like to mess with my hormones anymore than I need to)
- take an aromatize inhibitor to lower E2(doubts about this as I don't like to mess with my hormones anymore than I need to)
- male breast reduction surgery (doubts about this since some gland tissue is still left and resuming finasteride could cause the gyno to grow again?)
- mastectomy(doubts about this as a possible side effect is caved-in nipples)
If anyone had any success staying on finasteride long term after experiencing nipple sides please pitch in.
updates:
2022-05-20: I either gotten so used to the nipple soreness that I almost don't perceive it anymore or the gyno has calmed down significantly.
2022-06-27: backed down dosage to 1mg MWF for the entire month of June. headaches have reduced a lot. Nipple soreness remain the same as previous update.
2022-09-19: 1mg MWF still. nipple soreness is almost not noticeable now but still there. I consider this a pretty big improvement. The headaches are also still there but also very light. No visible change in my hair detected so can't speak of finasteride's effectiveness on me at this dosage just yet.
2022-12-02: at 1mg MWF the headaches and nipple soreness are pretty much unnoticeable. So for the past 2 months I updated my dosage to 5mg a week. however I suddenly started feeling nipple soreness and pain again. gonna take a week off and back it down to 4MG a week and see.
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