paximperia
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I ignored the hair loss for about two or three years, until it started falling out really fast. I started finasteride in 2/2007. I'm having very good results with 1mg finasteride (Finpecia from UP). My hair stopped falling out entirely, and it feels stronger than it did.
5mg finasteride gave me puffy breasts (the fat distribution moved to my breasts in literally a week -- it was undeniable), and turned me into a hormonal basket case. It was very noticeable (someone else actually pointed out the moodiness). I also noticed my body hair reduced a lot (my body hairs seem about 50% shorter), even on the 1mg finasteride. The body hair loss didn't become noticeable until a couple months in. It doesn't bother me, except it makes me think that maybe I'm much more sensitive than most.
I switched back to 1mg finasteride, but after my experience with 5mg finasteride I have really cold feet about switching to 0.5mg dutasteride (to help with the temples). 1mg finasteride has worked well... I've had 100% maintenance and some regrowth, but not as much in the temple areas as I would like. It seems to primarily thicken hair that is already there.
Anyway, for anyone using Proscar, keep a close eye on the moobs. I'm 20, which is much younger than the studies on Proscar. It is possible that younger people are much more vulnerable to getting moobs from finasteride than older people.
The feeling on 5mg finasteride was very weird, and difficult to describe. Has anyone else had a very high sensitivity to finasteride? I'm thinking of getting blood tests done. I also have a script for Adderall -- it could be some weird interaction between the two. Adderall isn't prescribed to many adults, and I doubt many people in the trials were taking it.
5mg finasteride gave me puffy breasts (the fat distribution moved to my breasts in literally a week -- it was undeniable), and turned me into a hormonal basket case. It was very noticeable (someone else actually pointed out the moodiness). I also noticed my body hair reduced a lot (my body hairs seem about 50% shorter), even on the 1mg finasteride. The body hair loss didn't become noticeable until a couple months in. It doesn't bother me, except it makes me think that maybe I'm much more sensitive than most.
I switched back to 1mg finasteride, but after my experience with 5mg finasteride I have really cold feet about switching to 0.5mg dutasteride (to help with the temples). 1mg finasteride has worked well... I've had 100% maintenance and some regrowth, but not as much in the temple areas as I would like. It seems to primarily thicken hair that is already there.
Anyway, for anyone using Proscar, keep a close eye on the moobs. I'm 20, which is much younger than the studies on Proscar. It is possible that younger people are much more vulnerable to getting moobs from finasteride than older people.
The feeling on 5mg finasteride was very weird, and difficult to describe. Has anyone else had a very high sensitivity to finasteride? I'm thinking of getting blood tests done. I also have a script for Adderall -- it could be some weird interaction between the two. Adderall isn't prescribed to many adults, and I doubt many people in the trials were taking it.
