started finasteride

[Lucky Handsome]

i have just popped my first 1mg finasteride pill this morning at 21 which i will be taking daily.

the past couple of weeks i have noticed my thick, long hair has been thinning (diffuse thinning) and the temple region of my hair has also slightly receded. i could see my scalp through my hair in certain lighting. it was brutal to acknowledge i was actually balding, but it would've been worse if i had done nothing. my hairline is still very much in tact, and yesterday i buzzed my head 0 guard to lower stress, track progress easily, and just to restart my hair growth in general.

if i get any sides i'll just lower the dosage to 3x a week. i'm aware that its mostly nocebo, and there is a higher chance (~30%) of me getting sides if i genuinely believe that i will.

i'm glad that i have caught this on early and will not regret it.

 

[HighIQ ubermensch]

ok
goodjob

 

[Idontknow-]

ok
goodjob

Bro doesnt care.

 

[Deleted member 243152]

Bro doesnt care.

looks like my use

 

[kaugummi]

i heard oral finasteride fucks your test, maybe topical would minimize the sides?

 

[Deleted member 223853]

good boy

 

[Lucky Handsome]

i heard oral finasteride fucks your test, maybe topical would minimize the sides?

fin blocks the enzyme (5ar) that turns test into dht. so no it does not fuck ur test

 

[Deleted member 110192]

if i get any sides i'll just lower the dosage to 3x a week. i'm aware that its mostly nocebo, and there is a higher chance (~30%) of me getting sides if i genuinely believe that i will

Exactly. That’s why you need to manifest about not getting those side effects

 

[kaugummi]

fin blocks the enzyme (5ar) that turns test into dht. so no it does not fuck ur test

yeah i mightve got it mixed up, I'll probably hop on at 21 or so too

 

[llane9]

i heard oral finasteride fucks your test, maybe topical would minimize the sides?

it raises your test, why would something that inhibits the conversion of test to another hormone lower it?