Does size matter?

[Skaff]

Nope...this is not what you think it is. I was just thinking, shouldn't a drug like finasteride be prescribed according to body weight? Some of us are big dudes, some are little, so shouldn't we take doses to match. Maybe this has an effect on why some people get sides and others don't. Surely 1mg of finasteride in a skinny 110 pounder is going to have a different effect than 1mg in a 250lb man with a bigger prostate? Any big guys in here got bad sides?

 

[Guest]

doesnt matter bud

 

[Skaff]

Why?

 

[person_123]

Because the size of you balls is independent of your body size, and your balls is where DHT is produced.

 

[bubka]

has nothing to do with the size of your "balls"

even if you are castrated while starting male pattern baldness you will still lose hair and progress

its because the optimal dosage blocks roughly the same amount of dht regardless of dosage, data shows that even .2 mg is close to as effective as 1mg and as close to 5mg still

 

[Skaff]

its because the optimal dosage blocks roughly the same amount of dht regardless of dosage, data shows that even .2 mg is close to as effective as 1mg and as close to 5mg still

Good point

 

[bubka]

it's not like fat people have more dht to block, just more fat cells

 

[Guest]

even if you are castrated while starting male pattern baldness you will still lose hair and progress

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i read the studies and this doesn't seem to be the case. subjects didn't regrow a lot of hair if any, btu they didn't really lose any more following castration.

 

[bubka]

maybe thats it, regardless, that point still stands with commenting on the stupid "ball size" post...

 

[Guest]

oh definitely. that post was dumb.

it is fascinating though that they didn't lose any more hair following castration. it really proves that bryan is correct when he says that androgen reactions are the total reason behind baldness.

 

[bubka]

i think other parts of the body take over for some androgen production, like the kidneys with testosterone

 

[person_123]

has nothing to do with the size of your "balls"

even if you are castrated while starting male pattern baldness you will still lose hair and progress

its because the optimal dosage blocks roughly the same amount of dht regardless of dosage, data shows that even .2 mg is close to as effective as 1mg and as close to 5mg still

if it has nothing to do with the size of your balls, then why is 5mg used as a treatment for "enlarged prostate"?

dht causes enlarged prostate, so finasteride reduces the size accordingly. it simply takes a greater dosage of finasteride.

and castratration is (currently) the only surefire method to stop hairloss. you don't continue to lose hair. i'm not willing to test it out myself though.

 

[bubka]

fist off, castration does not guarantee stopping male pattern baldness...

where do you get off that "ball size" effects BPH... do if you have big "balls" you get it? and if you have little you don't? thats pathetic... sorry, we at least try to be somewhat knowledgeable here before posting

 

[Bryan]

Nope...this is not what you think it is. I was just thinking, shouldn't a drug like finasteride be prescribed according to body weight? Some of us are big dudes, some are little, so shouldn't we take doses to match.

The doses of finasteride that are typically used are already large enough to nearly "saturate" (I use that term loosely) the mechanism involved, so it doesn't really need to be adjusted for weight.

Bryan

 

[Bryan]

i think other parts of the body take over for some androgen production, like the kidneys with testosterone

The adrenals are a secondary source of androgens, but it's apparently a relatively minor contribution. Castration causes a 90% - 95% drop in serum testosterone.

fist off, castration does not guarantee stopping male pattern baldness...

Hamilton is famous for having studied that issue in great detail, and his conclusion was that castration stops further balding.

Bryan

 

[person_123]

fist off, castration does not guarantee stopping male pattern baldness...

where do you get off that "ball size" effects BPH... do if you have big "balls" you get it? and if you have little you don't? thats pathetic... sorry, we at least try to be somewhat knowledgeable here before posting

try to be knowledgeable? well, you were the one who stated "castration does not stop hair loss". obviously that's false. most people agree that it would stop hair loss. you made a mistake too, stop saying other people are stupid and pathetic if you can't get your facts right either. don't be so hypocritical.

and with the ball size affecting dht, that was simply to imply that the scrotom is where dht is produced. take it easy, don't turn everything into a flame war by calling people stupid n sh1t. and big balls (enlarged prostate) is due to an irregular amount of dht. i'm saying big balls means you have dht in your system in an unhealthy amount (hence the reason finasteride is used to treat enlarged prostate). people with small balls can still lose hair.