How many men actually get gyno from finasteride

[nyny12]

Thinking about starting propecia and was curious how many actualy see this side. I am 22 yrs old 6 ft 165 pounds and pretty fit.... I also have normal testerone levels accorindg to my Doctor. I think it was like 480 but I could be wrong.

 

[amsch]

I got some breast enlargement (on the left side), noticed around after 4 months of finasteride usage. dropped it at 5 months, left breast remained unchanged.

 

[nyny12]

Have you heard of many others have the same problem??

 

[amsch]

To be honest, I saw more reports about this than I expected on the boards.

 

[Cassin]

In real life...not many. For those that flock to a forum looking for side effects...a lot.

 

[treeshrew]

keep in mind that you tend to gain fatty weight in your stomach and breast tissue, so what some people freak and consider to be "gyno" could simply be weight gain from a high-sugar diet.

 

[nyny12]

Yea I guess people who get gyno from propecia would have a tendency to go online and post it then people who do not get it....Also I have heard some ppl mistake fat builup (not gyno) for tissue buildup (gyno)....I guess I am low risk for making that mistake since I am underweight if anything and tend to work out a lot....does that make any sense?

 

[cuebald]

Underweight too, been on 1.25mg for ~a year, and my chest is still as flat as a 10 year old boys. Wouldn't mind some enlargement, I can say that they're pecs :laugh:

Every picture I've seen from supposed Finasteride gyno has been a picture of a massively obese man.
I think that most of them are just blaming Finasteride when instead it's their own obesity - they just have "moobs".
The rare subset of those may have had high estrogen levels in the first place (Estrogen levels are higher in obese men) and Finasteride upped this to a level that grows breasts.

 

[Mew]

Every picture I've seen from supposed Finasteride gyno has been a picture of a massively obese man.
I think that most of them are just blaming Finasteride when instead it's their own obesity - they just have "moobs".

Hmm yea, I guess that's cuz you haven't looked hard enough.

First link for Googling "Finasteride Gynecomastia" --
http://www.google.com/search?hair loss=en&sour ... q=&aqi=g10

... turns up this recent 2009 article:

Finasteride-induced gynecomastia
http://www.ijdvl.com/article.asp?issn=0 ... t=Mansouri

With this photo:
http://www.ijdvl.com/viewimage.asp?img= ... 273_f2.jpg

Doesn't look obese to me. But if you want to keep telling yourself that's the case for every guy that reports such side effects from finasteride so you'll feel better about taking it, go right ahead.

 

[Archon]

Estrogen levels are higher in obese men

Really? Why is that?

 

[Fanjeera]

With this photo:
http://www.ijdvl.com/viewimage.asp?img= ... 273_f2.jpg

Doesn't look obese to me. But if you want to keep telling yourself that's the case for every guy that reports such side effects from finasteride so you'll feel better about taking it, go right ahead.

Is this really so bad? Looks like an average adult man to me.

 

[amsch]

With this photo:
http://www.ijdvl.com/viewimage.asp?img= ... 273_f2.jpg

Doesn't look obese to me. But if you want to keep telling yourself that's the case for every guy that reports such side effects from finasteride so you'll feel better about taking it, go right ahead.

Is this really so bad? Looks like an average adult man to me.

For most people gyno is only noticable if it's full blown, meaning real man boobs hanging down.

It's like most members don't see a Norwood 1-2 as balding, because they mostly just started to lose their hair.