Taking Finasteride While Already Having Low Dht Vs High

[heyhey]

I have extremely low DHT i suspect, since i have almost no facial hair and very little body hair.
Is it worse to take finasteride while you already have low DHT or is it irrelevant?
Thanks

 

[bluecyclone]

Full beard. Musclar with below range DHT. Losing a full dense head in less than two years.

 

[Retinoid]

Facial and body hair are not accurate gauges of DHT. Hair loss is not caused by high DHT or Testosterone it is caused by higher levels in the follicle as well as increased AR activity. Some of the androgens in the blood stream could reach the follicle to cause issues but the main issue is 5AR becoming more active and converting more Testosterone into DHT which is a much stronger AR agonist in the follicle. The stronger AR activation coupled with increased enzyme activity seems to then also increase inflammatory chemicals and oxidative stress.

 

[abcdefg]

Facial and body hair are not accurate gauges of DHT. Hair loss is not caused by high DHT or Testosterone it is caused by higher levels in the follicle as well as increased AR activity. Some of the androgens in the blood stream could reach the follicle to cause issues but the main issue is 5AR becoming more active and converting more Testosterone into DHT which is a much stronger AR agonist in the follicle. The stronger AR activation coupled with increased enzyme activity seems to then also increase inflammatory chemicals and oxidative stress.

Yeah its a shame we dont have a legit way to actually attack male pattern baldness from an AR angle. That would really help stacking an RU/CB with propecia or dutasteride would really improve results. RU and CB though are research chemicals right now. They arent legit treatment options unless your desperate to be a guinea pig which I know some men on here are.

 

[Retinoid]

Yeah its a shame we dont have a legit way to actually attack male pattern baldness from an AR angle. That would really help stacking an RU/CB with propecia or dutasteride would really improve results. RU and CB though are research chemicals right now. They arent legit treatment options unless your desperate to be a guinea pig which I know some men on here are.

5AR is intimately involved in baldness. The pseduohemaphrodites have normal testosterone but are lacking the 5AR2 enzyme and have no baldness. So we know that serum testosterone really is not strongly involved in hair loss. The much higher conversion in the hair follicle could possibly be causing higher oxidation as a result which contributes.

 

[heyhey]

Okay so last evening i took 0.25 finasteride (1 mg split in 4) and woke up with a boner lol, i usually never have morning woods.

 

[heyhey]

Maybe finasteride is helpful for some people with lower dht and T since it can spike T levels up a bit.

 

[Retinoid]

Okay so last evening i took 0.25 finasteride (1 mg split in 4) and woke up with a boner lol, i usually never have morning woods.

Usually people will notice an increased sex drive at first and then it seems to go back to normal. Or for some, it just drops to being lower than normal.

 

[heyhey]

Okay, one week on finasteride, not a single side yet. So far i am having harder erections than before starting it.

 

[pikemason]

give the poison time to work its magic

 

[INT]

Okay, one week on finasteride, not a single side yet. So far i am having harder erections than before starting it.

I had the same thing. Boy, did they change not long after that.

 

[heyhey]

one month and one week, still no sides besides stronger erections.

 

[abcdefg]

I have extremely low DHT i suspect, since i have almost no facial hair and very little body hair.
Is it worse to take finasteride while you already have low DHT or is it irrelevant?
Thanks

The real truth, of course, is we dont know. I dont think there is any huge pattern to it. All you can do it is try, and see what happens. That kind of sums up our knowledge of male pattern baldness so far too. Try things, and hope for the best because no one really knows.

 

[heyhey]

The real truth, of course, is we dont know. I dont think there is any huge pattern to it. All you can do it is try, and see what happens. That kind of sums up our knowledge of male pattern baldness so far too. Try things, and hope for the best because no one really knows.

Yea well, as i said i have not had one single side yet, not even the ball ache which seems to be very common.

 

[INT]

@petersonKj: Why are you disliking my posts where I share my honest experience with the drug?