Hi,
I've been using oral finasteride for 5 years, but after like 4 years, the side effects started: less libido, different feeling. It started very mildly, so for quite some day, I didn't know what was happening and if it's the finasteride pills.
Ultimately, I stopped taking them. This was approximately 3,5 years ago. I still have the side effects.
The problem: It worked really good. Now I'm losing my hair rapidly and I'm thinking about topical finasteride. All I read so far about it is, in a nutshell: It does go systemic (even though one doctor I talked to claimed otherwise). So there is a chance of side effects again.
- Has anyone had this kind of side effect (libido, erection) from topical finasteride?
- Has anyone had this side effect from oral finasteride, but not from topical finasteride?
I'm afraid that if I try and will not realize the side effects until it's too late and the already existing side effects are exacerbated permanently.
THANK YOU
I've been using oral finasteride for 5 years, but after like 4 years, the side effects started: less libido, different feeling. It started very mildly, so for quite some day, I didn't know what was happening and if it's the finasteride pills.
Ultimately, I stopped taking them. This was approximately 3,5 years ago. I still have the side effects.
The problem: It worked really good. Now I'm losing my hair rapidly and I'm thinking about topical finasteride. All I read so far about it is, in a nutshell: It does go systemic (even though one doctor I talked to claimed otherwise). So there is a chance of side effects again.
- Has anyone had this kind of side effect (libido, erection) from topical finasteride?
- Has anyone had this side effect from oral finasteride, but not from topical finasteride?
I'm afraid that if I try and will not realize the side effects until it's too late and the already existing side effects are exacerbated permanently.
THANK YOU
thank you. I saw on another threat that you use zix. I keep seeing it around and after googling its use as a topical dht blocker I'm wondering if its useful to add it to my regime? I am currently on oral finasteride fo the androgenic battle. Will zix prevent even more dht production on the scalp or will finasteride leave nothing for it at all considering the assumed lower potency of zix compared to other topical 5-alpha inhibitors? Have yet to look into it, but where do you get your zinc and B6? What concentration and vehicle do you make it in, would I be able to combine it with CB or OH-flut or ceti or Diclofenac in the same solution? Is zix your only current dht blocker/AA?