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Weird reaction after “break” from finasteride. Help!

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I took a two month break from finasteride after being on it for 14 months, to see if it had any effects on my libido. It didn’t. It was in my head. I’ve been back on it since April. Since being back on my skin is constantly dry and red, and my libido has been through the roof. I’ve also lost a ton of ground. What’s going on? Should I take another break and go back on, hoping I get the “original” results? Maybe I set something off, and need to “reset” again? Need advice
 
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Try taking 6 months off and then going back on
 
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You’re an ill informed troll desperately seeking attention.

You started the same thread here this morning

You started the same thread here on July 6th

And this exact same thread here


You don’t like the answers you’re getting so you’re looking for answers you want to hear. Let common sense prevail and stay the fukc on your treatment you ill informed maggot. I have zero tolerance for purebred supid

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Einstein said:
You’re an ill informed troll desperately seeking attention.

You started the same thread here this morning

You started the same thread here on July 6th

And this exact same thread here


You don’t like the answers you’re getting so you’re looking for answers you want to hear. Let common sense prevail and stay the fukc on your treatment you ill informed maggot. I have zero tolerance for purebred supid

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I haven’t really gotten any answers, you hair loss forum dweeb. Idc what you tolerate or don’t tolerate lol. I didn’t get too many answers so I posted a new thread…. Nbd really
 
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JohnSmith21 said:
I took a two month break from finasteride after being on it for 14 months, to see if it had any effects on my libido. It didn’t. It was in my head. I’ve been back on it since April. Since being back on my skin is constantly dry and red, and my libido has been through the roof. I’ve also lost a ton of ground. What’s going on? Should I take another break and go back on, hoping I get the “original” results? Maybe I set something off, and need to “reset” again? Need advice
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It’s completely understandable to stop due to libido concerns. But you sound surprised that you lost a ton of ground. Of course you’re going to start losing what you gained through finasteride if you stopped taking finasteride. Now that you’re back on why would you want to take a break again? It’s illogical. Unless of course you have other concerns that are far more crucial than hair such as libido. Your libido is now through the roof likely due to the spike in testosterone levels caused by finasteride. Or perhaps your libido is just regaining normality from staying off finasteride after a few weeks, and you getting back on finasteride is a coincidence as far as timing goes. Stay on this time if you value your hair. However, if in the upcoming weeks and months you notice your libido taking a hit again then you know for sure it’s from finasteride.

The alternative route is to take tadalafil 2.5mg daily to counteract any potential libido loss while simultaneously taking finasteride. If you do indeed suffered loss of libido from finasteride the tadalafil will allow you a chance to see if you can ride it out, many times the side effect goes away on it’s own.

Side note: You could have at least replaced finasteride with something else to minimize your loss, such as ketokonazole 2% ed or eod.
 
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Einstein said:
It’s completely understandable to stop due to libido concerns. But you sound surprised that you lost a ton of ground. Of course you’re going to start losing what you gained through finasteride if you stopped taking finasteride. Now that you’re back on why would you want to take a break again? It’s illogical. Unless of course you have other concerns that are far more crucial than hair such as libido. Your libido is now through the roof likely due to the spike in testosterone levels caused by finasteride. Or perhaps your libido is just regaining normality from staying off finasteride after a few weeks, and you getting back on finasteride is a coincidence as far as timing goes. Stay on this time if you value your hair. However, if in the upcoming weeks and months you notice your libido taking a hit again then you know for sure it’s from finasteride.

The alternative route is to take tadalafil 2.5mg daily to counteract any potential libido loss while simultaneously taking finasteride. If you do indeed suffered loss of libido from finasteride the tadalafil will allow you a chance to see if you can ride it out, many times the side effect goes away on it’s own.

Side note: You could have at least replaced finasteride with something else to minimize your loss, such as ketokonazole 2% ed or eod.
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I’ve been back on finasteride since April and libido has been through the roof since. Thanks for the advice tho!
 
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JohnSmith21 said:
I took a two month break from finasteride after being on it for 14 months, to see if it had any effects on my libido. It didn’t. It was in my head. I’ve been back on it since April. Since being back on my skin is constantly dry and red, and my libido has been through the roof. I’ve also lost a ton of ground. What’s going on? Should I take another break and go back on, hoping I get the “original” results? Maybe I set something off, and need to “reset” again? Need advice
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Do you have a skin care routine? Are you sure it isn't something that had started before you resumed finasteride?
 
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