So taking test makes me shed hairs pretty bad but I have new ones growing in at a decent rate. I have no family history of MPB and had almost too much hair before I start using gear. Will at some point these baby hairs that are growing in stop coming back?
How much test are you taking? The more you take the more hair you will lose.
Its very dependent upon the individual. You can grow most of it back after you finish a cycle, if you are resistant. For some people it rapidly speeds up their hair loss, and won’t grow back.
I’m doing 400mg right now
400 is not too bad. I took 800mg for my fist cycle. By the end of it I saw a reflection of myself in a friends glass door, and said to myself who is that balding motherfucker? 
Luckily it all grew back, but I knew then I would have to stack test with a less androgenic compound. I decided equipoise was the go. Deca would also work, but it has more risks for side effects.
Now I never take any more than 250mg of test. I get some hair loss with that amount but I can live with it.
Anyone have experience on using finasteride only while on cycle to reduce dht?
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No, but it is something I have been thinking of. I have good hair, and want to keep it that way. It appears that one only needs a tiny bit of finasteride to significantly lower DHT. Research has shown as little as 0.2 mg/day can lower it by over 50%. While 1 mg/day really only gets you a couple percent higher.
Now you will get more E2 conversion. About 5% of your free T converts to DHT, so if you half that, you should have an extra 2.5% free T that can convert into E2. IMO this shouldn’t be much of an issue.
Many get sides with finasteride. IIRC, a study that looked at sexual sides with finasteride reported about 15% with sexual sides, but 7% of the placebo group reported sexual sides. I would guess the amount with actual sides would be about half of that 15%.
I am not sure what the mechanism is with these sides. Some say it is the finasteride itself (if that is the case, microdosing make a lot of sense as the DHT response is non-linear, and the response drops off a cliff). If it is too low of DHT, then I feel one wouldn’t have sides while on cycle. However, if it is something like a DHT ratio with E2 or FT or something that needs to be maintained, then one would still get sides while on cycle.
I think I may try it on my next blast just to see if I get sides with a low dose, and see how it impacts my DHT / E2 with bloodwork.
I dissolve 15mg finasteride in a one month supply of minoxidil, use it topically. Been doing this a while, I assume it’s stopped some shedding which I was already prone to. I do have some decreased libido, just some though.
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Are you applying once a day (0.5 mg/day)? It appears finasteride is pretty good at getting into the blood serum. I don’t think with finasteride there is much difference between taking it orally or topically as far as DHT blood serum results.
What are your thoughts for someone who has good hair just using it during blast in low dose (perhaps 0.25 mg/day)? More as a prevention measure? I feel if sexual sides appear, I could bail on it.
It does worry me that a few unlucky bastards seem to take a long time to recover from sexual sides from finasteride. I think most of the time these guys are natural, and are prone to balding (they don’t necessarily have a super high DHT level). They take the finasteride, and get ultra low DHT levels, and that causes issues.
I am perplexed why it takes some so long to recover though? Literature seems to assert that DHT will rebound back in about 2 weeks.
I do it once per day at night. Just minoxidil didn’t change libido, after adding finasteride I’m sure it is entering my system because I had a slight change in libido. The problem with monoxidil is if you stop using it anything it helps maintain will fall out, so you’re in it for the long haul. If you look at the ages of guys starting to take these products, yes I agree many may be at an age when libido and erection issues may have started anyways. Key word “many”, so maybe it is not all DHT blocking causing the issue.
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Used Finasteride whilst on TRT. After 3 months it had a positive effect on hair re-growth. Not the same quality hair that I was loosing but it did fill in the crown a little.
But the libido hit was real.
I quit the finasteride for that reason after 11 months. No ED… just the Libido was no existent. Really upset the wife to be honest. I don’t mean that in a Bro way - it genuinely caused her self esteem concerns etc. So I wont touch the stuff again.
I saw a hair transplant specialist - far too expensive. But he did recommend Minoxidil in pill form as an alternative and to complement the topical application.
If I hoped on fin mid cycle to prevent some shedding due to test am I good to add some winstrol at the end of the cycle? I heard winstrol may destroy your hair if you are prone to shedding/MPB?