What Is The Right Dose Of Finasteride For You?
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- Опубликовано: 15 апр 2021
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Think this is one of the better youtube channels regarding finasteride. So many youtibers talking about it giving the wrong information. People with no real knowledge of the product.
Thanks for the information has helped me so much. Also think the way you are prescribing the tablet is so much better and looking at the actual person needs instead of just saying her you go.
Definately a good channel.
This comment section makes me so happy. All brothers out there. ♥️
This is exactly the info I was looking for! Great channel :)
I used to take 1mg a day for 2 years. It stabilizes and helped my hair loss but had some side effects (low libido/watery semen), then I found their videos and upon watching, I tried taking it 3 times per week. Same results and lower my side effects. In 2021, I started to take 1 mg once a week, just to minimize all the side effects, and it works just fine. Same results, less side effects. I now take 1mg once a week.
U prolly we’re never losing your hair
@@krisman1771 I am losing my hair. Diffuse thinning. But I recovered a decent ground with finas
nice
@@joeblack7326 imma give that 3 times a week a try after I’m off it for a month prolly should try and lose the chubby nubs off body as well prolly would help
@@bmh2570 may be 2mg per week
Love this channel. Thank you so much for your guidance.
BEST channel on hair loss, period.
Thank you out of all the doctors on RUclips you explained it the best
After about 19 year of 1 MG a day, I dropped to 1 MG Monday, Wednesday and Friday about 6 months ago and have not experienced any changes in my hair. Side effects stopped after about a week after I started 19 years ago. Wish I would have heard of a possible MWF routine years ago. Over 69 years old now and hair is great.
i am 22 and i have started minoxil last month as 2 twice a day and finasteride this month as 3 times a week. i keep thinking i wish i had started my treatment 3 years ago when my hairdresser told me. my mom kept telling me i lost hair for 2 years. i always kept denying. i don't know if treatments will work and fill the emptiness in my head. i feel regret too. so, i just wanted to share my story with you.
@@mateowhitley9880 As soon as I saw the video that said 3 times a week was enough to prevent hair loss, I stopped the daily dosing. No gradual transition. Its worked for me. No hair loss. Been doing it now for over six months now, maybe more. Libido is better, too, although Viagra fixes everything. Any males not using it, are crazy. Its cheap and very effective.
That's awesome. I've adopted the same routine.
Did you manage to conceive on finasteride?
@@georgigeorgiev7869 Did not try to. Was done making kids.
I’d like to see more information on taking finasteride when your over 40 years of age and the effects on PSA tests.
Did you find out anything?
Unfortunately no.
Could you do a video addressing hair transplants and skin/scalp conditions such as psoriasis/excema/dermatitis etc. Would love hear your expert opinion on the matter. Excellent channel and content btw 👍🏻
Yes please
Skin conditions are due to the underlying gut problem .find it out. Do the food alergy test .intake vitamin d
Very good information, Dr! Thanks for sharing.
I have 365mg once per year
Topical or oral
ointment 🤣
intravenously
That's a Big Ass pill!
Transdermal patch? 😂
You need to do a video on body hair transplants and how effective they are, especially with someone with retrograde alopecia and with a significant amount of body hair
For a second I thought you were interested in getting hair transplanted on your back....
Hey Doctors,
Been following you guys for a while now and enjoying all the valuable content. Could you possibly cover the topic of thyroid hormone production in relation to androgenic alopecia? From what I know it is currently a debated topic. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and also suffer from male pattern baldness. A low functioning thyroid causes a low amount of progesterone. Progesterone blocks DHT production just as finasteride does. Is it possible that a lack of natural progesterone in men due to low functioning thyroid could cause the exacerbation of male pattern baldness especially in young men?
Thanks!
Good question
Thank you very much for the information 😊👍
Great explanation. Thank you for clarification especially from the 1st one.
EOD seems best for me. Zero side's, and my hair has stabilized. (7 month's on so far)
hey, just curious what's your age
@@aibekkarimov7457 27
Did you have sides in 1mg ED?
That’s good to hear I’m on week 3 EOD 1.25 mg no sides so far but too early too see a difference in my hair
Any regrowth??
Hahaha I was literally asking myself this question as I was scrolling and then WHAM! 😅
started off like a banshee at 1 mg per day-- way too much[ im 62] groggy, lethargic, water retention , messing with hormones.
now im 0.5 every 2nd day-- 2 mg's- ish per week... way easier on the system
he's right you don't NEED 1mg a day , it stays in the tissue for 30 days.
Just got my prescription. I’m 30 years old and I opted to go with the Hims chew blend. Each tablet has both 1.1mg finasteride, 3mg of minoxidil and 3mg biotin. I plan on starting with only twice per week and see how that goes for a year. I will have more than enough biotin based on recommended dosage, but I will also use minoxidil foam on my days off. But 2.2 of finasteride per week seems like a fair start. I really don’t want to exceed 3.3 per week considering I plan to take this for life. I just hope 2mg is enough.
1.25mg daily for 6 years, no sides, appears to have slowed hairloss. This is the dose for Millions of men around the world.
1-2ng per day
Since I can not buy 1mg finasteride, but only 5mg tablets and can cut it only in 1.25mg is it ok to use it every fourth day instead every third day?
Is mesotherapy capilar a effective treatment for hair loss?
1mg or 2mg per week is effective also I'm suffering from brain fog since 2013 before finasteride I learn to live with it no problem
You guys are a godsend. I'm gobbling up your vids here. I'm a middle aged guy with Norwood 2, so holding in there pretty good naturally. I figure if it's taken this long to wear the follicles down, they can't be that sensitive to DHT. So considering testosterone declines as we age, and I'm doin fairly well naturally, what are your thoughts on taking 0.5mg once per week? And providing there's a positive response, cycling off fin until hair suggests slight miniturisation again and then going back on it?
0.5mg per week is like taking nothing at all. 🤣 Why even bother at that point? 🤣 That's like pissing in the ocean; not enough to make any difference. 🤣
In your case, I would try topical finasteride first. Almost as effective but with less chance of side effects.
@@ytsux9259 hence the question 😂. With diminishing returns, 0.5 is essentially as potent as 1mg and lasts in the skin for 3 - 4 days, which I'd say is still a significant reduction. Still I'll look into topical, thanks
@@machietheapachie7214 I've seen many people on the comment sections saying that by taking 0,5mg only once a week has been beneficial. Altough the half life of Finasteride is quite short (only 4 to 7 hours) it still remains active in the skin TISSUE for around 3 to 5 days. This is exactly as you suggested. I think this is why taking a low dose once or twice a week can bring benefits to many people.
@@rollingstart_90s thanks for confirming that. Still trying to get my head around it as it seems to be all or nothing within the community, but it seems to me that ironically the best candidates are those who don't really need it. I think of a boat with a hole analogy. The hole (dht receptor) can be small or big (insensitive/sensitive) and few or many, with the amount of water (dht) coming in varying person to person, and with a person (tolerance/nutrition/health) onboard with a bucket dishing it back out. We can presume that every man is losing his hair, whether obvious or not, so the question is not IF you lose it but WHEN regarding the rate of loss. As such, considering the strength of fin, I'd imaging that someone holding ground into middle age without aid should respond very well to it, even at once per week as even that should allow the man in the boat to tip the scales in favour of growth (hair cycles to reverse to original strength). Then again, I could be talking out my hole lol
How can you recommend off label dosing (3x per week) when the original propecia study was done at 1mg daily? How are you able to say that the level of DHT has been adequately reduced at the follicle? You can't measure that right? So how do you measure the hair stabilization in your patient?
I'm also curious about this. I know there is one study indicating that 0.2 mg daily or 0.5 mg every other day may be almost as effective as 1 mg daily, but that's just one study.
Hi Dr Vikram, Is there a required load phase period before reducing the dosage? Thanks
Hey Dr. I’m using a shampoo has a cortisone because i have Dandruff.. and I’m also taking oral finasteride .. does the cortisone shampoo affect the work of finasteride?
I do around 0.8 to 1.2mg per day. I buy the medicine Proscar, which is made of finasteride. The reason it is called Proscar is because it is made for prostate problems and has therefore a higher dosage - one pill is 5mg. But what I do is I cut one pill in 4 pieces. As a result a bit of the medicine is lost in small crumbles, but I also get 4 pieces of finasteride which are individually around 1mg.
Why do I do this? Because it's way cheaper. It costs me 3 euros per month. If only I had started 5 years ago... now I could've avoided my hair transplant and all that money and emotional trauma.
@vhyles can you tell me is it work well?
I just bought 5mg tabs and started cutting
I try myself doing that but at the secord day it gave me side effects 1/4 of 5mg is too much for me
@@arturodc2849 Take 3 times a week
any sides?
The point here would be how a patient evaluates if his alopecy is stabilized or not. Here in Germany i have no specialist in my town amd it is hard to evaluate it before it is "too late". I am thinking about people like me which has been taking finasteride for 4-5 years and maybe is one of this 36% to whom finasteride is not enough to stabilize his alopecy.
How did you get the finasteride without a prescription? Maybe take the plunge and go see a specialist in the closest town if possible and then maybe in 6 months see him/her again and then do online sessions instead once they know your situation
@@cheetahbrfc9016 I got a prescription of course. But she is a dermatologist not a trichologist.
@@nonocompro108 I just use my friends one lol (my brother and my friend both went to a trichologist. He just gave them minoxidil 10% and other stuff on top of finasteride (buying it from him). I watched the guys here and just told my friend get me the finasteride (you can tell the doc they see wants to just sell his stuff and wants appointments for money, well that's what I think). I get my minoxidil online here way cheaper than that doc. Are you alos using minoxidil? Please start if you are not
@@cheetahbrfc9016 sure i use Minoxidil 5% since Feb 21 and I expect some good results starting at the end of sommer. I apply it once a day as suggested in this program but most people use it twice a day.
Thank you so much.
Any chance you guys could do a video about fin’s effect on neurosteroid production? It’s my biggest concern about the drug
I think this was my biggest mistake I made when back in 1999 I went on 1.25mg a day and definitely caused many side effects but I was scared to stop because I didn't want to loose hair. I think the problem is that everyone starts on 1mg and probably in most cases is not necessarily by the research we are finding out these days. Everyone thinks more is better and it's not always the case. Little and often is better than to much in a short time. If you over fertiliser your lawn at home you will burn it, but little and often will always give better results in Grass.
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what is your suggestion sir mwf is ok ? my routine is i cut the 5mg to into 4s mwf and saturday
@@pagenotfound- try 0.5 3 times a week and see how you go like they recommend
@@graeme1744FYI, They recommend 3mg a week not 1.5 as a starting point.
@@kylekeenan3485 things have changed with finastride dosages over the years. They rushed it out without doing enough study just on Hairloss itself and then found out it can cause side effects in some men. Probably I was overdosing my body and I was only around 65kg at the time but I will never know.
Does taking 1.25mg 3x a week have huge difference in comparison to taking 1mg 3x a week?
I'm planning to take the generic 5mg finasteride and cut it into quarters instead of the 1mg Propecia because it is a lot cheaper.
They've done a video on this already. Disclaimer obviously talk to your own doctor/do your own research of course don't just trust me on the internet but in general from what I've seen on this channel and understood about dose response curves it's not a big deal to do what you are planning.
Thanks doctor for this video but i wanted to share my experience that I developed meibomian gland dysfunction and had to undergo surgery for the same, so would you advise me to take this drug again with the same dosage of 1mg or should I start with minimum possible dosage..i am scared to even try this drug now.
Make appointment with your dermatologist and go talk to a professional about this in person please. Don't ask on the internet for something this specific because answer will always be go to the health professional where you live and have a proper discussion with them.
I think eating bunch of finesterides everyday like gems will be the safest ever
Today I have just started taking Fin 3mg in week and i was already using minoxidil for 6 months. I must say minoxidil doesn't stop the hairloss as i noticed but rather it stimulate the old hairs to grow thicker. Still my hair falls everytime i wash my hair and apply mino onto scalp. So, am hoping finastride will work well. Hope i don't get any side effects 🤞
How is it going
@@LUIS7SUAREZ71
Right now its almost 1 month on fin and I take 4 times a week. For now I have more shedding almost 50 hair a day and i guess its due to finastride. Hoping for best results
@@jimmiesonamdorjay3660 good luck man, I started on Mino for about 3 weeks and fin yesterday.
@@LUIS7SUAREZ71 best of luck on new journey fam
Hows it going now? What's the update?
Should a skinny and small person use less mg than a fat or tall person?
Is a little bit of Anedonia a sign of the body saying "ok man, im kinda depressed now, hair loss is Completely inhibited"
Or depression doesnt even mean the Finasteride is at its max dose for Propecia?
What i’ve notice being on fin for 4 and a half months was still shedding and no improvement in the front region. I was so worried about this. But I have been taking 0.25mlg a day which is only 1.75mlg a week. I am now gonna try the 3mlg a week dose and see how that goes!
Initially you might shed hair rapidly as the hair follicle goes thru its cycle however the newer hair will grow and take it's place and will be thicker and darker. Same thing happens with minoxidil when you first take it
Have you got any improvement in your hair density since changing the dosage?
My understanding is, finas usually doesn't help much with the front; but it's most helpful on the crown. I'm a few months in, 0.5mg per day and the crown is getting fuller. The front is not noticeable yet. Oh, and no shedding for me. 🤷
how's it going?
What’s the update amigo
Great video. I've taken as little as 1mg every 4 days and while my hair loss stabilizes, I still start to experience side effects (chest swelling) after about six months. I'm going to try just 1mg once a week and see how I do. Finasteride is a pretty strong drug (long half-life in the skin).
1mg per week seems to be too few. May be 1mg two times a week (after some weeks without taking any to remove side effects) could be better
Chest swelling??
@@_baller Breast enlargement via fibro-fatty tissue. Gynecomastia.
@@Mark-ud7uo oh gyno lol, I wouldn't call that swelling, what's your body fat percentage? Reduce weight so less Test aromatizes to estrogen, after that try 0.25 5 times a week instead
@@_baller Thanks for the advice. I'm probably around 15-18% BF so there's definitely room for some weight loss.
I’ve been having good results with 0.25mg/day. I also use minox once a day and microneedle every 7-10 days but it’s good so far. Posting monthly updates.
@Jack S Ride out your initial dose for 14 days. Most sides went away by then. If not then cut it down.
@Jack S Been there.
@Jay Tea 0.25/day?
@Jay Tea You might be a bad candidate then 😔
@Jay Tea updates?
I'm using 0,5mg/day for ~2 months now, No Side effects but my Hair already got thicker and i See "Baby hairs" growing longer than they used to in my temples and hairline :)
how old are you? and how long have u been balding?
@@ThePurpleDinozaur I've been having my temples receed at about 5 years ago, then about 1,5-2 years ago i noticed that i can See through my Hair way too much. In a month i'll be 26 years old :)
Update?
@@blubba8120 update us
@@blubba8120 how is your hair doing these days
I've been taking 5mg daily as my Dr prescribed it for 11 months now and it's still getting worse. Don't know what to do. No side effects
Sir does finasteride impair cognitive abilities? I'm a med student and have learnt that it affects the levels of neurosteroids. Although rare, can you please make me understand this
Not much really if at all, depends on the person, if you're a student do research
@@_baller Thanks for replying mate
Take noopept 10mg 3times a day and choline 1x a day.
You're welcome :)
@@sicilienz Is it mandatory to take these medications during finasteride use?
Don’t use it.
Hi could you talk about the differences between a mature hairline and balding and the differences to look out for
Look for baby hairs near the hairline, if you have lots of those, that's a sign for a receding hairline
i have a lot of wispy baby hairs near my frontal hairline,can those hairs become like rest of the hairs by using minox & fin.?
@@smartpoint604 If you suspect hair loss, see a doctor and get a finasteride subscription. The earlier you start treatment the earlier you halt further follicle miniaturization (har loss).
0.25 wean up to 1 mg till hair loss and regrowth stabilize, then back down to 0.25 mg daily (using pill cutter)
Thank you
I took Finasteride 1mg for 3 weeks every other day. At first I didn't notice but one side effect I've noticed is a disconnect in my orgasm when ejaculating.
This means in the past I used to experience ejaculations mentally where it almost made my eyes roll back now there's is this numb feeling where ejaculating feels just like taking a piss.
I did some research on this and recently in many european countries they are gathering testimonials from men taking Finasteride experiencing side effect ranging from suicide ideation, impotency, low libido etc. And they have finally labeled the condition as "Post Finasteride Syndrome (PFS)" with no current cure and lasting for up 10 years after discontinuation at any dosing level.
So I think for now I'm gonna stop taking it in hope that my side effect goes away and science comes up with a cure for hair loss 😐
Did it go away?
@@Zyzz-xj7se it did, it took about 40 days after discontinuing fin.
@@epycedits 👍
You were one of the 2% unfortunate ones.
@@epycedits how is it now. Do u still recommend taking medicine
Quick question: Does taking Quercetin supplement cause a decrease in the efficacy of finasteride in blocking DHT?
Yes or no?
@BenBenson So I am taking this zinc vitamin which has Quercetin and my PCP says it can decrease the efficacy of finasteride. I can't find it online so I thought I would ask question here..
Not unless it effects the liver enzyme used to process Fin
@BenBenson me neither not sure why my PCP said it interacts. All I see is this one supp.ai/i/quercetin-finasteride/C0034392-C0060389
Bhaskar Susarla doesn’t zinc increase androgens production?
is 1.5mg per intake, then 3 times a week is good?
Are some people stable with 2 MG a week? my hair loss has been Slow over the last ten years from my base hair line. I am on three MG a week now, but has some sides that seems they could be from my FIN. if it turns out they are from my FIN do you think its possible 2 MG a week could remove the sides and keep me stable? wondering if any of your patients use 2 mg a week to be stable? again my hair loss has been slow over the last ten years from base hair line. (so not very aggressive)
Hi man! Did u try 2mg/week. Im considering it
I keep it simple and take 5mg/week. That''s the average between 3 and 7 that's often debated.
Do you take one 5mg pill once a week or five 1mg pills throughout the week?
@@Mark-ud7uo break into 4s. So I take 1.25mg Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat
@@Shiro642 Thanks.
I take 0.25/day and post results each month. Good results so far.
@@Shiro642 that’s good enough, though you probably won’t have sides if taken daily at that dosage
Do a video on Dutasteride
Yes
If one of your nipple is staying more puffy than the other should you stop Finasteride?
I visited the doctors and he examined my nipples and he said one gland looks slightly bigger than the other but there was no lump. He will send me for a scan.
Finasteride is so effective and I will be sad if I have to stop. Is there any advice you can give me so I can carry on using it?
Maybe 1mg every week?
Get your glands removed
My libido has increased since taking finasteride .. anyone else ? Hair hasn’t grown back though. I think it’s just maintaining what I had
how many months?
If I take 1mg/3g week and experience some regrowth, is it possible to achieve even better results by upping the dose closer to 1mg (or 0,7 which Dr. Knudsen said was where the full effect kicked in)?
Or it possible that one may need a higher dose over time, and therefore should try increasing to 1mg if side-effect free to avoid slowly loosing more hair?
We have no real data on 3x a week but we do have datas showing no real difference in term of efficiency on 0.25, 0.50 and 1mg per day (a few percentage diff) now in term of side effect blank page :)
If hairloss is so gradual, how can you tell if someone is stabilized across 6mos accurately? Or how can someone do that at home?
hairs on your white pillow case.
does hair grwth serum must? its good for hair thickness?
What about people who are taking Finasteride for hair loss _and_ an enlarged prostate? What dosage should they take? Thanks!
I’m a 50 year old bodybuilder who has been on weekly injections of 300mg of testosterone enanthate since 2012. I still have a good amount of hair. Would taking finesteride while on my dose of test cause any issues with my hair. The goal, of course, is to keep what I have but I’m reading conflicting reports of taking finesteride with test….some saying it’s perfectly fine, others saying it may actually accelerate hair loss?
Would also like to see an answer to this question
@@ELdASenSei I started taking it not long after this post and have had zero side effects and my hair has gotten even more full….took about 6 months to notice the positive effects….been about 9 months so far.
52BBN have you needed to take more anti estrogen?
@@qsdailydose8970 I don’t take any anti-estrogen…..No need at 300mg/week…at least not for me. I’ve had zero side effects at that dose and I’ve been on that dose for just over 10 years straight.
52BBN that’s amazing I would imagine blocking dht would increase e2 obviously.
I used to take 1 mg EOD for a month and got a litte puffy nipples. Now I switched to 3 mg a week hoping my puffy nipples will reduce. No sexual side effects at all when I was taking 1 mg EOD. But now I will take 3 times a week and we will see
Any update
@@kanagawamitsuda5913 he died
@@Raggyham did u kill him
@@kanagawamitsuda5913 over doses on finasteride
Does Gym cause hairfall? Should i start Finestride coz minox isnt working since i started gym
thank you, i'm gonna try 1mg/MWF for avoid the side effect.
Been taking Finasteride for a little over a year. How long can I get off of it before I start seeing diminishing effect? Thank you!
2-3 months normally, why do u want to go off it?
@@echno4727 Fin accumulates in the follicles. It's to clear it out
Any update bro?... did the sjde effects go away?
I'm using minoxidil which comes with topical finasteride in it. So question is can I take oral finasteride?
0,2 3 times?
theres no need to take oral and topicam finasteride...you take one or another...
I've just had a consultation with a Hair loss practice, and they said they would prescribe me half a 5mg tablet every other day, which equates to around 1.25mg a day.
Is this too much?
I have some diffused thinning around the temple areas, but nothing too bad.... yet.
The main reason I want to go for 1mg 3 times a week is that it will be so much cheaper!
Did you ever learn about this? My doctor gave me 5mg daily. I am afraid 5mg every day is too much. Do you know what I should do?
@@carlciulla6546 5 a day is a lot , split that in 4
Finestride require an ordinance for taking ?
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday at 1mg for me.
Any side effects? How's it working? I'm afraid to try it, but I'm about to. Either this or shave my head.
@@scottpittman825 I started fin initially about a year ago dosing every day and had most of the side effects people report.
I started it again doing the same frequency of three days a week and the only thing i've experienced in the past two months is minor brain fog.
No reason to worry about trying it out, i wish i never stopped, I can already see it working a bit.
@@tylorsteelman do you micro needle? I've been on reddits reading a lot of horror stories about Fin from people who's tried it. Some say it's been 10 years since they got off and still have the side effects. I'm hesity lol. I need something though. I've been microneedling.
@@scottpittman825 Ya I was the same way initially and I think going into it i convinced myself that I had every symptom people describe in those horror stories.
All of the side effects I had the first time I tried fin (when I was taking it every day for a couple months) went away completely after like ten days when I stopped taking it. I'm sure if I convinced myself that the side effects weren't going to go away based off reading those horror stories I would have had them for much longer.
Yes I also micro needle like once every three weeks and I've been using minoxidil for about a year.
@@tylorsteelmanare you still using it bro without sides?
And how is it going?
When you're saying Monday, Wednesday and Friday...do you mean to skip the pill on both Saturday and Sunday...?
Yea
What happens on that Sunday? If I take it Mon, Wed, and Fri, will it taper off on Sunday?
I’ve taken finasteride + topic minoxidil since notticed hair loss at age 27. Im 31 now and I’m better than I was at 27; even though I used to be fitness at that and time I’m no longer fit.
Did you experience muscle atrophy?
@@willianajala5485 i dont know for sure. Im getting back to the gym but maybe ima stop finasteride and keep minoxidil because maybe I have less energy idk for sure. Could be something else. I use sertraline also, but my pschyq told me is more likely to be the finasteride
@@willianajala5485 btw sorry for the bad english im not native lol
Isn't there a laboratory blood test that may tell the level of DHT in a particular individual? If it's there why can't we have standard prescriptions of FINESTERIDE for specific levels of DHT?
@RUclipsr Man thanx friend
There is a specific exam. But from what I've read, it's not effective because the DHT in the blood is different from the amount of DHT in the scalp. So the exam is not 100% reliable.
@@filipe977 just a thought...
I wish, they can take blood samples from the scalp and measure the DHT level.... 😀
Thank you for your informative video Dr. Jayaprakash and Dr. Knudsen! I'd like to ask for your advice. I'm on a 1 month break from propecia (I started taking finasteride 3 times per week about 5 months ago). After the break, I'm thinking about switching to proscar, due to the price difference. I heard that switching brands may cause intense shedding, but in this case, both the propecia and proscar have the same licencee company written on the box. After the 1 month break, if I continue with proscar instead, will I still be taking a risk of shedding or other side effects? I would appreciate your feedback.
u should never immediately stop taking fenas, minoxidil.......reduce there dosage gradually so that ur good can prepare it's self in between
There shouldn't be any shedding because they both contain finasteride. If you were to switch to Dutasteride, then yeah, there will be some shedding at first.
@@StreetRider-iz7tg that happens when you don’t take the dose for more than 6 months. This has been explained in this channel
Ive been taking 1 keeps pill a day for 2.months now I have no side affects since I have a high sex drive I am fine if you have a lower sex drive you may have side effects its as simple as that. And all kinds of other things can help hair growth not just finasteride it's a real mixture of everything actually.
@BenBenson I believe he’s referring to the company “Keeps”
Is it okay to take Finasteride 1.25mg every day except Sundays to reach a weekly total of 7.5mg, or will this irregular dosing disrupt my hormones?
HI! Thank you for the all of the informative videos! Question: If you develop side effects from finasteride after a prolonged period of taking the drug, is it worth trying it again at a lower dosage? Don't delayed side effects mean that it took a while for it to build in your body, so if you came back at a lower dosage you would still experience side effects once it built up to that point again?
You can take a break every 5-6 months for 1 month, 2 if you think it's better, that will clear the finasteride out of your system and then you start again. Also, yes, you can try lower dosages
Started 12 days ago on .5mg (cut the pill in half with a pill cutter) anyone who jumps in at 1mg are really lucky to not have side effects. They're uncommon but can be awful if you get them. Stay safe everyone. If I get side effects I'll drop the dosage further
.5mg daily?
u cant cut the medication with a knife wth. it might be formulated so the fin concentration is on the middle or the left/right side. if it doesnt have this break part in the middle u should never cut it.
Hey man any updates on the side effects? Hoping u have none
@@hazemismail3010 i was afraid of the side effects for many years, wish i took it earlier. i m 3 weeks in . i take 3 4 1mg pills a week, and nothing. i think almost nobody gets sides even wit h1mg a day. i think it was around 2 percent of the people.
@@ggs4869 I haven’t started yet but plan on being on the same regimen of 3x a week soon! Thanks for the response
Hi Dr Vikram
Any association between long term use of finasteride and cancer. My friend reported a case of GI cancer with finasteride use.
There is a link that suggested your chances of prostate cancer are reddced by taking finasteride, however if you do end up getting it then it can be a more aggresive cancer. Google it.
Can you elaborate on this?
@@amank188 Just Google "finasteride and prostate cancer" it was the first result on Google using that.
i am 23 i am taking 1 mg fenistroide por day but i feel tes pain so i costomise the dosage with 0.05 mg per day so it is effective or not?
You have suggested this in the past, but why is 3x1mg/week better than 6x0.5mg/week?
Couple reasons...1mg lowers DHT more on a single day than 0.5mg does, the uniformity of the pill being split, and the cumulative effect of taking it more times a week
@BenBenson it can be absorbed thru the skin, so no, the coating is there to protect it from the environment
@BenBenson Actually reason why it has a coating is it can absorb through your skin if you touch it
Quite simply...it doesn't matter what level is in the blood stream. It matters how much DHT is in the skin tissue.
1] Dose response (self-explanatory and if it isn't you must do more of your own research to understand this concept) & 2] convenience (always knowing it's exactly 1mg vs 0.5mg where when you cut can never be 100% precise that you cut into two perfectly 0.5mg pieces it's probably 0.53 one time and 0.47 the other etc over time that becomes inconsistent dosing which no doctor would support vs knowing exact dosing every time)
Thank you sir !
but what if one is having side effects, tries to lower the dose but experiances hairloss. wouldnt that be hard to come back from since the medication targets the hair at present
Its takes up to a year for normal hairloss to resume once you finish, so adjusting up and down on your doses is unlikely to cause any significant hairloss.
Have started taking finastride 1mg every day for the past 4 months and I had 0 side effects so far. Hair shedding stabilized after 1st week. I'm now in my 2nd week where I cut down to 1mg every 2 days, haven't noticed any difference whatsoever.
I took 1mg a day for 2 years no sides, decided to try .5 a day and have been on that for 1 year. No difference at all. I'd recommend Fin to anybody.
@RUclipsr Man minoxidil every morning after shower
@@mikeloveskimbo do u recommend the 0,5 mg or 1,mg?
@@mikeloveskimbo My friend was in dut for a decade now, and somehow he is the mosy energetic SOB in our group.
how's it going these days?
I'd love to see a video based off of nutrition, exercise, and natural remedies for hairloss too. Such as hairmask/scalpmask/tea tree oil/etc.
Hey, I was taking finasteride on a daily basis, for about almost 4 months, 10 days short to be exact, and started experiencing side effects ED and loss of libido. I’m going to try to do MWF routine and see if that works for me and hopefully experience no side effects, I’m a true testimonial that your man being is more important than your hair. All of us would prefer to have a proper quality sex life than loose it to a drug for vanity. That being said I hope everyone finds the sweet spot of the right dosage. And maintain your hair ! Thank you doctor !
Did lowering your dose help?
Update?
The dermatologist I went to prescribed me 50mg twice a day😳 I’m scared to take it. So far all I’ve seen people take is 1mg.
She probably meant 0,5mg twice a day. You're welcome bruh
Iam 21, losing hair just like my dad did(same pattern). Used minoxidil for 3-4 months, stopped cuz it didn't feel like it's going to stop.
Then hopped on finasteride 3mg/week dosage.
At the same time around which I'm not sure before or after using it, small white patches started to form on my right arm.
Is this anyway linked to usage of fin.
I can't really visit a dermatologist because of rising covid cases in my country.
Can anyone help me, please?
Only way to tell is to remove the intervention and see if these "white patches" subside. Stop Finasteride for a a month, let it wash out of your system entirely and assess the spots. If they're gone, then you know it was bc of Finasteride. If not, then it's possible Fiansteride caused them. However, white patches in your skin aren't typically a side effect of Fin.
Any update?
As i understand, finestride has a cumulative effect in the body. As you take it, it will build in your system. I was on it for over a year, suffered some side effects and had to taper down as I learned more. This drug stays in ur system for a while once youve been on it for long enough. I took almost a month off to clean out my system, then went on 1ml EOD (I buy generic proscar @ 5mg/tab and cut it into quarters, this saves me a lot of $$$) so far hair seems the same. I didnt have any major fallout during my 1 month time off. But daily or EOD seems less a factor as to overall finestride ingestion in a certain period. I just look at my comb or brush and observe fallout ( which is normal) as well as scalp observation... so far all seems the same, using approx 1/2 the amount, saving money and side effects subsided.
Thanks for the info, a collection of information like this from lots of people will be really helpful. Im considering doing something like 3 weeks on 1 week off etc as alternatives to manage my amount over a period.
@@kylekeenan3485 look into Saw Palmetto too. It has properties that aid in hair grow and DHT blocking like finestride... im even thinking cycling back and forth between the 2.
Like 2 wks finestride then 2 wks Saw Palmetto.
Im of the opinion now that less is more when it comes to drugs/supplements/hormones etc.. that have a lasting and cumulative effect on the body. Just enough to do the job and thats it.
Is there a way to titrate the dose yourself without havong bloods done?
Is there a case where he gets the side effects without improvement on the hair?
What can you do if you take finasteride, your hair loss doesn't stop but you still get side effects ? I guess it means that you are very sensitive to DHT blocking therapies but what are the options then ?
Same here
It's probably stopping hairloss you just didn't give it enough time
I do 1Mg Monday morning & 1Mg Thursday evening. Good so far. 5months in
What is your age?
Doesn’t seem frequent enough to me. If you have no sides taking it twice a week you won’t have them taking it 5 times either. Why would you put your hair at such a risk? Good luck with the fight!
And you have thicker hair?
How’s it going now? Going to try this as well as I got side effects with 3x a week
@@Sean-xr1xj did you really get side effects? Then try lower dose first
I found a 5mg finesteride pill , is it better to take half a pill 2 times a week
So why do we have to cut up the finasteride pills ourselves? Why don't the drug companies make finasteride available in fractions of a milliliter if dosing by fractions is so common?
I have been prescribed 1mg finasteride daily but I'm afraid of taking it.
Same bro...did you take it?...any side effects?
Hello everyone, I've been using Finasteride 1mg 3 days a week with minoxidil 5% 2ml per day since November 2020
I had the initial shedding phase from minoxidil, and the hair started growing and become thicker.
In the last few weeks the hair started shedding a lot more than it used to shed. No changes in my diet, I'm very fit and no added stress in my life.
Is this a cyclical thing? I know the hair has a shedding phase, but could it be that I have more hair in this phase right now than I used to?
I started Finasteride, 1mg EOD in September 2020 and the past month I've been suffering from a heavy shed. It can take a VERY long time to see benefits and can be upwards of 2yrs until you're happy with results. Stick it out and see where you're at, at the one year mark.
How it is going
@@raphaelfernandes5195 The difference is astonishing, I was noticing significant hairloss for the last 5 years, I still have a lot of hair, but I went from a solid norwood 3, with the crown starting to show, now my temples are getting filled month by month and the crown area is not visible anymore
@@rodroxz which days do u use fin?
@@raphaelfernandes5195 Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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@BenBenson
why should I be embarrassed?
I didn't lie? I didn't steal anything? Its all your problem
Hi sir, in Wikipedia they says that finastride cure prostate cancer but also increase cause high grade prostate cancer ..is this true..make a vedio about it ...its very useful for many people like me thank you..
Yes... we need video on this
I took 0.25 finasteride for around 88 days ago, I added minoxidil 5% for the last 2 months 1 time per day, how long should I wait till I get some results so I know if the dose is effective
You have to wait minimum 5 to 6 months to get pleasant results