I dunno if I would dissuade people from taking it.There are plenty of people that can donate blood, if you don't.I am in the "wish I would have taken Finasteride sooner boat". Fact is, the mass majority of men do not run into complications. They keep their hair and life continues.If hair loss comes up when I am around my friends/coworkers, I tell them the sad tale of the "bald man who didn't need to bald". I debunk myths such as "hair loss comes from your mothers side", & "my hair line is merely maturing, no need to act now". This hair loss has caused me great pain and suffering. If I can prevent another man from suffering, I will do so.
Quote from: Henkle on October 28, 2014, 03:48:23 PMI dunno if I would dissuade people from taking it.There are plenty of people that can donate blood, if you don't.I am in the "wish I would have taken Finasteride sooner boat". Fact is, the mass majority of men do not run into complications. They keep their hair and life continues.If hair loss comes up when I am around my friends/coworkers, I tell them the sad tale of the "bald man who didn't need to bald". I debunk myths such as "hair loss comes from your mothers side", & "my hair line is merely maturing, no need to act now". This hair loss has caused me great pain and suffering. If I can prevent another man from suffering, I will do so.Since 2006, SBG has proven time and time again that a person that shaves their head for 30 days straight will end up with more confidence in the long run than a person that takes Propecia or tries other "hair loss remedies."
Or, Henkle, it is as easy as saying I am not going to screw around with my body's chemistry for something as superficial as hair.As I said two months ago in this thread's original post, I am glad I never have taken that stuff.I made the hard choice, you might say - but I never have had to worry about what might happen to my hair if I ever stopped taking the stuff OR what might (or might NOT) happen if I continued.
I guess we have different sources of information on how safe propecia is and what is a tolerant risk. In my experience, 100% of people that I've met that used the drug have experienced side effects. The problem is that many didn't realize their issues until they stopped using the drug. All had to do with either depression or sexual related effects, which appeared minimal until the drug was out of their system. Then they really saw how bad the effects were.
When you reduce the bodies supply of DHT, it will effect more than just the hairs on your scalp. There are going to be side effects - no question. Will a reduced libido and/or watery semen [the most common side effects] be a deal breaker for most men. Probably not.