Respect to you doctor for discussing this topic. It is a very tough balance sometimes getting the correct dose of finasteride without sides. I stopped cold turkey, and went through a bad period. Smart and well though out video as always.
I specifically told my prescriber the side effects I was having and blatantly asked how to safely discontinue the drug. It completely went over his head as he instead just prescribed me the topical version to replace the pill 😒. I had no choice but to quit cold Turkey and boy did I pay!!! We definitely need an informational video like this… so the next person who gets trapped will be better informed of how to reduce the terrible consequences this drug can have.
Doctor, I have immense respect for this incredible content. I was really struggling whether I would get PFS, but your explanation of hormones perfectly clarifies the cause. I’ll start gradually tapering off Finasteride as you recommended. Thank you for saving a life-I can’t thank you enough.
Thanks Doctor! I live in canada and am currently on .5mg finasteride daily, but i am waiting to visit my doctor before i begin to slowly wean off. You really saved me from going cold turkey as that was my original plan, so i cannot thank you enough.
This is very informative video. Everything described very clearly one by one. I really appreciated it. I would recommended to all of my friends to watch this video. Thank you for sharing this video.
@@hairtransplantinindia thanks for the reply. That’s reassuring to know as I’m sure with amount of Finasteride you have prescribed over the years, if this was as common a syndrome as the internet would suggest then you would have seen it in its abundance. Not to discredit its validity, but it’s important to hear about real world facts. Thank you 👍🏻
I would not be prescribing Finasteride if it was such a monster. There is no money to be made out of Finasteride for a doctor as many would suspect. @@willrigz6570
Hi Doctor, I'm a male & now 30 years old. I was on Finasteride 1 mg (3x a week) + 1 ml 5% minoxidil daily before my HT (on frontal scalp & mid scalp) for a year. Then continued with Finasteride after HT (HT was done in March 2022) on a daily basis (1 mg fin per day) & 1 ml 5% minoxidil daily for a year. 6 months ago, I consulted a different Doctor & he prescribed 0.5mg dutesteride per day & oral minoxidil 2.5mg per day + 5% foam minoxidil on a daily basis. He told me to stop Finasteride immediately & start taking Dutesteride. After being on this new regime for 6 months, I can say my frontal hair line looks weaker than when I was on Fin. Plus, the hair behind my frontal scalp hair line have also become thin & some have fallen. I can see gaps, which was not too visible while I was on Fin. I do admit, in the last 2 to 3 months I increased my consumption of Ice cream to a high level (not consuming daily, though 2 to 3 times a week, tubs of ~200 to 300 ml in each sitting). Could this also be the reason for my hair loss? Or is Dutesteride the culprit?
This video about hair loss treatment is so helpful. I loved the way you explained each and every points in this video. Thank you for uploading this informative video.
Thank you for the information. You're completely correct I tend to be on the safer side so this pill I probably wouldn't take it this is why I don't know if I'll ever do a transplant
Sorry doctor. I think you replied to this comment while I was editing and now you're comment is gone before I read it. Could you please reply again. Really sorry doctor. Unfortunate that I saw this video late. Been on Finasteride(for DPA/DUPA) for about 2 years (1 mg/day). I got ED and my doc lowered my dose to 1mg every other day. That improved my ED almost to normal before getting low again. So after 3 months he asked me to go turkey cold. Now it's been 2 months since I'm off the drug and experienced the deception in the first 2 weeks where my erection is back to normal and all the symptoms you mentioned above. And now my doc asked me to get back on the drug since I have heavy hair-fall now. Basically I went turkey cold and now I'm back on it. now will it undo the damage? what should I do please help doctor!
Hi doctor, so I quit finasteride 5 months ago after a long taper like you suggested. Side effects have slowly and gradually improved month to month. I recently started researching about PFS and now I'm having trouble. What I'm dealing with now is totally psychological, how do I deal with it? Do I stop looking into PFS and see a therapist? idk what to do.
Hi Sir, I am taking Finasteride 1mg tab for 3 day without seeing any doctor. I am 20 and already lost much hair and becoming bald (probably grade 2 now). So I started taking Finasteride after researching online on my own. But now I came to know about PFS. I am terribly scared now. But I am also worried about hairloss. What should i do now?
Amazing video content. I like this video. You explained everything very well, easy to understand. Thanks for sharing this video. Keep posting videos like this.
Great video Dr. Can you answer the following, if im on trt will that protect me from finasteride side effects? I tried it and feel very low mood afterwards and tired. I think it has downregulated my neurosteroids
Thank you. I took 1.25mg finasteride a day in 2004 until 2005 at the age or 24 to 25. Just about one year. Unfortunately I never fully recovered from it to this day. The last 4 years I tried various treatments like DHEA, Pregnenolone, HCG and Testosterone Replacement Therapy. Even though my Testosterone levels are 3x higher than range (1800 ng/dl) it feels like I dont have testosterone in my body. It seems this drug damages something in the hormonal system. To add to this, before I started any treatment in 2019, I did a hormone profile and my Total T was on the upper end of the scale (756 ng/dl) and my DHT was on the top end as well. Its not a hormonal imbalance but I think a damage to the receptors. With 16 years I took accutane. Maybe that did a pre damage already making finasteride doing the final damage. We will never know because big pharma is not interested in curing people they messed up. Back then in 2005 there was very little information available. After experiencing terrible crippling side effect, I went off cold turkey of course. Edit: What I want to add, I react very severely to anything that influences DHT. Even taking a Zinc (5ar blocker) supplement gives me full blown PFS symptoms.
Should I bother taking testosterone/estrogen test if I do not have anything close to low libido or symptoms of high estrogen? I am 40 and do not plan on having more kids
hi doc, could you further flesh out your proposed mechanism for the development of pfs and add supporting evidence for that hypothesis? I am not understanding the connection with the central hormone regulation and so on...
Hi doctor , do you suggest your patients go on and off finasteride ? Is it recommended even if the patient isn't seeing any side-effects and who falls between NW 2 and 3. Thanks
@@hairtransplantinindia not 15 days break , I'm curious about the 3 months or more break that some doctors suggest to be off the drugs... Is it common ? Again , considering that I'm between NW 2 and 3.
@@hairtransplantinindia To clarify. If im taking 1mg of finasteride every day for 3 months. I should stop taking finasteride for 14 days and then continue on? Thank you
Thank you for the video, do you find that Saw Palmetto can induce the same side effects as Finasteride and if so should the same tapering off strategy be used? And thank you in advance.
Thank you for your amazing video! I wish I knew the risks of starting this drug and the consequences of stopping it cold turkey.. but my derm did not inform me at all. She just said I’m crazy after I visited her to tell her that I have side effects. (Learned about them after experienceing them) I’m also a woman. I had sides on the fin, I had the crash, and now after a year or so I still have sexual problems. I don’t know really how to stop this. I went to so many docs but no one knows what to do to get better. And luckly or unfortunately.. I don’t know how to put this.. but I didn’t even need finasteride. I was already on an antiandrogenic birth control with cyproterone acetate and the only reason I was losing some hair was because I was anemic. My derm didn’t tell me to first look for deficiences and anemia.. now I’m taking iron and my hair stopped falling but I’m left with those life altering sides :(
Thanks for sharing your experience and this helps the community and makes them aware of the pitfalls one can go through. I can understand how you feel. If you wish I can arrange a video call.
Does the same apply to dutasteride? With the drug having such a long active half-life i would think cold turkey wouldn't make a difference since going back to baseline is a slow process. I took what i think may have been a a very large single dose and i didn't like the sides as compared to fin at all so i didn't take anymore of the drug. It's been 2 months since i stopped and i still have sides. I'm hoping this is just simply because the dose i took was very big and it may take longer than expected to go back to normal.
@@hairtransplantinindia yeah. I'm trying not to worry too much about it tho since i'm sure i'll be fine. I've been on finasteride on and off for a while with 0 issues. Sometimes cold turkey. I always recovered extremely fast tho this is just me. Definitely best to just have people stick to fin and cut back on dose and frequency to avoid sides, exorcise and stay healthy to produce natural to make up for the lost dht etc. I tried dutasteride topically semi-convinced only a small amount would actually penetrate the skin and hair papilla. But evidently it was a wrong assumption. The drug goes systemic and it was in a 0.3% concentration in a glycol solution which made the drug even more likely to penetrate. So most likely, i'll just have to wait as i'm sure my DHT is still largely suppressed. The studies iv'e seen seem to indicate there's a minimum of a 2-3 month wait for dht to return to baseline in doses over 0.5. I'll leave an update in about another month or 2.
@Dani-xy6uc sorry to hear that mate hope you can get better. It's funny cause I was speaking to someone on dustaeride and tha said tha were fine I'm to frightened to take it .what are you doing now medication
Hello doctor I would like to know how to flush out every 3 months as you have mentioned before, as this sounds like cold turkey to me? Wouldnt this encourage disturbing the hormones as mentioned in this video? Thanks :)
@@hairtransplantinindia Pain in prostate and testicles I was on fin for one week with 0.5 mg everyday, and got bad ball ache, pain in lower back and around prostate. The last 4 days i have stopped the medication because of this and wont start again, but my question is when Can I expect it to go back to normal? I surprises me how I Can get all these side effects on such a low does for such a small period. I’m hoping that also means it Will go away soon. Any experiences or suggestions? .
If you are on finasteride and doing fine. Stay on it. Don’t try to quit it. If you can’t stay on it for the gazillion side effects profile then lower the dose first, if that does not work, ween off it. Otherwise get ready to waste 1-2 years of your life or may be more. PS: depends how long you have been on it.
Good video. We don’t all have the same biology and may respond differently. Most tolerate the medication well, but for some it can have serious long-lasting consequences.
After two years of finasteride i am taking two weeks break from finasteride. Because so many youtube channels spokes about PFS. After watching those type of video my mind was disturbed so much. I do not experience any side affects due to finasteride. But now my mind was thinking about side effects of finasteride . And it was disturbing me. what can i do doctor?
Thank you for your videos! If I am understanding correctly, if I am currently taking 1mg per day, I should take .5mg per day for one month, and then maybe .5mg every other day for one month, and then maybe .25mg every other day for the 3rd month?
im suffering from pfs i stop fenistroide after 6 months coz it has some side effects so then after that i m suffering from pfs lower adm pain and prostate pain i think so what is the solution its already 40 days 😢
I left spirolactone and bicalutamide abruptly in the middle of the treatment while continuing dutasteride and oral minox and when I restarted them , hair fall is continuing since 3.5 months like 30,49,50, hairs per day! Have they stopped working? Has the efficacy of the medicines declined?.
Good day dr... I m having finax 1 mg daily for past 2 years... I didnt have any side effect yet.. My question is can i hve finestride on alternative days ie 15 days in a month??? Wil it worsen my condition?
@ I didn’t do any blood tests before.. thats my mistake😔, I’m really tired of this.. I really need help All my blood tests are with normal range now , I tried Cilais Tried supplements Tried L arginine I dont smoke I eat healthy I workout 4 days a week since last march Still nothing can help me Please if you can
Doctor, I am a 22 year old guy, haven taken finasteride for 3 months, I didn't notice while taking finasteride I was missing morning wood and now after completely stopping finasteride (both oral and topical) for almost 2 weeks I am frequently Missing morning wood and morning hard erection. And throughout the day, sexual desire is less and no natural erection is coming, but but but everything seems okay when I stimulate myself with porn or imagination. What to do will it be fixed naturally or should I need to take medications? I am very worried about this please reply
@@kaberigomes2117 yeah it has been fixed. make sure you are not taking finasteride both orally and topically, and wait for atleast 1 month. everything will be fine
i did this mistake. my hair was pretty good at that point and left side dense. i was off about1 month due to reasons. Started losing dense and hair all over have been taking fin since the 1 month break. im afraid if this is permanent or coming back at the time
@@hairtransplantinindia Okay i lost a lot of it and volume but this relief stress little bit that it is possible at least. hard to understand if the dht killed follicles so fast
2 days is not enough time for the dosage to build up. You can stop straightaway. Get your total testosterone and total estradiol levels checked and then seek a consultation if you wish to.
@@hairtransplantinindia Hi, i started before 10 days same happened to me , first 2 days i took 1mg per day and got a lot of ED and i decided by my self (because the doctor was super easy to put me on finasteride )to continue use the drug 0.5 mg every other day , still i have ED (34 y o) i have a good hair and not aggressive AGA .any suggestions please, i don’t know what to do 😢
Sir I have scalp pain+ itchy hairline and when I comb my hair I feel pain in the root of hair. Sir is that normal to shed some 3-4 thinner than other hair in 20-30 hair shampoo day?( I shampoo 2 times a week?
ive been 4 years with great results and no sides, i stared taking ssri and then got my sex drive gone. i stopeed five month ago the ssri, and still dont have sex drive. i am still on fin and got high progesterone in my blood test. what should i do? should i stop? should i go to topical fin for now? should i lower dose? i am dessperate
Very informative and useful video.. got to knowmany things about Hair Loss Treatment for Men & the Post Finasteride Syndrome.. thanks for sharing such a nice content.
Hi Dr, I have gone cold turkey and I still have side effects with me after about a year of being off the drug! Is there any way to improve the situation?
Hai sir i didn't exposed my head to direct sunlight after hair transplant. in my room there is a window covered by curtains i sleep near to the winodow. when i wake up i can feel the sunlight outside the winodow. Will sunlight covered by winodow affects results. I was sleeping under this everyday i wakeup between 9 am - 10 am not longer than that. Secondly after the 6 th day of hair transplant i went to buy medicine at that time there was sunlight outside which is a bit strong. I can't park my car in front of medical shop so i Parked some distance away from the medical shop and i need to walk from there to medical shop. I weared a surgical cap and used an umbrella. I suddenly go to medical shop and comes back faster. Will these 2 incidents mentioned above affects my ht results in any way
@@hairtransplantinindia i used surgical cap and umbrella, while going to medical shop. i travelled in car it was sunny outside i weared the same surgical cap inside the car too. While waking up i see bright sunlight outside i closed the window it was glass window and also curtain covers it. But i doubt will the light passes through glass and affect my height. This is the only things happend and make me suspect. What you think doctor the above mentioned instances will it affect please say.
The message isn't clear for me, I'm confused now. In your previous videos you have mentioned that it is advised to take a break every 3 months for 15 days then continue. Is this still correct ? Thanks
Hair transplant has become a good business for doctors, as baldness is not a life threatening disease, sỗ doctors are playing with thé emotions of patients! I bet doctors will never bring any medicine which can cure baldness as their business will stop!
You are right before videos, he told Finasteride to take at least 30 days to wash out from the body. Now he says it will take 60 to 90 days. So much confusion.
I took fin 1 mg for 4 months. Side effects were gradual. Didnt know how i bad i felt until i got off it for 30 days. Brain fog disappeared, libido increased dramatically, and just felt more energy. I remember it was like clockwork. Day 31 32 suddenly felt my body coming back alive.
Hi doctor can you please reply, if a person applied topical finasteride minoxidil combination for 1 month(1 ml daily) and faced problem in getting erection. then stopped it for week and symptoms are gone. Should he taper off topical finasteride or since he applied it only for month its okay to go cold turkey? He haven't taken oral finasteride.
@@hairtransplantinindia thank you soo much , i really appreciate your help and for your reply. I experienced those side effects stopped it cold turkey and sides are gone . My main question was should I taper it off. Or me going cold turkey is fine since I applied topical finasteride only for a 1 month. How to taper off please let me know .
@@hairtransplantinindia didn't measure it, should I get them checked now and see if they fall in normal range. Thank you soo much that you are solving my queries I am happy and i appreciate it.
I have explained that too. I explain that again. The effect of Finasteride lasts for 4-6 weeks since the 5AR suppressed by it has a half life that is that long.
@@hairtransplantinindia the drugs half life is in the region of hours but it apparently stays in cells for weeks. Why bother taking a break so? The effect of an involuted prostate last much longer than 4-6 weeks
@@hairtransplantinindia not true. The half life of the drug is in hours. I also know from personal experience that it takes longer than 4 weeks for the PSA to rise and the prostate to return to normal. I suppose my own doctor is wrong. I still use the drug but it is not without its risk. I have been on it for 15 years including breaks
Respect to you doctor for discussing this topic. It is a very tough balance sometimes getting the correct dose of finasteride without sides. I stopped cold turkey, and went through a bad period. Smart and well though out video as always.
Thanks
I specifically told my prescriber the side effects I was having and blatantly asked how to safely discontinue the drug. It completely went over his head as he instead just prescribed me the topical version to replace the pill 😒. I had no choice but to quit cold Turkey and boy did I pay!!! We definitely need an informational video like this… so the next person who gets trapped will be better informed of how to reduce the terrible consequences this drug can have.
Thanks for your experience. It helps the community.
Doctor, I have immense respect for this incredible content. I was really struggling whether I would get PFS, but your explanation of hormones perfectly clarifies the cause. I’ll start gradually tapering off Finasteride as you recommended. Thank you for saving a life-I can’t thank you enough.
Thanks for being on my channel-in the community.
Thanks Doctor! I live in canada and am currently on .5mg finasteride daily, but i am waiting to visit my doctor before i begin to slowly wean off. You really saved me from going cold turkey as that was my original plan, so i cannot thank you enough.
Best of luck!
So just to clarify, it takes 60-90 days for dht to return to normal? I thought most studies say that dht returns to normal after 14 days.
This is very informative video. Everything described very clearly one by one. I really appreciated it. I would recommended to all of my friends to watch this video. Thank you for sharing this video.
Have you had any long term PFS suffering patients Dr? Or have all your patients recovered? Thanks for your great work 👍🏻
I have never seen a patient with PFS since l my patients follow my advice mostly.
@@hairtransplantinindia thanks for the reply. That’s reassuring to know as I’m sure with amount of Finasteride you have prescribed over the years, if this was as common a syndrome as the internet would suggest then you would have seen it in its abundance. Not to discredit its validity, but it’s important to hear about real world facts. Thank you 👍🏻
I would not be prescribing Finasteride if it was such a monster. There is no money to be made out of Finasteride for a doctor as many would suspect. @@willrigz6570
Hi Doctor, I'm a male & now 30 years old. I was on Finasteride 1 mg (3x a week) + 1 ml 5% minoxidil daily before my HT (on frontal scalp & mid scalp) for a year. Then continued with Finasteride after HT (HT was done in March 2022) on a daily basis (1 mg fin per day) & 1 ml 5% minoxidil daily for a year. 6 months ago, I consulted a different Doctor & he prescribed 0.5mg dutesteride per day & oral minoxidil 2.5mg per day + 5% foam minoxidil on a daily basis. He told me to stop Finasteride immediately & start taking Dutesteride. After being on this new regime for 6 months, I can say my frontal hair line looks weaker than when I was on Fin. Plus, the hair behind my frontal scalp hair line have also become thin & some have fallen. I can see gaps, which was not too visible while I was on Fin. I do admit, in the last 2 to 3 months I increased my consumption of Ice cream to a high level (not consuming daily, though 2 to 3 times a week, tubs of ~200 to 300 ml in each sitting). Could this also be the reason for my hair loss? Or is Dutesteride the culprit?
Hair loss due to androgenic alopecia is progressive. Even a DHT blocker cannot completely prevent it. Ice-creams do not cause hair loss.
Sounds like it is not worth even trying the medication if you believe people stand a chance of experiencing PFS on discontinuation then.
Being on medication without understanding your hormonal statues and taking it without supervision is what lands you in serious problems.
This video about hair loss treatment is so helpful. I loved the way you explained each and every points in this video. Thank you for uploading this informative video.
Thank you for the information. You're completely correct I tend to be on the safer side so this pill I probably wouldn't take it this is why I don't know if I'll ever do a transplant
Your hair transplant video for men is benificiary for me actually.I try to follow your suggestions.
Sorry doctor. I think you replied to this comment while I was editing and now you're comment is gone before I read it. Could you please reply again. Really sorry doctor.
Unfortunate that I saw this video late. Been on Finasteride(for DPA/DUPA) for about 2 years (1 mg/day). I got ED and my doc lowered my dose to 1mg every other day. That improved my ED almost to normal before getting low again. So after 3 months he asked me to go turkey cold. Now it's been 2 months since I'm off the drug and experienced the deception in the first 2 weeks where my erection is back to normal and all the symptoms you mentioned above. And now my doc asked me to get back on the drug since I have heavy hair-fall now. Basically I went turkey cold and now I'm back on it. now will it undo the damage? what should I do please help doctor!
Very informative video on hair transplant and well explained also.i really like your videos as you give all the required information.
Hi doctor, so I quit finasteride 5 months ago after a long taper like you suggested. Side effects have slowly and gradually improved month to month. I recently started researching about PFS and now I'm having trouble. What I'm dealing with now is totally psychological, how do I deal with it? Do I stop looking into PFS and see a therapist? idk what to do.
Just stop reading about it and you shall be fine very soon.
Dr. how can i recover from PSSD, emotional blunting,anhedonia due to Psychiatric drugs that is similar to PFS disorder
Not my area of expertise.
Great video. Your explanation is soo good. Thanks for sharing this video with us.
Hello doctor, is there any particular brand of dutasteride you recommend?
I abstain from recommending brands here to keep the channel commerce free.
Hi Sir,
I am taking Finasteride 1mg tab for 3 day without seeing any doctor. I am 20 and already lost much hair and becoming bald (probably grade 2 now). So I started taking Finasteride after researching online on my own. But now I came to know about PFS. I am terribly scared now. But I am also worried about hairloss. What should i do now?
Start building upyour dose slowly, adapt, if yoy decide to ween off - do it slowly as well.
Amazing video content. I like this video. You explained everything very well, easy to understand. Thanks for sharing this video. Keep posting videos like this.
Very nice video.thanks for making this video and also thank you for sharing this video on our social media.
Great video Dr. Can you answer the following, if im on trt will that protect me from finasteride side effects? I tried it and feel very low mood afterwards and tired. I think it has downregulated my neurosteroids
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Doctor does not drinking a lot of water affects hair transplantation results?. if not being able to drink lots of water will affects results
It will not
@@hairtransplantinindia thanks dr ❤️
Sir, then how to take a break of 3 weeks after three months? Can we gradually off the dose or is it okay to stop suddenly for 1 month?
2-3 weeks is not too much of a time gap to have problems as I have discussed later in this video- 5AR that is inhibited has a half life of 30 days
Thank you. I took 1.25mg finasteride a day in 2004 until 2005 at the age or 24 to 25. Just about one year. Unfortunately I never fully recovered from it to this day. The last 4 years I tried various treatments like DHEA, Pregnenolone, HCG and Testosterone Replacement Therapy. Even though my Testosterone levels are 3x higher than range (1800 ng/dl) it feels like I dont have testosterone in my body. It seems this drug damages something in the hormonal system. To add to this, before I started any treatment in 2019, I did a hormone profile and my Total T was on the upper end of the scale (756 ng/dl) and my DHT was on the top end as well. Its not a hormonal imbalance but I think a damage to the receptors. With 16 years I took accutane. Maybe that did a pre damage already making finasteride doing the final damage. We will never know because big pharma is not interested in curing people they messed up. Back then in 2005 there was very little information available. After experiencing terrible crippling side effect, I went off cold turkey of course.
Edit: What I want to add, I react very severely to anything that influences DHT. Even taking a Zinc (5ar blocker) supplement gives me full blown PFS symptoms.
I'm sorry man. That's fucked up.
Thanks for sharing. Finasteride is not for everyone, that is why it is not OTC.
@hairtransplantinindia what is otc
Over the Counter @@wolves1980
@hairtransplantinindia which is best topical finasteride or oral finasteride please
Very informative and helpful video for everyone .Thanks doctor
Doctor, can we take finastrite 3 days a week rather than everyday after hair transplant?
I would not advise it.
This is very nice video about hair transplant. Everything is well described. I like it
Should I bother taking testosterone/estrogen test if I do not have anything close to low libido or symptoms of high estrogen? I am 40 and do not plan on having more kids
Yes as baseline you should get lab work done.
Very helpful video. Thank you for sharing this important video.
Sir, Is it good to use Cyproterone acetate medicine along with finestride 1 mg daily??
No harm in the combination.
This video is very explainful...and explanation is very excellent.. thank you so much for sharing with us
hi doc, could you further flesh out your proposed mechanism for the development of pfs and add supporting evidence for that hypothesis? I am not understanding the connection with the central hormone regulation and so on...
Very nice and helpful video. Everything is clearly explained. Thank you for sharing this with us
Very informative video. Thank you for sharing.
Hi doctor , do you suggest your patients go on and off finasteride ?
Is it recommended even if the patient isn't seeing any side-effects and who falls between NW 2 and 3.
Thanks
Yes always, and even in those not having side effects.
@@hairtransplantinindia not 15 days break , I'm curious about the 3 months or more break that some doctors suggest to be off the drugs...
Is it common ?
Again , considering that I'm between NW 2 and 3.
If baldness is active, this break can make you permanently lose ground.@@sagarbadiger5554
@@hairtransplantinindia thank you so much for your response... Much needed at this point...
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In one of your other videos you said to stop taking finasteride every 3 months for 2 weeks to reduce build of the drug? I'm confused?
Yes I said that. That is not 'cold turkey'
@@hairtransplantinindia To clarify. If im taking 1mg of finasteride every day for 3 months. I should stop taking finasteride for 14 days and then continue on? Thank you
Sir what to do if you have crashed is it reversible… crashed for more than a year
You need to seek specialised help.
Side effects stay around for over a year. Thanks for the video.
U also got side effects??
@@PeterParker-op7fb Yes the way he explained. Everything happened to me and more and it took a good 1-2 years to settle down.
This video is really amazing and informative......very helpful video for everyone....thank you for sharing this video with us
Thank you for the video, do you find that Saw Palmetto can induce the same side effects as Finasteride and if so should the same tapering off strategy be used? And thank you in advance.
It hardly has any effect leave alone the possibility of side effects
@@hairtransplantinindia thank you. So not a fan of it but also nothing to be feared?
Thank you for your amazing video! I wish I knew the risks of starting this drug and the consequences of stopping it cold turkey.. but my derm did not inform me at all. She just said I’m crazy after I visited her to tell her that I have side effects. (Learned about them after experienceing them) I’m also a woman. I had sides on the fin, I had the crash, and now after a year or so I still have sexual problems. I don’t know really how to stop this. I went to so many docs but no one knows what to do to get better. And luckly or unfortunately.. I don’t know how to put this.. but I didn’t even need finasteride. I was already on an antiandrogenic birth control with cyproterone acetate and the only reason I was losing some hair was because I was anemic. My derm didn’t tell me to first look for deficiences and anemia.. now I’m taking iron and my hair stopped falling but I’m left with those life altering sides :(
Thanks for sharing your experience and this helps the community and makes them aware of the pitfalls one can go through. I can understand how you feel. If you wish I can arrange a video call.
@@hairtransplantinindia yes, I would love to. Thank you so much. Do I need to make an appointment on the hair clinic site?
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This video is really nice and well defined.. thanks for sharing
Does the same apply to dutasteride? With the drug having such a long active half-life i would think cold turkey wouldn't make a difference since going back to baseline is a slow process. I took what i think may have been a a very large single dose and i didn't like the sides as compared to fin at all so i didn't take anymore of the drug. It's been 2 months since i stopped and i still have sides. I'm hoping this is just simply because the dose i took was very big and it may take longer than expected to go back to normal.
Dutasteride blocks almost all of your DHT ! That is worrisome. I try not to prescribe this drug due to bad experiences with patients in the past.
@@hairtransplantinindia yeah. I'm trying not to worry too much about it tho since i'm sure i'll be fine. I've been on finasteride on and off for a while with 0 issues. Sometimes cold turkey. I always recovered extremely fast tho this is just me.
Definitely best to just have people stick to fin and cut back on dose and frequency to avoid sides, exorcise and stay healthy to produce natural to make up for the lost dht etc.
I tried dutasteride topically semi-convinced only a small amount would actually penetrate the skin and hair papilla. But evidently it was a wrong assumption. The drug goes systemic and it was in a 0.3% concentration in a glycol solution which made the drug even more likely to penetrate. So most likely, i'll just have to wait as i'm sure my DHT is still largely suppressed.
The studies iv'e seen seem to indicate there's a minimum of a 2-3 month wait for dht to return to baseline in doses over 0.5. I'll leave an update in about another month or 2.
How u doing now@@nathanc3797
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2 years off Dutasteride and oral minoxidil,all the side effects still present,doctors dont know what to do...
What side effects you getting
@@wolves1980 Dry skin,dry eyes,different body odor,no libido,no erections,numbness,frequent urination,brain fog,problems to focus,gyno,constipation,bad sleep quality....
@Dani-xy6uc sorry to hear that mate hope you can get better. It's funny cause I was speaking to someone on dustaeride and tha said tha were fine I'm to frightened to take it .what are you doing now medication
@@Dani-xy6ucdid you take a blood test before meditation?
Hello doctor
I would like to know how to flush out every 3 months as you have mentioned before, as this sounds like cold turkey to me? Wouldnt this encourage disturbing the hormones as mentioned in this video?
Thanks :)
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@@hairtransplantinindia Pain in prostate and testicles
I was on fin for one week with 0.5 mg everyday, and got bad ball ache, pain in lower back and around prostate.
The last 4 days i have stopped the medication because of this and wont start again, but my question is when Can I expect it to go back to normal?
I surprises me how I Can get all these side effects on such a low does for such a small period.
I’m hoping that also means it Will go away soon.
Any experiences or suggestions?
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@@berkenilkin5576 What were your testosterone/estradiol levels before starting the medication?
@@hairtransplantinindia 21.1 n/mol test and 0.17 n/mol estradiol
If you are on finasteride and doing fine. Stay on it. Don’t try to quit it. If you can’t stay on it for the gazillion side effects profile then lower the dose first, if that does not work, ween off it. Otherwise get ready to waste 1-2 years of your life or may be more.
PS: depends how long you have been on it.
Thank you for your comments. They are helpful to the community
@@puffybuns2311 i am suffering from side effects for 8 months
My side effects are nipple and chest swelling and when I come off for a week it goes away. It isnt in my head at all
That is a real side effect and most likely you are not a candidate. In another post you have reported a high estrogen level.
Good video. We don’t all have the same biology and may respond differently. Most tolerate the medication well, but for some it can have serious long-lasting consequences.
Thanks for the note.
After two years of finasteride i am taking two weeks break from finasteride. Because so many youtube channels spokes about PFS. After watching those type of video my mind was disturbed so much. I do not experience any side affects due to finasteride. But now my mind was thinking about side effects of finasteride . And it was disturbing me. what can i do doctor?
What were your levels before starting?
Sir do you provide any online consultation ? Most of the time we can’t find a good doctor..
Yes Sir I do. You can get in touch with Bhavya at 8872238888
Thank you for your videos! If I am understanding correctly, if I am currently taking 1mg per day, I should take .5mg per day for one month, and then maybe .5mg every other day for one month, and then maybe .25mg every other day for the 3rd month?
You are correct
Very usefull informative video content. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve had post finasteride syndrome for almost 3 years, ruined my life. Do you treat PFS patients? I’m willing to travel
You need to get your blood work done and then we can try.
What happens to you mate
How long u taken finasteride??
im suffering from pfs i stop fenistroide after 6 months coz it has some side effects so then after that i m suffering from pfs lower adm pain and prostate pain i think so what is the solution its already 40 days 😢
Levels of androgens and estrogen before starting the medication? And what does your doctor say?
Thank you so much for sharing this video. This video is very helpful.
I left spirolactone and bicalutamide abruptly in the middle of the treatment while continuing dutasteride and oral minox and when I restarted them , hair fall is continuing since 3.5 months like 30,49,50, hairs per day! Have they stopped working? Has the efficacy of the medicines declined?.
There can be so may reasons. You can send me pictures.
@@hairtransplantinindia thank you Doctor.🙏
Good day dr...
I m having finax 1 mg daily for past 2 years... I didnt have any side effect yet..
My question is can i hve finestride on alternative days ie 15 days in a month??? Wil it worsen my condition?
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I quit finasteride 1 year ago now, still no erection no libido my penis looks atrophy my dht is normal cause my hair like pre finasteride.
Can you share details of testosterone and estradiol results before starting Finasteride. You must have consulted a doctor. Can you share details.
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I didn’t do any blood tests before.. thats my mistake😔, I’m really tired of this.. I really need help
All my blood tests are with normal range now ,
I tried Cilais
Tried supplements
Tried L arginine
I dont smoke
I eat healthy
I workout 4 days a week since last march
Still nothing can help me
Please if you can
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.25 lowers just as much dht at 1mg. the dose titration wont effect levels at all.
People should try it and see for themselves. It's all about titrating the lowest dosage to get a result.
I tried topical fin for 5 days, just to test the waters and build up confidence to try it long term. Will stopping suddenly cause long term damage?
Topical neither has effects nor side effects.
What about exiting Dutasteride?
It's the same since the group is common
Doctor, I am a 22 year old guy, haven taken finasteride for 3 months, I didn't notice while taking finasteride I was missing morning wood and now after completely stopping finasteride (both oral and topical) for almost 2 weeks I am frequently Missing morning wood and morning hard erection. And throughout the day, sexual desire is less and no natural erection is coming, but but but everything seems okay when I stimulate myself with porn or imagination. What to do will it be fixed naturally or should I need to take medications?
I am very worried about this please reply
When did you stop Finasteride? What was your testosterone level before you went on it? How was your sexual health before you started Oral Finasteride?
Sumit i am on the same boat, did you fix it? A
@@kaberigomes2117 yeah it has been fixed. make sure you are not taking finasteride both orally and topically, and wait for atleast 1 month. everything will be fine
@@sumitchakrabortystudy651 Did you stop cold turkey or gradually and, visited a urologist and went on Testosterone replacement or any such solution?
@@kaberigomes2117 nothing needed, just stop consuming finasteride and wait for a month
i did this mistake. my hair was pretty good at that point and left side dense. i was off about1 month due to reasons. Started losing dense and hair all over have been taking fin since the 1 month break. im afraid if this is permanent or coming back at the time
Should come back.
@@hairtransplantinindia Okay i lost a lot of it and volume but this relief stress little bit that it is possible at least. hard to understand if the dht killed follicles so fast
heard something about catch up hairloss. Whats your thoughts about that
Hey doc, is hair transplant possible during defuse thinning alopecia?
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Great vid, I took 1mg oral for 2 days and experienced a lot of ED. 24 years otherwise healthy. Should I stop immediately after only 2 days? Thanks
2 days is not enough time for the dosage to build up. You can stop straightaway. Get your total testosterone and total estradiol levels checked and then seek a consultation if you wish to.
@@hairtransplantinindia Hi, i started before 10 days same happened to me , first 2 days i took 1mg per day and got a lot of ED and i decided by my self (because the doctor was super easy to put me on finasteride )to continue use the drug 0.5 mg every other day , still i have ED (34 y o) i have a good hair and not aggressive AGA .any suggestions please, i don’t know what to do 😢
Any update please 🙏 ??
@@MohammedAAbbas Taper off slowly.
@@MohammedAAbbas did you recovered bro?
Nice video. Thank you for your sharing with us
Wish I had seen this video sooner. I am now struggling with what I believe to be PFS. Any ideas Dr on how to get back to normal?
@@danf2644 any updates on feeling better?
@@Aw5766 unfortunately not
Informative video you share. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video 👍
Sir I have scalp pain+ itchy hairline and when I comb my hair I feel pain in the root of hair. Sir is that normal to shed some 3-4 thinner than other hair in 20-30 hair shampoo day?( I shampoo 2 times a week?
The pain is a sign of ongoing progression of baldness.
Non profit channel? Kindly explain dr Bhatti.
No medication is mentioned other than by it's generic name. No medications are sold on this platform. It is an educative channel.
This video is really amazing and informative.
ive been 4 years with great results and no sides, i stared taking ssri and then got my sex drive gone. i stopeed five month ago the ssri, and still dont have sex drive. i am still on fin and got high progesterone in my blood test. what should i do? should i stop? should i go to topical fin for now? should i lower dose? i am dessperate
Age? Total testosterone level?
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Very helpful video thank you
Very informative and useful video.. got to knowmany things about Hair Loss Treatment for Men & the Post Finasteride Syndrome.. thanks for sharing such a nice content.
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Hi Dr,
I have gone cold turkey and I still have side effects with me after about a year of being off the drug!
Is there any way to improve the situation?
Hello bro can you please share your dosing and period you had it, what are the side effects your facing and how serious they are now. Please sir
What are your hormonal levels?
@@hairtransplantinindia Total Testosterone: 750
Free Testosterone: 9.1
@@DilshadAlam-gr4qt Yes, I recovered
@@amirezadi4196 in how many months brother u recovered...I am suffering from 8 months after going cold turkey
Hai sir i didn't exposed my head to direct sunlight after hair transplant. in my room there is a window covered by curtains i sleep near to the winodow. when i wake up i can feel the sunlight outside the winodow. Will sunlight covered by winodow affects results. I was sleeping under this everyday i wakeup between 9 am - 10 am not longer than that.
Secondly after the 6 th day of hair transplant i went to buy medicine at that time there was sunlight outside which is a bit strong. I can't park my car in front of medical shop so i Parked some distance away from the medical shop and i need to walk from there to medical shop. I weared a surgical cap and used an umbrella. I suddenly go to medical shop and comes back faster.
Will these 2 incidents mentioned above affects my ht results in any way
If the head is covered in the sun there is no danger.
@@hairtransplantinindia i used surgical cap and umbrella, while going to medical shop. i travelled in car it was sunny outside i weared the same surgical cap inside the car too.
While waking up i see bright sunlight outside i closed the window it was glass window and also curtain covers it. But i doubt will the light passes through glass and affect my height.
This is the only things happend and make me suspect. What you think doctor the above mentioned instances will it affect please say.
@@hairtransplantinindia please reply 🙏
Ok if i have been of finasteride for 2 years and im still not better what do i do?
Follow my 5 strategies when on oral finasterde. It is on this channel.
This video is really amazing and informative.. I really liked this video.. Thanks for sharing this video with us..
The message isn't clear for me, I'm confused now.
In your previous videos you have mentioned that it is advised to take a break every 3 months for 15 days then continue.
Is this still correct ?
Thanks
Hair transplant has become a good business for doctors, as baldness is not a life threatening disease, sỗ doctors are playing with thé emotions of patients! I bet doctors will never bring any medicine which can cure baldness as their business will stop!
Mee to😢
You are right before videos, he told Finasteride to take at least 30 days to wash out from the body. Now he says it will take 60 to 90 days. So much confusion.
2-3 weeks is not too much of a time gap to have problems as I have discussed later in this video- 5AR that is inhibited has a half life of 30 days
Not true.
I took fin 1 mg for 4 months. Side effects were gradual. Didnt know how i bad i felt until i got off it for 30 days. Brain fog disappeared, libido increased dramatically, and just felt more energy. I remember it was like clockwork. Day 31 32 suddenly felt my body coming back alive.
Thanks for sharing your experience with the community.
Very good information
The video is really amazing
Very nice content..thanks for sharing
how to improve sexual performance after years of using finasteride?
Likely it is not due to Finastreide. But in consultation with your doctor you can use sexual performance enhancer medication.
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Hi doctor can you please reply, if a person applied topical finasteride minoxidil combination for 1 month(1 ml daily) and faced problem in getting erection. then stopped it for week and symptoms are gone. Should he taper off topical finasteride or since he applied it only for month its okay to go cold turkey? He haven't taken oral finasteride.
Topical Finasteride does not cause side effects since only a miniscule amount reaches the blood stream.
@@hairtransplantinindia thank you soo much , i really appreciate your help and for your reply. I experienced those side effects stopped it cold turkey and sides are gone . My main question was should I taper it off. Or me going cold turkey is fine since I applied topical finasteride only for a 1 month. How to taper off please let me know .
There is no concern at all with topical finasteride. What were you testosterone levels before you started the medication? @@elitechampion6502
@@hairtransplantinindia didn't measure it, should I get them checked now and see if they fall in normal range. Thank you soo much that you are solving my queries I am happy and i appreciate it.
@@hairtransplantinindiais topical finasteride as good as oral finasteride
You tell people to regularly take breaks from finasteride no you are saying that you should not quit cold turkey. Make up your mind.
I have explained that too. I explain that again. The effect of Finasteride lasts for 4-6 weeks since the 5AR suppressed by it has a half life that is that long.
@@hairtransplantinindia the drugs half life is in the region of hours but it apparently stays in cells for weeks. Why bother taking a break so? The effect of an involuted prostate last much longer than 4-6 weeks
Nottrue. Have explained this several times in my videos.@@davidomeara4704
@@hairtransplantinindia not true. The half life of the drug is in hours. I also know from personal experience that it takes longer than 4 weeks for the PSA to rise and the prostate to return to normal. I suppose my own doctor is wrong. I still use the drug but it is not without its risk. I have been on it for 15 years including breaks
Very helpful video