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Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair (Propecia, Finasteride for Women)

posted by alli, 16.10.2007, 16:37

» » EB what would happen though if you took avodart with a higher dose of
» » estrogen in the form of a bcp or HRT, wouldn't that counteract the
» » hyperandrogenic thing? The men don't have the luxury of that option.
»
» Hey Delilah, I really can't say (again, I'm not a doctor, I'm simply
» theorizing from what I've read), except that at some point your body may
» not tolerate being ping-ponged back and forth so will stop following the
» "rules" that the drugs create. I see what you mean about adding E to
» counteract possible RH on Avodart, but how do you know how much E to add
» and if it is directly counteractng the effects of Avodart? The female AGA
» pathways are so complex.
»
» Fashiongirl just posted an excerpt about upregulation in the AGA board
» which from description sounds exactly like what I'm trying to say about
» RH. It seems to me Avodart has more of this potential relative to other
» antiandrogens because at steady-state it blocks almost all (94%) of one's
» DHT. It certainly does not happen everyone, though. I know a couple of
» women on it who haven't experienced anything of the sort. But for women
» like me whose 5AR is very low-to-undetectable it may not be the best thing
» to push something that's barely there into the ground.
»
» I really wish I knew without having to try it.....

Hi -

Your dr tested specifically for your 5AR levels? How do you know they are low?


alli is located in [NA] and he is available to meet: NO

Complete thread:

• Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair - LisaS, 13.10.2007, 13:12
  • Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair - LisaS, 13.10.2007, 13:14
  • Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair - eb, 14.10.2007, 12:19
    • Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair - LisaS, 14.10.2007, 15:50
      • Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair - eb, 14.10.2007, 17:59
        • Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair - delilah, 14.10.2007, 19:17
          • Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair - eb, 16.10.2007, 11:28
            • Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair - alli, 16.10.2007, 16:37
              • alli - eb, 22.10.2007, 09:54
            • Question for EB (and/or Holly and V) re Body Hair - delilah, 16.10.2007, 18:31
              • To Delilah and eb - Fashiongal, 17.10.2007, 14:16