Celebs another one to watch

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#55

Guys just a general note here: All this speculation about celebs having PFS seems to be getting out of hand. At least in my opinion. We should be cautious the way these assumptions come across do not cause us more harm than good.

It is highly unlikely Justin Bieber or Michael Jackson actually had PFS. Michael Jackson was a scrawny looking man in the early nineties, way before finasteride got to the market. Justin Bieber is one of the most overworked performers on earth. All these artists go through phases like these.

PFS may be under recognised and numbers are probably way higher than we know, but the majority of people do not use finasteride or 5ARI’s, and the majority of finasteride users do not get PFS.

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#56

We as a group no, just my personal opinion.

#57

The fuck is Internet is full of warnings about finasteride. Only one minute google finasteride impotence or only finasteride side effects you get all the TV documentaries, newspaper articles, red hand letter warnings, the keyword PFS and than the all the personal PFS horror Stories.

But nobody can believe, that a proved medicine is a euthanasia pill for a minority and that this is ignored for two decades. It’s to unbelievable to get critical about.

Would be only one prominent, the hidden poison and the pharma cartel had to come out with the truth.

Wondering why they don’t blamed Donald Trump with this hairloss drug, wich make some men lobotomised and castrated. If they did, everybody worldwide would know about the murder drug. And the murder drug and all it’s resellers would be nuked to the backside of the sun.

And I and so many others wouldn’t be zombies.

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#58

I can’t wrap my head around the fact that I didn’t google “finasteride side effects” before taking this bullshit

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#59

We and many others trusted what was on the leaflet. Why wouldn’t we. I suspect many more have done the same and don’t make the connection especially if sides develop a long time after.

#60

I just trusted the doctor. I thought why would this drug be any different from the other drugs I’ve taken in my life. I feel very naive in hindsight since this drug messes with your hormonal system. But so many people take it without issues and it’s been on the market for over 2 decades…

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#61

When I first took it over two decades ago there was nothing out there but why would I think otherwise when it was advertised as very safe and you could only get it from your Dr via a private prescription. When i started to develop unexplainable health issues there was nothing to connect to fin. Years and years later!!!
We’ve all been misinformed. The system is not fit for purpose.
My nephews friends have started taking it despite him telling them about me. They want to trust what’s on the leaflet because they want to take it and no one believes this is possible.

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#62

See I don’t believe that…I don’t think anyone escapes unscathed. In retrospect I can see I had plenty of on drug sides that I never connected to fin. Weakness, insomnia, premature gray hair, early onset eye floaters and cataracts, digestive issues, inexplicable muscle injuries. I believed the old hype that DHT had no role beyond fat, excess body hair, and baldness and that blocking DHT would turn you into an adonis. I still believed it right up until I got PFS then the truth was suddenly crystal clear.

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#63

That’s incredible they’re still going to take it after what they’ve been told about you…

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#64

Yes Eric I saw you on a profile and I thought, such a handsome lucky guy fucked up by the evils own company’s perverted drug.
I’m in permanent regret, every second of my life for one year now. I even read that ED can hold on after quitting. But they never wrote that it can persist for years. Gaslighted for a generics devils companies profit. They didn’t tell the truth, because than every body would throw it into finasteride doctors shitfaces!

And I think, why the democrats didn’t talk about that in their anti Trump campaign! Many victims wouldn’t be here.

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#65

I’m with u @mstone. I was at the Drs within weeks and got nowhere so I apportioned it to other things never suspecting fin. All sorts of shit started happening to my health. Close to 3800 genes!!! Makes it hard to believe that anyone gets away unscathed. If an A lister made the connection and came forward I truly think it would flick the light switch on for so many… I know people who have developed sides that live locally and when I tell them its because of fin they don’t believe me. I think for some it will only really hit home when the full weight of pfs lands.

#66

The doctor told me it might “lower my libido slightly but if you come off it will return to normal” when I asked about side effects.

What hurts me is I came across an article called “why I will never take the anti-baldness drug Trump takes” but didn’t bother to read it. If I had I would probably not be here. So many ways in which I could have avoided this nightmare but didn’t. It’s truly incomprehensible.

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#67

And I have a sweet girlfriend who loves me. I didn’t need this shit to begin with. I was perfectly fine the way I was.

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#68

@Erik I was gobsmacked .They might think I’ve been the 1 in a million or some deluded uncle of their mate. Who knows but I’ll continue to enquire how they are. I thought my sister would have re inforced the point but j don’t think she fully gets it either.

One of my wife’s friends 20 year old son recently started accutane. The same thing happened. I told his mother who I know well and she’s aware of what’s happened to me. She basically rebuked me and said that the drug is monitored. I had to let it go.

Crazy!!

#69

Yeah that is really insane. I can’t understand why someone would take it if they had heard about this condition. Although one can could ask why I never googled it or thought about the fact that DHT might not be some trivial thing and might actually be quite important.

But ultimately it’s horrendous we live in a society in which drugs like this can be conceived, manufactured and mass marketed to innocents.

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#70

Oh god no. I went to a HS graduation party for my ex’s daughter yesterday…a very rare outing for me since PFS and I felt very uncomfortable in that setting with my misshapen face and shrunken head and pale wasted body. Can’t even hide behind sunglasses because they look gigantic on me now. I noticed a group of kids where one of them had terrible acne. I wanted to warn him about accutane but I would’ve come across as the crazy old man in a horror movie.

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#71

I quit the drug 8 months ago and so far my face is not misshapen and my head does not seem to have shrunk. Is this the next horrible thing that’s in store for me then? I thought I had reached the end of the extent of this horror.

This situation is unending psychological and physical torture.

#72

I feel for u and fully relate. Great that u made the effort we always have too. Insane that we’re made to feel like crazy fucks we should be given war medals for this. Just a couple of years ago i looked great and got the look off birds wherever I went. Not anymore. With the old personality I’d have still held court but that’s gone too. Like an old junkie now who can’t articulate clearly.

I can’t wait for the bounce. I.e. to return. I still believe it will happen. Life will be better than ever.

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#73

After eight months I doubt it. Once PFS hit I experienced skin changes, sunken eyes, and facial collagen loss right away and it progressed from the top of my head to the soles of my feet and everything in between very quickly and hasn’t let up. So if your body is still supporting your basic genetic structure then you’re likely safe in that regard as long as you don’t rock the boat with sketchy treatments.

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#74

Appreciate hearing some good news finally. Hard to come by these days. I did actually shrink a bit in height but that was early on and I haven’t noticed anything like that since. Otherwise now I look the same as I did before, people can’t notice any difference.

I’m very sorry such horrendous things are happening to you. This drug is nothing short of one of the ugliest crimes against humanity I’ve witnessed.

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