I started propecia as I started losing my hair around 15 or 16 to MPB. I am 21 now and it is still moving at snails speed although it sped up some this year (hair thinning out even more) due to heavy stress/physical stress I experienced. Anyway I am getting close to my second month on propecia and here is my dilemma.
As far as side effects with depression/libido, I have been having trouble with that before I started Propecia as my depression has crippled my sex drive all together but I have found myself slowly getting out of the depression and actually popping a few more recently. Now the thing that concerns me is I have noticed that when users first start using Propecia it says it causes a moderate increase in testosterone. Now granted I have wanted a fuller beard, I have gotten my wish as more facial hair as come in with Propecia. Yet along with that is not a massive increase but my body hair become more defined except for pubic hair near my crotch which has thinned out significantly. Along with that I have had a massive increase in bacane (back acne) and pimples on the face.
Am I experiencing hypoandrogenicity? More importantly should I quit? At the same time I want to save my hair as much as I humanely can. At the same time I have not completley but defientley lost parts of my baseline since starting and have thinned a little more in the temples and my forelock which was still touching my juvenile hairline, I am now reaching an NW2 when I was closer to an NW1.5. Yet at the same time the shedding and the acne is a price I am easily willing to pay if I want to save my hair. Still could an increase of body hair also mean my MPB is becoming more agressive? My hair has been shedding more but I do not think it is thinning out anymore than it has in fact it feels a little thicker since starting.
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated!