Would continued hair loss during and post-fin indicate 5AR activity?
I have no loss in libido, except for avoidance of the matter because of the stress of failure.
Fin helped me hold onto the hair I had, and seemed to decrease the rate of hair loss very well initially. But I’ve definitely lost a significant amount of hair in the last several years and in the year+ that I’ve quit.
Would this indicate 5AR activity?
Having addressed all of my sides except for E.D. via Clomid/Testim/Arimidex and testing at top of range for T and DHT in January (but still addressing resultant escalated E through Arimidex), I’m trying to exhaust all hormonal testing before commiting to a re-vascularization operation to address my diagnosed circulatory problem. I describe that here (I really recommend you investigate physical contributers to E.D, btw):
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So I’m awaiting updated labs from my pcp (comprehensive metabolic panel, lipid panel, CBC, Vitamin D 25-Hydroxy, Urinalysis, Thyroid Cascade Panel, Cortisol, Testosterone, DHT, Estrogen)…before doing my routine T / DHT/ E / SHBG / LH / FSH testing wtih Dr. G. and discussing adding more to that lab order (3adiol G or androsterone/etiocholanolone (A/B) ratio in urine, Progesterone
Pregnenolone , 17-OH Progesterone, 17-OH Pregnenolone, Aldosterone, Androstenedione, Androstenediol DHEA-s)–not sure if these are excessive or redundant.
If everything checks out normal, I don’t know what other recourse I have. It would ease my mind to know that the DHT my body was producing was being utilized.
Also, I’ve read about genital skin fibroblast testing to measure 5AR activity, but I don’t know how to go about getting this tested.
Any comments or feedback?