Bald guys have big biceps
By David T. Ryan
For EliteFTS.com

It is likely to happen to you. You train hard, lifting more weight, doing more sets and the side effect can be early hair loss. If you are like me, you try to stop the process to keep that youthful look of a full head of hair. So it starts, first the Rogaine (Minoxidil), then the Propecia (Finasteride). Let’s face it, you will do anything to keep that hairline. The trouble is, you are likely kicking your own butt, each time you squirt your hair or take the pill. 

As you take Oral finasteride, a type II 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor, it quickly deactivates testosterone in your body. Men with early hair loss were found to have low serum dihydrotestosterone (DHT), normal or slightly elevated serum testosterone. Rogaine and Propecia are designed to quickly turn testosterone to DHT. 

I have been personally using Propecia and Rogaine for almost six years. As I was coming on my 44th birthday and some strange things were happening. Other people are lifting more than me in the gym and that isn’t normal. I would wake up tired, looking flat and not to mention a multitude of other problems. So I checked in and saw Dr. Eric Serrano, MD. Now if you are professional figure athlete you likely know that name. Dr. Serrano serves on the medical team every year at the Arnold Weekend. So the blood studies come back showing the testosterone is way down. 

It is one thing to want to have a nice head of hair, but what good does it do, when you don’t even feel like getting out of bed? You know the next step. Toss out all those drugs! Well, it has only been two weeks, but let just say that there are major changes. I can actually wake up and feel like I slept. My strength is coming back and I scare everyone with the weights I use. (Martha Stewart) “That’s a good thing!”

Hair loss has several causative factors and the truth is, your particular hair loss could be from literally hundreds of causes. The current level of medications designed to target the Androgenetic Alopecia, but seems to have a side effect that most of us can’t live with. Just be aware that if you have been taking any of these medications, you should have your blood tested and determine if you’re fighting the wrong fight.

Possible side effects from Finasteride:
Decreased sex drive
Decreased energy, strength ad recovery
Decreased emotional stablility
Decreased deep sleep
Decreased erection
Decreased ejaculation volume
*Now even though the study shows a small percentage of side effects, realize that if most men aren’t starting at the top, then they don’t notice much change. 

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