Anyone Else Here Destroy Their Penis From Hair Loss Medication Then Go Back To Hair Loss Medication After An Implant

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Irish Lad 34
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Anyone Else Here Destroy Their Penis From Hair Loss Medication Then Go Back To Hair Loss Medication After An Implant

Postby Irish Lad 34 » Thu Aug 13, 2026 3:14 pm

Hi guys. I started using 1mg finasteride daily for hair loss back in July 2020. That daily dose lowered my libido and massively reduced my semen volume, and made my semen viscous water, but it did not impact the look, feel, or erectile function of my penis. I don't think it damaged my penis but I suppose you can never be sure.

I felt like finasteride was losing efficacy on my hair so in July 2023 I switched to dutasteride.

Dutasteride certainly did destroy my penis, hence why I had to get a penile implant last year.

When I started taking dutasteride I used 0.5mg about 4 or 5 days a week.

I would say after 1 - 2 days/tablets it massively lowered my libido, further reduced semen volume and started giving me erectile dysfunction. I certainly know that within 1 - 2 weeks my erectile function was dying. It happened quick. The effects were strong. I was stupid so I kept taking the drug. 3 months after I started I literally heard and felt something pop inside my penis when trying to masturbate. The next day my penis was cold, shrivelled, small, skinny and unresponsive to everything. It had mutated. That's when I quit dutasteride. After a few weeks I could masturbate again but my penis never recovered. The flacid was forever skinnier and felt bizarre and horrible after that. It looked different. Based on research I believe that the smooth muscle tissue in my penis mutated into collagen.

I got a Titan last November. I've been using 1mg of finasteride at the lower frequency of 3 days weekly for months now with minimum side effects but my hair is still falling out.

So now the thought of adding dutastedide into the mix has entered my head again. This might sound crazy, but I'm wondering has anyone else with this experience gone back to taking dutastseide after an implant?

I'm trying to figure out if I can perhaps even take a lower dose of 0.25mg at the lower frequency of maybe 1 or 2 days a week, and then maybe just 1mg of finasteride 1 day per week. Trying to figure out if that would do any damage to my penis now that I have an implant?

Could it possibly destroy what little remaining tissue I have left in my penis or give way to awful problems, or is it safe to now take a low dose of low frequency dutastieride?
Dutasteride For Hair Loss Mutated And Destroyed My Penis July - October 2023
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Re: Anyone Else Here Destroy Their Penis From Hair Loss Medication Then Go Back To Hair Loss Medication After An Implant

Postby wolfpacker » Thu Aug 13, 2026 4:39 pm

In my opinion the implant is really a lot more enjoyable if you have some engorgement. So I wouldn't want to take any medication that could reduce that engorgement
Early 30s with ED from jelqing. Implant by Dr Eid on 24 June 2021 with a Titan 24cm with +1cm RTE on one side and -1cm cut off on the other side

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Irish Lad 34
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Re: Anyone Else Here Destroy Their Penis From Hair Loss Medication Then Go Back To Hair Loss Medication After An Implant

Postby Irish Lad 34 » Thu Aug 13, 2026 4:42 pm

wolfpacker wrote:In my opinion the implant is really a lot more enjoyable if you have some engorgement. So I wouldn't want to take any medication that could reduce that engorgement


That's a fair point. I currently get good engorgement. No engorgement would be fairly shit.
Dutasteride For Hair Loss Mutated And Destroyed My Penis July - October 2023
Penoscrotal Titan 20cm + 1cm RTEs By Dr Rowland Rees 12/11/25
Pre-op: BPL appx 16cm, Girth appx 4.4 - 4.6 inches
Post-op: BPL 16cm, girth 4.4 - 4.6 inches

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Re: Anyone Else Here Destroy Their Penis From Hair Loss Medication Then Go Back To Hair Loss Medication After An Implant

Postby Bigdave » Fri Aug 14, 2026 12:11 am

I remember hearing about that side-effect when Rogaine first hit the market.
A guy at work was using it, so I asked him how smart it was to grow hair to attract the ladies, and not be able to perform when he got one. LMAO :lol:
Age 59. AMS 700 LGX 21cm + 2cm RTE.
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6.25" OEM with Cialis, about 5" post-op. (11/01: Length 6.75" and girth is up to 4.75" mid shaft.) Still growing, albeit slowly. :D
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Re: Anyone Else Here Destroy Their Penis From Hair Loss Medication Then Go Back To Hair Loss Medication After An Implant

Postby ready2go » Fri Aug 14, 2026 4:39 am

Bigdave wrote:I remember hearing about that side-effect when Rogaine first hit the market.
A guy at work was using it, so I asked him how smart it was to grow hair to attract the ladies, and not be able to perform when he got one. LMAO :lol:


BUT .....Topical Rogaine (minoxidil) does not cause erectile dysfunction (ED). Because you apply it to the scalp, very little of the medicine enters your blood. It does not change your hormones. People often mix it up with oral hair loss pills like finasteride, which can sometimes lower sex drive
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Re: Anyone Else Here Destroy Their Penis From Hair Loss Medication Then Go Back To Hair Loss Medication After An Implant

Postby drayan123 » Fri Aug 14, 2026 8:12 am

How u liking the implant journey so far


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