Shadow
07-24-2012, 12:16 AM
Okay...any men taking this drug to prevent hair loss beware of the side effects...:coffee:
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A software engineer who was trying to combat hair loss says a generic form of
Propecia caused him to develop breasts and made his hips widen like a
woman's.
And now, after nine months of taking
finasteride, 38-year-old William McKee goes by the name Mandi and is considering
having a complete sex change.
"My rock-hard chest from the gym began to
soften . . . reaching the point where I had noticeable 'breasts' even under my
clothing," McKee told the New
York Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/bald_cure_made_me_woman_9whwIzBiccvWIMacwRlkqO).
"My shoulders were literally falling into a
more feminine position, and my hips were loosening and becoming wider as on a
woman's body."
The changes have left McKee's former life
in disarray. He is now separated from his wife of 10 years, with whom he has a
five-year-old son. The Tampa, Florida, resident has also left his career in
Silicon Valley behind, now describing himself as an aspiring music producer and
DJ.
Describing his former self as "athletic and
driven," McKee now wears a blonde wig, makeup, women's clothing and says he is
thinking of having breast augmentation. In addition, McKee says he has gone from
heterosexual to homosexual.
"It felt like the 'me' that I've always
known was not there anymore," he told the Post.
There are several possible sexual
side effects associated with finasteride (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02157.x/abstract;jsessionid=5C7A7A26C8169DCFFE3161984419DF 9B.d03t03), but they typically involve a lack
of libido. The drug itself works by inhibiting the conversion of
testosterone.
Writing on his personal blog (http://mandimckee.com/), McKee says the drug is commonly
taken by men who are in the early stages of gender reassignment.
"I wasn't always this way. I am early on my
path of transitioning to live full-time as a woman, although for 9 months I did
take 1 of the 2 most popular drugs that doctors prescribe to men who wish to
become a woman," he writes.
'The thing is… I didn't take Finasteride to
become a woman. I took it to prevent male-pattern hair loss (baldness) after
seeing Merck's ad campaign for years saying that Propecia (Finasteride) can stop
hair loss in men."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/propecia-turned-woman-man-claims-235329178.html
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A software engineer who was trying to combat hair loss says a generic form of
Propecia caused him to develop breasts and made his hips widen like a
woman's.
And now, after nine months of taking
finasteride, 38-year-old William McKee goes by the name Mandi and is considering
having a complete sex change.
"My rock-hard chest from the gym began to
soften . . . reaching the point where I had noticeable 'breasts' even under my
clothing," McKee told the New
York Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/bald_cure_made_me_woman_9whwIzBiccvWIMacwRlkqO).
"My shoulders were literally falling into a
more feminine position, and my hips were loosening and becoming wider as on a
woman's body."
The changes have left McKee's former life
in disarray. He is now separated from his wife of 10 years, with whom he has a
five-year-old son. The Tampa, Florida, resident has also left his career in
Silicon Valley behind, now describing himself as an aspiring music producer and
DJ.
Describing his former self as "athletic and
driven," McKee now wears a blonde wig, makeup, women's clothing and says he is
thinking of having breast augmentation. In addition, McKee says he has gone from
heterosexual to homosexual.
"It felt like the 'me' that I've always
known was not there anymore," he told the Post.
There are several possible sexual
side effects associated with finasteride (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02157.x/abstract;jsessionid=5C7A7A26C8169DCFFE3161984419DF 9B.d03t03), but they typically involve a lack
of libido. The drug itself works by inhibiting the conversion of
testosterone.
Writing on his personal blog (http://mandimckee.com/), McKee says the drug is commonly
taken by men who are in the early stages of gender reassignment.
"I wasn't always this way. I am early on my
path of transitioning to live full-time as a woman, although for 9 months I did
take 1 of the 2 most popular drugs that doctors prescribe to men who wish to
become a woman," he writes.
'The thing is… I didn't take Finasteride to
become a woman. I took it to prevent male-pattern hair loss (baldness) after
seeing Merck's ad campaign for years saying that Propecia (Finasteride) can stop
hair loss in men."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/propecia-turned-woman-man-claims-235329178.html