'Baldness Meds Turn Me Into A Woman'

[Hum]

For nine months, William McKee took the generic version of Propecia, the pills that promise to halt hair loss.

But the drug had radical side effects: Instead of becoming a better-looking man, he started becoming a woman, he claims.

?My rock-hard chest from the gym began to soften . . . reaching the point where I had noticeable ?breasts? even under my clothing,? he says.

Among other changes, the 38-year-old software engineer claims, ?my shoulders were literally falling into a more feminine position, and my hips were loosening and becoming wider, as on a woman?s body.??

McKee, who says he wasn?t inclined to cross-dress before, began feeling like a woman. He is now only attracted to men.

After overcoming depression and separating from his wife of 10 years, McKee goes by ?Mandi.? He wears a blond wig, makeup and tight dresses. He plans to get a breast-enhancement job this year, and may undergo sex-change surgery.

?It felt like the ?me? that I?ve always known was not there any more,? he told The Post.

Propecia inhibits the conversion of testosterone, resulting in increased estrogen. Millions have used it since the 1990s, but it has been linked to sexual problems such as impotence, loss of libido and ?genital shrinkage? as well as cognitive impairment, or ?brain fog,? which McKee believes he also suffered.

Lawsuits filed in 27 states by men who say the wonder drug screwed up their sexuality have been centralized in Brooklyn federal court.

A spokesman for Merck, the drug?s maker, said, ?No causal relationship has been established between Propecia and persistent sexual side effects.?

McKee, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur and the father of a 5-year-old son, said he used to be ?driven and athletic.? Baldness runs in his family; his hairline began to recede in his 20s.

After seeing Propecia ads for years, he ordered a supply in 2008 from an online pharmacy based in India.

He paid $99.50, including shipping, for pills of the generic finasteride.

He popped one pill a day for nine months. His hair growth was ?minimal, if any,? he said, but the feminizing effects were ?pronounced.?

?People were kidding me about my breasts,? he said.

His work suffered, too, he said. His last business, Tampa Bay Interactive, went bust in late 2010.

But McKee can?t join the mass lawsuit because the courts bar those who took the generic versions.

In frustration, ?Mandi McKee? launched a blog to vent about her life.

Brooklyn attorney Marc Grossman, whose firm represents more than 300 former Propecia users, said many had breast growth.

He also said animal studies on Propecia showed an increased propensity for homosexuality.

Grossman estimates that more than 1,500 Propecia users will come forward but added, ?Many men are embarrassed to reveal their problems to anyone, including their doctors, so thousands more will go on living with the condition in private.?

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[-T- Member]

No they didn't. This man was clearly transgender and doesn't want to admit it. The testosterone limiting possibly pushed him towards it, but its not possible to just change everything like this

[_neutrino Veteran]

heard about that on the radio this morning on the way in to work.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

After overcoming depression and separating from his wife of 10 years, McKee goes by ?Mandi.? He wears a blond wig, makeup and tight dresses. He plans to get a breast-enhancement job this year, and may undergo sex-change surgery.

And blames the pills...?

[Japlabot]

He got it from an online pharmacy based in India, seriously c'mon who knows what he really took. Probably it's his true repressed feelings coming out.

[Hum]

Now I know why these breasts have been growing ...

[Charisma Veteran]

If only people could just stop trying to defy nature and live with it. Bald can be just as attractive, especially if he had a "rock hard" chest.

Advice: Just go out there and rock what you got. And certainly don't buy pills from shady online pharmacies...

[Xenomorph]

Propecia inhibits the conversion of testosterone, resulting in increased estrogen. Millions have used it since the 1990s, but it has been linked to sexual problems such as impotence, loss of libido and ?genital shrinkage? as well as cognitive impairment, or ?brain fog,? which McKee believes he also suffered.

I will GLADLY embrace baldness before I take a pill that causes "impotence, loss of libido and ?genital shrinkage?"...

Shaving your head seems like a much better option!

[whitebread]

Sounds like he was transgender the whole time and the pills are just an excuse.

[Hum]

If only people could just stop trying to defy nature and live with it. Bald can be just as attractive ...

I can't agree with you that it's 'natural' -- or attractive. :laugh:

[Charisma Veteran]

I can't agree with you that it's 'natural' -- or attractive. :laugh:

Of course it's natural. Men have always gone bald as they get older.

As to attractive... I have two words for you. Vin Diesel. ;)

[Colin McGregor]

I started taking vitamin e pills and now i have an urge to have sex with men.

[Hum]

Of course it's natural. Men have always gone bald as they get older.

Many women lose hair too.

Many men get cancer -- doesn't make it 'natural'. ;)

[Memphis]

Of course it's natural. Men have always gone bald as they get older.

As to attractive... I have two words for you. Vin Diesel. ;)

Going bald is not a normal part of aging medically speaking.

[HighwayGlider]

Software engineer... lol, the guy should have just emptied the junk folder instead of going through all the mails.

[MtnDewCodeRedFreak]

I couldn't help but snicker at the news.

[TCA]

being a software engineer he should had sense enough to research it, instead of getting all anxious to stop himself from going bald and ordering questionable pills on TV.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finasteride

[BoyBoppins]

I dont doubt the pills had an effect of lowering his masculinity and causing gynocomastea (Its pretty well known that finasteride can do that due to its effects on testosterone/estrogen), but it wouldnt make him go transgender/homosexual unless he had a predisposition I would think.

My guess is he was fighting off those feelings his whole life and his testosterone was able to give him enough sex drive that he was able to focus on what he thought was right, females.

And to the person knocking the Indian pharmacy, I dont doubt that what they sold was legitimate generic finasteride at all.

[xpablo]

Beer has been known to do this too, with both sexes, turns men into women and women into men.

[Hum]

^ Hmmm ... that explains my date last night.

[Growled Member]

Did the dummy ever think about stop taking those pills before things went that far?

[Alains]

http://www.deccanherald.com/co...-cure-bald.html

http://baldness.webs.com/

Researchers at the Berlin Technical University in Germany have grown the world's first artificial hair follicles from stem cells.

preparations for clinical trials were "already in motion"

It sounds plausible. If you can revive a dead hair root then all of our problems would be solved

[*RedBull*]

Now I know why these breasts have been growing ...

Pics or it didn't happen. :p