Hi hrtguy, i cant send you a pm for some reason. I'll give you my full story.
About a year and a half ago i was concerned about a receeding hairline and wanted to try and stop it. At this time and currently ive never really worked out i had good genetics for muscle building and i was lean and muscular naturally. I was about 20 years old. My pecks were flatter and tight. I was working afternoon shifts and my work switched me to night shift which really messed me up. I started taking Saw Palmetto and after i few months i noticed that my pecks were droppy instead of tight and it seemed like they were retaining a ton of water. There were studies showing that Saw Palmetto grew breast tissue in females so i guess its possible for a man too. I just thought mabye it was fat but i didnt really gain any weight or fat anywhere else. So i quit and started Propecia 1 year ago to prevent hairloss. I kept track of my chest and my nipples were little bit itchy a few times here and there but it was really nothing. My chest still seemed droopy and about 8 months after taking propecia i started examining my chest closer and i had to look hard but i felt this little lump in between my left nipple and armpit. It's abou the size of a very small pea and i can move it around slightly. I went to my Doctor and he said it was just fatty tissue. I dont think my Doctor knows a whole lot about stuff like gyno he only knows about stuff like cancer,flu, and diseases,ect. That small pea sized lump has stayed the same size ever since and it doesnt hurt to touch. My nipples never hurt but the point in the middle of my nipples sticks out just a little bit more than normal, id say mabye 1mm or less. So i went home from the Doctors and checked out my chest again, i let my peck loose, grabbed and twisted it, then flexed right after and i saw this type of stringy fat appear and i could move it around for a second then it would disappear back into the muscle quickly. I would only be able to see or fell it for a second doing this method. This happened in both pecks. So i read that gyno can be tissue or hard lumps. When i grab my chest i can grab ahold of a bunch of skin or fat but when i flex my chest is solid. So about 2 weeks ago i stopped Propecia and i started using taking Soy Isoflavanone pills for like 2 weeks and a few days ago my left nipple started to hurt when i touched it. I can feel the gland underneath my nipple and i read that everyman has this. But th gland hurt to touch. So i assumed it was the Soy Isoflavanone's because my nipple's didnt hurt when on Propecia. So i dropped the Soy Isoflavanone's and today myy left nipple hardly hurts to touch but the gland in my left nipple feels bigger then the gland in my right nipple. So basically i think i have a very little hard lump gyno, some fatty tissue or breast tissue, and water retention. So basically a mild case of gyno. Propecia reduces DHT so Testosterone and Estradiol are increased a bit.
So basically i need to shrink some gland tissue, fatty tissue, and water retention. I would like to shrink the glands under my nipples too. I want to switch to Dutasteride that inhibits a bit more DHT than Propecia because i never really had that great results with Propecia and i feel that with natural anti-e's i can prevent further gyno but i want to get rid of or shrink myy current mild situation.
What would be the best for me? I cant use anything that increases DHT or anything containing Androstenedione. Thanks!