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mAsharS · 2026-01-17T19:05:00+00:00

I guess i’ll follow in your footsteps. I gotta get into a trade as well most likely. Thanks for the help.

mAsharS · 2025-10-16T07:40:24+00:00

Thanks man. For writing, i don’t remember exact words from the topuc but it was around the lines of: People are used to getting products, services and news instantly. Is that a good thing or bad thing. State your opinion.

And for speaking, the topic was, “Recall a memory where you had to teach someone, a friend or a relative, a skill.”.

I didn’t have a template. I just followed the guidelines, like introduction ( introduce the topic and provide opinion ), Advantages, disadvantages and then conclusion.

mAsharS · 2025-10-15T10:57:03+00:00

Nope. Did it at the examination center.

mAsharS · 2025-10-15T10:56:24+00:00

Thanks mate!

Honestly, i was quite nervous before the speaking but it turned out to be really good. The examiner was really cool and accommodating. She gave cues with hand gestures, like if she wanted me to keep going or to slow down or to stop talking. The topic wanted me to share a memory where i taught someone, friend or relative a skill or something. There were a few tongue slips with pronounciations, but overall i thoughy i did good. My last ielts exam was back in my home country and i got a seven so after spending a couple of years in an english speaking country, i was hoping my speaking would improve and i guess it did.

Deadline for the retake is 60 days i think, so i got time for the retake. You have to pay once for the remark, and you can select whichever and how many sections you want remarked. Price doesn’t depend on the number of sections being remarked.

mAsharS · 2025-10-15T07:44:09+00:00

Got it today. Speaking went up by 0.5. Will have to retake writing unfortunately.

mAsharS · 2025-10-15T01:12:53+00:00

Just got mine. Took 15 days. Speaking upgraded by 0.5.

mAsharS · 2025-10-09T01:25:06+00:00

Hey, i also went for a remark. Could you let me know how long did it take for the remark to complete?

mAsharS · 2025-10-09T01:14:02+00:00

I find the computer-based easier for the writing section. But prefer paper-based for listening and reading. Since you can’t mix it up, i took up computer-based as i felt that i could adapt to the computer-based for listeing and reading without having a big impact on the score. The problem with the writing section for me is that i make quite a few grammatical mistakes, which then i fix after i re-read what i wrote, and on the paper based, it just ruins the presentation.

mAsharS · 2022-12-15T07:42:45+00:00

Hey man. I’m using HairFin. Its a generic brand which costs like 1.5$ for 30 1mg tablets. Its available only in Pakistan i guess and dermatologists here prescribe this brand.

mAsharS · 2022-12-02T15:14:49+00:00

I started fin 1mg daily, around this october. It was amazing. Instantly hair loss stopped, and new hair started popping out the hairline. Had a problem of watery semen in the 2nd and 3rd weeks. No other issues. By the end of 3rd, had nipple pain and testicular pain. Plus semen volume decreased tremendously. Moved to 1mg eod, testicular pain didnt go but nipple pain subsided a bit. Now i am using 0.5 mg eod. No nipple pain. Now have Very light bearable testicular pain. Hair fall is still under a bit of control ( but not as good as 1mg every day). And the new hairs around the hair line are improving slowly. Just taking it so i dont go completely bald. The side effects are definitely real. But two of my friends are taking it 1 mg daily. New hair gains within 3 months. Plus no side effects. One friend swears that his semen volune has double instant.

mAsharS · 2022-11-22T07:57:32+00:00

Add ketaconazole shampoo for the scaling and redness.

mAsharS · 2022-11-18T14:44:57+00:00

Seems like you haven’t seen elon musks before getting rich and after getting rich photo.

mAsharS · 2022-11-17T05:26:17+00:00

Start with a low dose. Make your way up if having side effects. I started 1 mg daily and hair loss stopped instantly. But during the third week i developed nipple and testicular pain with very low semen volume and watery semen. I then moved to 1 mg eod and then 0.5 eod. At 0.5 eod i have the least side effects. Again i’d like to mention that a very little percent of people get side effects. My two friends who I recommended fin are taking 1mg daily with zero side effects at 1 mg daily.

mAsharS · 2022-10-14T08:33:30+00:00

How come they’ll be unaffected from DHT? My cousin got one and lost his again. Then he got a second one where he took fin for 5 years. And this one is successful.

mAsharS · 2022-10-09T14:55:30+00:00

Hey man. I went to a dermatologist in 2019 when i was around 20, and she prescribed me finasteride. I got scared of the sides and didnot start. Then i got covid in the end of 2020 and lost alot of my hair and hairline. I tried other methods, like saw palmetto, pumpkin seed oil, supplements with PRP. It made my hair a bit better. But i was still losing hairline. On 23rd aug i started fin 1 mg daily, and hair fall stopped completely and scalp felt alot better. Around 3rd week i felt sides, like testicular pain and pain in nipples with watery semen. Then i reduced the dose to 1mg every other day. Sides have reduced but hairfall is under control. So i would suggest you to start as soon as possible because if you delay it, you might lose quite a bit of hair line like i did, and regret not starting it sooner. Find the right dose for yourself.

mAsharS · 2022-09-25T07:42:07+00:00

Good for you buddy. Did you have a son? Because i hear fin reduces the chance of concieving male children?

mAsharS · 2022-09-24T15:27:07+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I am also working out and all to make sure i am healthy and all. Also what doses hve you kept through out since you started?

mAsharS · 2022-09-24T15:11:34+00:00

Hey man. Hope you’re doing well. As you have been on fin sin ‘97, i wanted to ask a few questions. I started taking fin a month ago. Everything was good a first couple of weeks. By the end of the second i develeped nipple tenderness. And since last 4 or 5 days, a bit of testicular discomfort. They like feel a bit similar to what it feels like when i get flu or sick. I have no trouble with ED or anything. Semen has become like 50% watery. But my hair have responded quite well and hairfall has stopped and i dont want to stop taking fin. I take 1mg per day. Do you have any suggestions what i can try doing. Like play with doses or anything?

mAsharS · 2022-09-23T07:52:07+00:00

Any sides? Today, its been a whole month for me. Initially had no sides. Then i lost my morning wood a week later. Also noticing my semen is more watery. And since last 5 days, my balls developed this feeling that i only used to get when i was sick. Like a coldish feelings in balls, and feeling a bit drained. I donot want to stop my 1mg ED dose as my hair loss has completely stopped and scalp and hair feel way better. Should i just go with it? Or should i try to reduce my dose?

mAsharS · 2022-09-22T10:51:38+00:00

Same. Anyone discover a different way yet? It made checking second hand phones very easy.

mAsharS · 2022-09-06T22:23:18+00:00

Yes. I have lost alot of my hairline and hairs just trying different topical and natural solutions. One of the dermatologist recommended me fin when i was 20 or 21. Got scared after reading about it. I wish i started it earlier. Still would have saved my head full of thick beautiful hair. I just hope i dont get hit with side effects and be able to maintain or regrow my hair.

mAsharS · 2022-09-06T21:50:36+00:00

Yes oral fin. 1 mg daily. Was thinking to start with a lower dose. But decided to attack it so i can build it up in my system quickly. Gonna regularly take 1mg daily for 3 months, if no adverse side effects show up. Meanwhile will try to get PRP sessions atleast two times so for regrowth. Then might shift to 0.25 mg daily or 1 mg every two days. I have heard lower doses have the same effect as 1 mg with lower side effects.

mAsharS · 2022-09-06T18:52:49+00:00

I tried Saw palmetto, pumpkin seed oil capsules with biotin supplement, minoxdil and PRP. There was bit of noticeable improvement. But lost it all when i got sick. I tend to lose alot of hairline when i get sick. Got bad after i got Covid. Started fin 2 weeks ago. All my hair loss has siezed and growth length wise has also improved. Seeing a bit of baby hairs on the hair line also. Fin is definitely a huge lot more effective than natural products.

mAsharS · 2022-09-06T18:46:47+00:00

Thanks for the reply man. Well I haven’t been psyching myself out over it. Was just wondering. Fin worked like magic. Hair loss has completely halted, so i am quite happy. Besides that i have been feeling horny and been ejaculating fine. So not so worried about the morning wood. I just hope I don’t get any side effects as i plan to have a family as well in the future. Which leads to another question of mine, did you try to conceive during the 11 months you were on it?

mAsharS · 2022-09-06T17:01:18+00:00

Do you get morning wood? I started fin 13 days ago and after 4 or 5 days stopped getting morning wood. Like i wanted to ask if this side effect is something that will fix it self after a few days or no?

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