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Does propecia cause permanent penis shrinkage? Make it smaller in other words permanently? Lots of men online saying it does.

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Brad6137Oct 13, 2016

Propecia permanent penis shrinkage

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Dr. Jason Emer, MD
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Dr. Parsa Mohebi, MD, FISHRS
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Dr. William Rassman, MD (retired)
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