Acne after starting finasteride

[downsouth]

I am 21 years old and recently started taking finasteride (July 23). I am at the Norwood 2 level on the Norwood Scale. I am taking .5 mg a day. Anyways like 4 days ago my acne started to become worse on my forehead. I didn't have much acne before, but always have had a little. Their is more acne than usual (though it is mild). Is this common for acne to worsen? Should i expect it to get better? Has anybody had this happen before and the acne gotten better? And if so how long did it take?

Thanks

 

[Ende]

Occasional acne outbreak is normal. It's caused by unstable hormone levels. Never lasted longer than a week or so for me.

 

[downsouth]

Thanks for the info. Has anybody else had this experience?

 

[toocoolforhair]

I've never taken hair loss meds, but to deal with acne in general I use Benzoyl Peroxide. It's the only thing I've found that keeps my skin clear. You can buy 2.5% doses over the counter. Just rub it on your spots and it should get rid of them.

 

[Machiavelli]

I had a massive outbreak of acne as well after one week finasteride. From 16-18 I suffered from quite some acne but after the age of 18 it all cleared up. After one week of finasteride I noticed that I suddenly had several outbreaks which I tend to relate to my finasteride in take as nothing else changed in my diet/life.

(for the record, I quit finasteride; not due to severe side effects, just because I could not live with the fear of permanent side effects and felit medicated all the time)