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My doctor seems to think I'm not balding although I believe I am. How safe is taking Finasteride as a 21yo as prevention?
Is it safe to get on Finasteride as a prevention?
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Great, I'll try to get my hands on it, by the way, do you think I can see regrowth in my temples if I start taking them right now?
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and do you recommend 1mg/day or 0.5mg/day?
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Finasteride is different for everyone. Some people get massive regrowth, some maintain their hair and some still lose hair. I've been on it for nearly a year and it looks like it has maintained my hair so far. I started on 1mg and have no side effects.Great, I'll try to get my hands on it, by the way, do you think I can see regrowth in my temples if I start taking them right now?
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f***, hopefully it regrows or maintains when I get it. I can easly hide my temples if I comb my hair well if it's maintained. Thanks for the advice.
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NW2.5
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Maybe I'm coping but I'm NW1.5
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Cope
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Impossible question to answer. For some (apparently) there are no side. For some including myself there are very bad side effects. It also works well for some, or not at all for others.
Everyone's different so it's initially a gamble, but it's a gamble worth taking for some people. It's not a gamble worth taking for others in my opinion -
The issue with taking for prevention - if you do take for a few months, then have side effects, stopping it might actually kick start male pattern baldness as your literally messing with your hormones. Starting and stopping anti DHT meds or minoxidil for that matter is not a good idea imo. Once your on it your on it for life - the words of a reputable hair transplant doctor.
Whatever anyone says about finasteride it's function is to force a change in hormone production, and as everyone on the planet is different it WILL give everyone a slightly different result. Some great, some nothing, and some bad.
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I doubt that's what will happen. Stopping Finasteride will just make the body go to its regular hormonal levels, it won't magically increase DHT more than it was before Finasteride.
Also, I'm not shedding but I do have thin hairs on my temples and temple peaks, now, I don't know if this is my natural hairline or not (I can't confirm with an actual specialist because I need a referal for a dermatologist and my family doctor said it was normal by just running her fingers through my temples lol), I have been monitoring my temples for 2 years and I don't see a difference but I do believe I'll further bald in the future as literally almost all males in my family are bald (father, brother, cousins, uncles, maternal grandfather was fully bald at his early-30s).
What truly worries me is:
a) I don't know if I've stopped growing (facially, heigh, frame/clavicles) and I don't if finasteride would f*** that up.
b) Getting gyno, I never had gyno (i think) but I don't know if I could develop it
I could give less of a sh*t about the sexual side effects really, I don't care if my penis dies, I doubt I would use it if I was bald, except for masturbating like a coomer.
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Well,i took It at 21,8 months ago.
I was told by some users that i had bdd,"you are nw1,not balding",not taking into account my family history. My 33yo Brother is a NW3A,my dad had diffuse thinning.
I was told by some Low iq apes as well that taking finasteride as a prevention would accelerate the process and make my hair worse,and f*** up my hormones.
Funny thing they didnt show me scientific evidence,sources or any data,so they were probably fear moggering me without any embasament.
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Exactly, even if I'm not balding right now I would like to keep my hair as it is now for a couple decades if possible. Those guys telling you finasteride will make it worst are just resented baldy's or people who were so genetically subhuman that finasteride gave them side effects.
I can't see how finasteride would accelerate balding, if you stop taking it, then it would just make you DHT levels go back to normal before taking the pill...
Do you think finasteride could've affected your growth in some way or another? Since I hear a lot that you don't stop growing by 25. I don't know if DHT is important after 21 though. I want to optimize my development as much as possible while keeping my hair, but I doubt I'll wait until 25 and risking going to NW2 just for the possibility of growth.
Also, almost every male in my family are bald and the other ones are NW2-3, so it's a matter of time for the Norwood Reaper to take what is due, I know I'm next on his list...
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Unless you have the balding gene, I wouldn't take it until you have some miniaturization starting.
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I do think my temples are miniaturized since they’re very thin, I don’t know if it’s genetic (i: normal hairline) but I doubt it.
What do you think?
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I think you have an irregular hairline like me.
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If mine looked like that I would be using finasteride.
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Irregular hairline = balding
Yeah thought so, f*** the family doctor that said it's "normal" by just running her fingers through my temples. Funny thing is that I did the checkup 2 years ago. Thankfully I took pictures 2 years ago and I don't see much of a difference, but it's better to be safe than sorry, specially since I'm a bit older now.
This was on Summer 2020
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Not necessarily, but it does make your balding more obvious
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@DoctorHouse you seem like the wisest in here, do you recommend me asking the doctor for Proscar 5mg and split the pill in 4 (1.25mg) or do you think anything above 1mg is too risky to get side effects? Or is the 0.25mg too small to do anything negative.