I started to notice side effects around a month after taking 1mg of finasteride, i.e some gyno, sore nipples, ball ache ( which I'm unsure if this is all attributed to ) and ED. I tried reducing to 0.5mg but I've stopped until the sides hopefully go. In the meantime and if this doesn't work out I could do with something else. I'm currently using minoxidil twice daily and nizoral 2x a week. I've heard about Topical Spirolactone but heard it's either not effective or that it has the same sides as finasteride basically. I also heard about topical cetrizine. Any ideas? I just want to get onto a solid regime. I'm 20 and probably around norwood 3 I'm unsure.