Should I start topical finasteride with minoxidil or not?

[tundra_27]

Used to use oral finasteride. Notice some sexual sides, so quit. But it did help. Recovered fine -- would always just, ehh, subdue things a bit.

Anyway, I now see that topical finasteride is widely available and want to give that a shot. I think I'll try .25 to begin.

A lot of the offerings come with minoxidil -- should I give that a shot too? Years back I read a bunch of negative stuff about its side effects on skin. I have really nice skin and I'm well into my 30s, would rather not mess it up.

But I'm open to it if it works without too many sides.

What do you guys think? Straight up finasteride to begin, or try both?

 

[jazz1]

I would use both mixed, start with 5% minoxidil and finastride for topical mixture. I been using 15% minoxidil and topical finasteride since 2010.

 

[losingbattle88]

Used to use oral finasteride. Notice some sexual sides, so quit. But it did help. Recovered fine -- would always just, ehh, subdue things a bit.

Anyway, I now see that topical finasteride is widely available and want to give that a shot. I think I'll try .25 to begin.

A lot of the offerings come with minoxidil -- should I give that a shot too? Years back I read a bunch of negative stuff about its side effects on skin. I have really nice skin and I'm well into my 30s, would rather not mess it up.

But I'm open to it if it works without too many sides.

What do you guys think? Straight up finasteride to begin, or try both?