Would You Put 15 Yr Old On Dutasteride?

[abcdefg]

This 13 page thread could just have been the answer "no". Pages and pages of debating and arguing about nothing.
Should a kid be taking drugs in general? No.
Should anyone even adults here be taking drugs like propecia? No, but its the only option even if its a bit of silly one. Nuking your entire hormonal system to lower DHT local to hair? Its moronic.

 

[kiwi666]

You don't have to be a wanker. Hubby was ball-bearing when we met. Our son is already socially isolated being autistic. One would think you would find people supportive on a hairloss thread. I don't want to give my son this drug, I was not there when he was prescribed it. My husband was. It is me that is pushing for a reason not to do it, but I also desperately don't want to let down my son and make him more of an oustider than he already is. Have a nice day.

I’d like to apologise for that a**h** too. He’s a man child with hair loss and he’s screwed. He’s mean. Sadly admin hasn’t removed him or other assholes.

Anyway... I’d stop the drugs and shave the head.

Dusteride is a powerful drug and many grown men experience long term problems.

 

[1knox1]

This 13 page thread could just have been the answer "no". Pages and pages of debating and arguing about nothing.
Should a kid be taking drugs in general? No.
Should anyone even adults here be taking drugs like propecia? No, but its the only option even if its a bit of silly one. Nuking your entire hormonal system to lower DHT local to hair? Its moronic.

Yep, lol. Minoxidil was suggested on one of the very first few replies but as always; this place has to turn into a soap opera.

Would we have it any different though?

 

[Pickemslick]

Our son will be severely bald fast if we do nothing - which feels sh*t. He's been prescribed 0.7 mg Dutasteride & 0.1 Estrogen blocker, plus topical Dutasteride. There is so much horror on the net, but the clinic insist they have had zero problems with libido etc, and I think the key there is the Estrogen blocker. It's just bloody hard to be a Mum making these decisions with the potential to get it so very wrong, I am happy going one way (treatment) and miserable the next. No treatment feels sh*t too. No amount of zinc or Biotin etc will save him from his fathers male pattern baldness level 7 which happened in a few short months at 26. DS's hair started thinning 14.5 years, but really lost the plot a few weeks ago at 15 & 3 mths.

Definitely not he’s too young. It will effect things in his bio chemistry too much. He needs DHT I’m his system at least til early twenties I would imagine.

 

[Pickemslick]

Our son will be severely bald fast if we do nothing - which feels sh*t. He's been prescribed 0.7 mg Dutasteride & 0.1 Estrogen blocker, plus topical Dutasteride. There is so much horror on the net, but the clinic insist they have had zero problems with libido etc, and I think the key there is the Estrogen blocker. It's just bloody hard to be a Mum making these decisions with the potential to get it so very wrong, I am happy going one way (treatment) and miserable the next. No treatment feels sh*t too. No amount of zinc or Biotin etc will save him from his fathers male pattern baldness level 7 which happened in a few short months at 26. DS's hair started thinning 14.5 years, but really lost the plot a few weeks ago at 15 & 3 mths.

Minoxidil is ok I would assume. I’m saying no to the dustateride

 

[ohmanohno]

I like to call is disasteride and would never touch it again. Tread lightly with that stuff

 

[rclark]

I would put an eighteen year old on Finasteride, if they wanted it. But that's it.

 

[disfiguredyoungman]

Seriously, at that age I'd recommend something like topical DHT blockers at the very most, definetely not dutasteride before finasteride...but I dunno he seems to have a good support from the doctors.

 

[hemingway_the_mercenary]

He's 6 ft tall and harboured a large adult size member in his shorts at least the last two or three years, although of course I haven't seen it in the flesh. I won't give him the oral, but am interested in the topical to protect what hair he has. He'd be a 3 on Norwood, losing most of the ressessed area in days, the stuff on top having thinned in general over 8 months. He doesn't have the bald spot at the back yet, but the potential is there. Even the hair around the sides of his head would have only grown 8 mm in the past 4 months. Sorry, have no idea how to create a URL to share a photo.

Is this really someones mom typing this out...

 

[hilbert]

Thank you so much for the effort and advice. I really appreciate the wealth of personal experience that has been shared here with me.

We've managed to register with a new GP and his receptionist assures us that he will be empathetic and receptive to our efforts to ensure all bases are covered in making sure male pattern baldness alone is the cause of this hell.

I know what it is like to ponder the future of your child everyday of their life. My child was dealt unfortunate cards in so many ways, but he remains perfection itself. A person who would never do or say a single mean thing to anyone, and someone I am immensely proud of.

Your own boys will be fine. There will be help for them, without extreme measures, should the genetic curse of male pattern baldness strike them. Dr Vickers has made a natural topical solution because it is not subject to the prohibitive expensive riggers of approvals an oral option would be, although he is sure an oral option would be even more effective. I am confident once his topical product takes-off the funding will be on offer to him to develop anything he desires.

Your young children will not suffer the way so many young men here have. Time is on their side. And, if the fate of developments does not run as predicted, they have a Dad who supports them and stands beside them in life.

Thanks for acknowledging the crap I've been subjected to here. It's been phenomenal. I was contacted and told it is tradition to troll newbies etc. I joined weeks before I posted, when the big hair drop occured, but I couldn't bring myself to even read through the forum, I felt I was invading privacy. I was accutely aware this is a boys club and a women here would be unwelcome.

My husband would not and has not spent one-minute on researching this subject. He's just not the pro-active type. When my son came home with this drug I felt I had no option but to launch in and ask the question. I had no idea there were sections and just fired it out. It took guts. And I am sure I am not the only newbie to find posting an OP overwhelming. Some of the men on here need reminding this is a support/help forum and their intimadating attitudes have the ability to cause real pain and hurt to young men in distress. It's the good guys who have kept me here, the personal and public messages of encouragement and information. After all, it is what this forum is about.

if you can afford, 2g setipiprant per day, and/or topical CB-03-01.
no anti-dht this early.

 

[Sanchez1234]

I havent read all.pages but i just read this:

"He's been prescribed 0.7 mg Dutasteride & 0.1 Estrogen blocker, plus topical Dutasteride."

I am wondering, anybody here ever taken a estrogen blocker with duta/finasteride for long term?

 

[Cue Bald]

15 is too early but then some finish puberty at 15, others are tiny and have only just started.
if someone is 6ft and NW3 at 15 years old, it's probably safe to say they have finished their puberty - i still wouldn't take an anti androgen at that age no matter what (wait till 18) - but then some people are NW6 at 18...

 

[HairOnFire]

To the original poster. Without having read all of the replies, here's what I would suggest: Try to hold down the fort for the next few years until the kid is old enough (i.e, finished maturing sexually) to take finasteride/dutasteride.

At a minimum, I'd have him use topical minoxidil and Nizoral shampoo. Then I'd consider PRP treatments (with or without Acell) and/or low-level light therapy (LLLT), both of which are safe, and both of which have some studies to back them up (the downside to PRP and LLLT, however, is that they can be pricey).

 

[gonetoday]

I am also on the train that i wish i started earlier, but considering how rapidly it has accelerated i'm on the fence on how effective it would be.. I'd personally rather have started earlier and risked side effects.. but logic and hair loss rarely go hand in hand.

 

[Nimatus]

A good hair transplant is best solution, plus 0.25 of Finasteride to maintain. Seems unfair to put him on drugs at that age that could cause ED.

 

[Drake013]

You don't have to be a wanker. Hubby was ball-bearing when we met. Our son is already socially isolated being autistic. One would think you would find people supportive on a hairloss thread. I don't want to give my son this drug, I was not there when he was prescribed it. My husband was. It is me that is pushing for a reason not to do it, but I also desperately don't want to let down my son and make him more of an oustider than he already is. Have a nice day.

First. does he care about it or is just you and your husband that care ?, because if balding was not in his main concerns I think you and your husband are horrible persons.
Second if he cares then he can decide what to do with his body not you. He's 15 years old not 5

 

[Pickemslick]

No you cannot put a 15 year old on a DHT blocker unless you want his manhood to stop growing. Literally.

 

[tomJ]

Please do not put him on a dht blocker. His reproductive system needs to develop. I mean, pregnant women can not even touch it. That is how potent it is.

 

[coolio]

Another vote to stay away from oral finasteride and dutasteride on anyone that young. At best, it's a problematic way to slow down a problem that he's going to have anyway.

I personally took finasteride for a few years in my 20s and I have misgivings about even that.

But I would vote to go ahead with topical anti-androgen drugs. Ketoconazole shampoos are plenty safe. IMO the "experimental" topical drug RU58841 is probably less of a long-term risk than the "safe" finasteride and dutasteride pills.

 

[Drake013]

Another vote to stay away from oral finasteride and dutasteride on anyone that young. At best, it's a problematic way to slow down a problem that he's going to have anyway.

I personally took finasteride for a few years in my 20s and I have misgivings about even that.

But I would vote to go ahead with topical anti-androgen drugs. Ketoconazole shampoos are plenty safe. IMO the "experimental" topical drug RU58841 is probably less of a long-term risk than the "safe" finasteride and dutasteride pills.

What's that ? Topical RU58841 ?