I’m a 25 year old male. I’m not a perfect specimen, but I think I’m fairly healthy. I never drink or smoke, I’m not on any medications, I’ve never struggled with depression/anxiety, and while I don’t know what my T levels are, everything (as in, downstairs as well as the rest of my body) seems to work perfectly fine.
Over the past year, I feel like the top of my head seems to be thinning a bit. And to be completely honest, I’m not sure if it’s getting thinner or if it’s the same as it’s always been, and I just didn’t start paying attention to it until recently. It’s not enough to be noticeable to anyone but me, but to be quite frank, I just don’t want it to get worse. My hair almost reaches my waist, and is a big part of my identity and culture. Do I need it? No, but it is important to me. I’m fine with losing my hair someday, I’d just like to maybe wait another decade or two if possible, haha.
I brought the issue up in a recent appointment with a dermatologist, and he offered a daily 1mg prescription of finasteride. He acknowledged that it could affect hormones, which if side effects were noticed, would likely be lower libido, possible ED, etc. He said for the vast majority of people, those go away once you stop taking the drug.
I went and looked online, and everything seems to say that most people will not experience negative side effects, at least to a large extent, and of those that do, most can simply stop taking the drug if they feel it is no longer worth it. There were plenty of people who said finasteride essentially ruined their lives, but I do imagine that, like with most drugs, the majority who have a fine experience have nothing to report about it, while we only hear from the horror stories. I also saw someone say that in most bad cases, the person had a history of mental health issues, problems with drugs, and were sometimes using AAS and likely weren’t doing so in a very smart way. Past threads here on T-Nation that mention finasteride are pretty much all in the Pharma/TRT forum, and many of the posters seemed like they were using a variety of medications.
I’m asking if any current posters have ever used the drug and what their experiences have been. Mods, I’m putting it in Off-Topic because I think only a certain crowd posts in Pharma/TRT, and I’m looking for feedback from regular guys not using multiple drugs at once. @Chris_Shugart - I know you’re rocking the bald head (I think…on second thought I only see pictures of you with a hat on, haha), but you seem like you spend a lot of time reading research articles and whatnot. @Andrewgen_Receptors - never seen you mention anything like this, but you also seem to do your research and familiar with a variety of drugs/supplements.
TL;DR 25 year old male in decent health and on no medications considering pros and cons of daily 1mg of finasteride from other users.
