Injections to Dissolve Fat Tissue in Breasts After Propecia?

Body changes, Should I start with finasteride?

Hello Doc. All over the web I’ve read about side effects that can occur with finasteride. Despite a lot of trash talk (..and positive comments..)I find this product worth a try.

I’m 24 years old male and I start to notice more hair on my body and beard – but my head hair is thinning and hairline slightly receding with temples as proof.

1. Do you think I should start finasteride despite the fact that my body seems to still have some more missions to complete?
2. I also notice more fat tissue in my chest region, which makes me wonder if finasteride is more likely to cause male-boobs in users already having small ones to begin with?
3. I read about certain injections which can dissolve fat, if large male-boobs do develope, could such injections be helpful?

1. This is a forum for general questions. I do not give personal medical advice. I cannot tell you if you should start a medication without an examination or history. Sorry.
2. While finasteride may cause enlargement of breast tissue or tenderness, the risks are 1 in 300 or less. Again, I do not have the luxury of a examination so I cannot tell you what your risks are just because you describe having more “fat tissue” on your chest. Your fat could be dietary, and finasteride (when it causes breast tissue) is usually in the glands just below the nipple and not the type of fat you build up on your abdomen. Are you over-weight with lots of fat everywhere, including your chest? Or are you thin with just an abundance of fat on your chest? Did you have ‘man-boobs’ prior to starting Propecia? Either way, there really is no way to tell without going into it further.
3. There are no injections that I am aware of which have been proven to dissolve fat in the human body. That would be too easy. There is an emerging field of mesotherapy which claims fat dissolving capability (see Lipo-dissolve, but the proof is lacking from what I’ve read and much of it seems like hype. There are machines that compress your fat that claim fat reversal. I will admit ignorance in what, if any, ‘science’ is reported in mesotherapy and in many of the other modalities being offered.

More on this Lipo-dissolve treatment can be found at the Washington Post. More on mesotherapy can be found at Wikipedia.