Will Finasteride Harm My Growing Body?
hey doc, im 19 and i just recently started propecia for my thinning crown. Is this too young to start fin? i think that my facial hair is only about 70% in, because im so young will fin effect my facial hair? and will it affect my height if im still growing? will it stop me from broadening out as most plp do in around my age?
its a bit scarely to be losing hair at this age plz help me out
Propecia (finasteride) may affect facial and body hair growth. I do not believe it is a clear published fact, but I have seen and heard anecdotal stories. In women with Polycystic Ovaries where hirsutism (excess body hair) is a problem, finasteride has been tested and is moderately effective at reducing body hair. Based upon this observation, Propecia MAY diminish facial and body hair. While it is my personal opinion that it is a very low possibility because of the thousands of young men I treated over the past 8 years, only one patient reported reduced body hair (he was over 40). If you are concerned about growth of body and facial hair issues, I would advise you to:
- Talk with your doctor about these concerns
- Continue Propecia and see if it is an ongoing problem (when you stop it everything should reverse)
- Consider stopping the Propecia (but the risks of hair loss then have to be balanced in the decision process)
Hello Dr. I went to see Dr. Bernstein, I drove an hour to see him and he saw me for 2 minutues did not do mapping of the scalpo for miniturization, and did not evaluate any family history. He wrote me a prescription for proscar to be cut into 1/4th and told me to come back in a year. I wanted to be photographed and my hair mapped to see if I had dupa, since I have thinning of the hair all over the place. My question is later on when I decide to have children and I’m married what will I need to do?? I don’t want the baby to be damaged because of me. What are the studies?? Also will proscar cause me to want to urinate frequently.. 3. I am 27 years old and early on in hair loss.. How important is dht for males when you’re this age..Thank You.
I’ll tell you, I was on this stuff for almost 3 years, from age 19 to 22…and then, after about a year of being off, all of a sudden, here comes the chest hair. dht promotes hair growth on the chest and face, so by lowing my dht I was delaying my chest hair from coming in? Just correlation, not causation, but still…