Doctor said I should do minoxidil without finasteride

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Went to the hair doctor about my hairloss concern.

I noticed my hairline starting to recede, the doctor confirmed my assumption, saying there is a very small recession around crown and corners. Overall my hair is still really really good. I’m 20 yo.

She prescribed me vitamins, minoxidil, and doing blood work.

I asked her about finasteride but she really adviced against it due to side affects, esp considering my young age and said that sides are permanent even after I stop fin.

I was surprised because I thought minoxidil only improves hair quality without preventing further androgenic alopecia progression.

I don’t need to improve hair quality it’s perfectly fine, I want to protect it from further damage.

She responded that minoxidil protects from harmful DHT affects just as finasteride does.

Should I do all the blood work and vitamins and minoxidil?

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I would do the bloodwork. Sides are very very rarely permanent, and the evidence for that circumstance existing at all is debated. You might consider topical fin/min. Min does have some anti-DHT effects but incredibly weak compared to fin/dut.

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I haven’t found good evidence for min anti DHT effects. Probably will do oral fin. Making topical seems too much work