Need advice whether on starting Fin

Hi all,

First of all appreciate everyone listening to my story. My mental health hasn’t been in the best of shapes. I’ve feel like I’ve got a choice to make on a short term but I can’t really overview the risk or impact correctly. I dont know what to believe anymore.

So I’ve been panicking a lot these days and taking anti anxiety medication.

I had a short haircut after having it semi long for some years. I didn’t like the short haircut (it was a fade haircut) but I’m fearing. I noticed some thinning in my hair. With this rate I’m going to be bald in the foreseeable future. I did book a consultation at a clinic with a Derm (terrible person she was) she took a microscope and said she saw har miniratization (which basically means I’m going to be bald at some spot / DHT binds to the follicble. My hair is one my dearest possessions, always loved it.

I’m of middle eastern / Turkish descent and extremely hairy overal which is what I love. Always had an amazing head of hair. However my dad and his dad (my grandfather) were bold at a young age (think my dad was 90% bold younger than 30). They were extremely bald no hair on the front at all. I’m 33 and I’d say it’s still in decent condition in a NW2 at this point or transitiong from NW1 to 2.

I’ve read it’s better to be preventive than anything and to act soon. I really can’t imagine a healthy stable life where I would lose my identity with my hair. I dont think I’m shedding crazy, when I look in the shower its max 30 hairs and on the pillow its around 7 did the pull test and had something around 2-3 hairs. Different diameters of the hair on my head showed up meaning hair miniziteration is a thing.

The past few weeks I’ve been 360 mg saw palmetto, vitamine d, zinc, vitamine c and biotin. But I fear this might not give me a real chance of saving it.

So I’ve got a couple of questions:

  • I’m thinking starting on finasteride 0,5 mg daily. Although the prescribed dose is 1 MG, I’m thinking of starting lower with it to see how my body reacts to it. Would this be a wise thing or is just better to be on 1 mg from the start?

  • My libido has been extremely high since I could remember, so having a lower libido wouldn’t really kill me. But are we talking about a 50% loss of libido, 80% loss%, 100% loss

  • So I’m reading a lot about erectile disfunction being another main problem. However, could erectile disfunction created by finasteride be helped with Viagra?

  • I dont really have any plans for children or a partner. I might let my sperm freeze in just for the future before I begin the medication but close to 34. I dont think children will ever be a part of my life tbh. But who knows.

  • I’m reading so many different stories and that Merck has manipulated the data from the trials regarding side effects so I dont even know how to make a choice anymore.

So basically we’ve got a group of people saying it works and it’s safe and a group saying you’ll dick falls off after 1 pill. And once that gets confusing and you need more details, you can’t get any f in more information. Love this fin online support group: medicine has been existing 30 years and millions of people use it yet nobody can tell me a f ig thing.

Yeah, starting finasteride at 0.5 mg is totally fine, lots of people do that to ease in and see how their body reacts, and you can always bump up to 1 mg later. Side effects like lower libido or ED happen in a small percent of guys, and most of the time they go away if you stop, but yeah, there’s a lot of noise online that makes it hard to know what’s real. If ED happens, viagara/cialis help. Freezing your sperm sounds excessive. Saw palmetto and the vitamins you’re taking are decent for general support, but they probably won’t stop hair loss on their own. If you’re serious about keeping your hair, fin, minoxidil together are your best shot right now. Read The Beginner’s Guide.