I was on finasteride for 6 months on total. I was taking 0.25mg a day. I began to notice sexual side effects very early. Like within 2-3 weeks. Morning woods were gone. Very low libido. Had some ache down there. Not being able to stay 100% hard. Dink feels like rubber etc. And these side effects...
And to get the best result possible you usually need a touch up after a year imo
check this guy having a terrible result at first but how it was changed to perfect after his second hair transplant. f****r got hair greedy afterwards and went for third touch up just to get widows peak look lmao. Wasn't really...
Of course it is wise to get on medication and see if its working out for you. Still, unless your hair loss is very aggresive, if you have good donor and money you should not worry about going bald that much. Clinics like ASMED can take up to 8000 grafts from your donor and still leave it looking...