Do i go for dutasteride (Avodart) or topicals? ( 19 years old ) (PICS)

[SPARTAN007]

19, been slowly receding for a few years. got hit hard like 2 years ago. Havent tried anything yet but not sure what to go for.

Topical stack
- s5 cream ( from here ) ( morning + night )
- rogaine foam ( morning + night )
- regene DR shampoo. 3x weekly

vs

dutasteride (Avodart) 0.5mg daily. or every other day to start?

Obviously the topicals will have a less chance of working, but i'm quite scared of the sexual side effects from avodart even tho most people are fine with it ( <5% chance )

price is roughly the same for 6 months use...

here is some pictures of after my haircut today ( was terrible haircut!!! )

before haircut and no wash in morning just to see how it looks.

on a night out when it had some length

whats best to go for?

 

[Beingbaldsucksass]

This is the time for finasteride, don't start rogaine yet, you don't want your hair to be depended on it

 

[SPARTAN007]

Just start Finasteride and you should be fine. finasteride is safer than dutasteride, and you shouldn't worry too much about sides, because the great odds are you'll be fine. Besides your hairloss isn't so bad yet. YET. My guess is you'll start to thin out rapidly soon.

One thing I'm not sure about is if you're not too young for finasteride. IMO you should wait until you're 21 or so. Most men are physicaly mature by then.

My advice would be s5 cream (+ eventually Rogaine, but using Rogaine alone makes no sense) until you're 21, and then get on finasteride.

This way you should maintain the majority of what you have now until you'll get on finasteride.

S5 cream has a big split on tis board. some say no and some say yes. I would try propecia but the sides do scare me not going to lie. my hairline has been the same now for like 2 years, but its gonna get worse in the next 3 it must. i will be 20 in a month. tempted to buy proscar and split into 5, and use regene DR shampoo see how that goes? would 0.5mg of finasteride a day work and have less sides?