Is their any data avalable about the percentage of men using finasteride?

[dontwannagobald]

Very curious to know approximately what percentage of men in the western world are on the drug.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I doubt that there's much credible information out there that could shed light on this. Drug companies can bloat the numbers in order to make it seem like their drug is taken by large amounts of men, and in turn making other men feel more comfortable about taking it. Also, surveys would be pretty inaccurate because there are so men out there that would feel ashamed to openly admit taking the drug because it almost feels like there's a stigma attached to hair loss meds. Taking hair loss meds can really only mean one thing, you're balding. So if your hair loss is minimal and you're really the only person that notices it, and you admit to taking hair loss meds, you're essentially outing yourself as a man that's balding. Even if you're not bald yet, you'll be in for a lot of "soon to be bald" or thinning hair jokes.

For instance, if a man openly admits to using such treatments, younger men in particular, some out there would feel -- for some odd reason -- as if he's cheating nature. Maybe not on the level of a baseball player using steroids, but I feel like there is some that would shame those that take hair loss meds -- including other men. That is especially weird considering the number of men suffering from hair loss. It could just be me, but the only people that know I'm on hair loss meds are myself and my mom. All my close male friends, save for one who's got a chiseled jaw and model like cheekbones to make up for his receding hairline, are NW1 or 2, so none of them would really understand. I would never openly admit to taking hair loss meds, nor can I imagine any of you out there are exactly making Facebook posts about starting Propecia.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

I doubt that there's much credible information out there that could shed light on this. Drug companies can bloat the numbers in order to make it seem like their drug is taken by large amounts of men, and in turn making other men feel more comfortable about taking it. Also, surveys would be pretty inaccurate because there are so men out there that would feel ashamed to openly admit taking the drug because it almost feels like there's a stigma attached to hair loss meds. Taking hair loss meds can really only mean one thing, you're balding. So if your hair loss is minimal and you're really the only person that notices it, and you admit to taking hair loss meds, you're essentially outing yourself as a man that's balding. Even if you're not bald yet, you'll be in for a lot of "soon to be bald" or thinning hair jokes.

For instance, if a man openly admits to using such treatments, younger men in particular, some out there would feel -- for some odd reason -- as if he's cheating nature. Maybe not on the level of a baseball player using steroids, but I feel like there is some that would shame those that take hair loss meds -- including other men. That is especially weird considering the number of men suffering from hair loss. It could just be me, but the only people that know I'm on hair loss meds are myself and my mom. All my close male friends, save for one who's got a chiseled jaw and model like cheekbones to make up for his receding hairline, are NW1 or 2, so none of them would really understand. I would never openly admit to taking hair loss meds, nor can I imagine any of you out there are exactly making Facebook posts about starting Propecia.

Yup. The only people that know I am treating my hair loss are you guys and my girlfriend.

 

[californiaoceans911]

Yup. The only people that know I am treating my hair loss are you guys and my girlfriend.

I'm pretty open about it. I mean obviously I don't tell every person I meet but I don't hide it either. If chicks can shove plastic into their chest I can pop a pill lol.

 

[dark&bald]

Sorry, when you said, shove plastic, I had something else on my mind. lol

 

[Notcoolanymore]

I'm pretty open about it. I mean obviously I don't tell every person I meet but I don't hide it either. If chicks can shove plastic into their chest I can pop a pill lol.

That's cool. If I was lucky to get regrowth and somebody wanted to know what was going on, I would tell them. But I pretty much keep it on the down low.

 

[californiaoceans911]

Sorry, when you said, shove plastic, I had something else on my mind. lol

LOL

That's cool. If I was lucky to get regrowth and somebody wanted to know what was going on, I would tell them. But I pretty much keep it on the down low.

Yea, like I said I don't advertise it to everyone, but if it comes up I'm definitely not ashamed.

 

[BeardedOne]

I doubt that there's much credible information out there that could shed light on this. Drug companies can bloat the numbers in order to make it seem like their drug is taken by large amounts of men, and in turn making other men feel more comfortable about taking it. Also, surveys would be pretty inaccurate because there are so men out there that would feel ashamed to openly admit taking the drug because it almost feels like there's a stigma attached to hair loss meds. Taking hair loss meds can really only mean one thing, you're balding. So if your hair loss is minimal and you're really the only person that notices it, and you admit to taking hair loss meds, you're essentially outing yourself as a man that's balding. Even if you're not bald yet, you'll be in for a lot of "soon to be bald" or thinning hair jokes.

For instance, if a man openly admits to using such treatments, younger men in particular, some out there would feel -- for some odd reason -- as if he's cheating nature. Maybe not on the level of a baseball player using steroids, but I feel like there is some that would shame those that take hair loss meds -- including other men. That is especially weird considering the number of men suffering from hair loss. It could just be me, but the only people that know I'm on hair loss meds are myself and my mom. All my close male friends, save for one who's got a chiseled jaw and model like cheekbones to make up for his receding hairline, are NW1 or 2, so none of them would really understand. I would never openly admit to taking hair loss meds, nor can I imagine any of you out there are exactly making Facebook posts about starting Propecia.

Great post. I have told one friend that I take proscar, and I don't intend on telling any more. There still is a strong stigma attached to combating hair loss - like many issues, for instance depression and anxiety, men are just told to man up or accept it. My hair loss is not so advanced so by telling people about it I would only be drawing attention to it. And of course there is the sexual thing attached to propecia that would lead to uninformed jokes about your d!ck falling off or something.

I totally reject the stigma but at the same time my treatment of my hair loss is my own, private affair. I also like to masturbate once in a while to release tension but I wouldn't walk out into the street and do it.

 

[dontwannagobald]

I have also never told anyone that I take meds to combat my hair loss, but I was thinking that their might be data available from (anonymized) surveys, research done by the US government or by Merck on the subject.

Seeing that combating male pattern baldness is a multi billion dollar industry and also causes psychological problems for some men (so data might be of interest to health care institutions), I reckoned that their could be a chance that some research has been done about the percentage of men that undertake something to combat their hair loss and of that group what regimens are followed including the percentage of men that follow a certain regimen.