What age are you at the moment? Your body is probably not finished developing yet, and taking finasteride will interfere with your body's development if you take it too young. It is best to wait until you are at least 20.
Im 17 but Im pretty sure im fully developed , im around 6 ft tall . I definitely feel like my hair isnt as full as before but i have no visible recession of the hairline or thinning crown. And i dont ever want to face that.and Im more concerned in keeping my hair than growing an inch in height tbh.And it might be silly starting a drug this early but better safe than sorry I think
I think 17 is too young to be taking finasteride to be honest. Your body is probably still developing through adolescence. There is no need for you to take finasteride at this point in any case, as you have no hair loss yet.
That’s not how it works
I also implement nizoral and hair vitamins into my regime. Is that not enough?Than what is
The thing is I dont know if im balding. My hair is general feels a little less full than the past and Im gonna start on finasteride cos i dont care about inhibiting my growth as long as I can keep as much hair as possible. I have no visible recession of hairline or thinning on crown , still have baby hairs too
The thing is, it is not just your growth that you could be affecting, but a lot of other changes in your body too. You are probably still going through adolescence. My advice would be not to start finasteride at this point due to your age and the fact you don't even have any hair loss yet. You might not even start losing your hair until another decade or longer.
I started balding at 16. Show us your hairline, no way finasteride gave you a thick nw1 back
Ultimately its your choice to take it at the age you are although I did advise against it. There's no guarantee that finasteride will prevent hair loss for any particular person who uses it, but the odds in its favour are very high. One study showed that it had an 87% success rate after 10 years.
I would say no younger than age 20
here is my thread on the strongest to weakest oral anti androgens for hair loss. finasteride won't do anything for someone who starts balding before 20. Finasteride is the weakest antiandrogen since it reduces androgenic activity in androgen dependent tissue by only 25%. Dutasteride is a little stronger and reduces androgenic activity by 35%. If you start balding at 14-16 then that means you are likely sensitive to even a little androgenic activity in the body since that is the timeframe when men hit tanner stage 2 in puberty and testosterone levels skyrocket from increased LH and FSH.
