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I live in a small town in a 3rd world country and have to order finasteride from another city as its not available in my town. I had already ordered some but due to city level quarantine, the courier service is closed and I don’t have any fin left. How long before it loses its effects?

When stopping finasteride then the effects may last 3 weeks before you start seeing ‘catch-up hair loss’. Call your doctor’s office and they should renew the medication for you. The US postal service is working during the crisis and the pharmacies can mail it to you.

I’m wanting to start taking fin but I have a couple of questions on my mind if you don’t mind answering. I have an inconsistent sleep schedule. Would there be much of an issue if my pill taking is not spot on 24 hours? If for example I take 1mg at 12pm and then the next day 1mg at 10am and the following day 1mg at 11am, would that be fine?

My other question is if side effects are obvious or do I need to be searching for them? I’m thinking a lot of the sides i’ve read about would be obvious so I don’t need to stress about looking for anything bad.

Finasteride can be taken anytime during the day. Just so you don’t forget to take it, I generally recommend that patients take it in the morning when they wake up. If you get the sexual side effects, you will know in many ways. First, you might lose interest in women, won’t get an erection in the morning if that is your usual routine or the erection you do get is not hard as it usually is. You will know if you have the side effects because men focus on their penis, often too much (according to some women) but that is our hormones telling us to procreate.

In my material, I give to EVERY patient who gets a prescription, material that contains all of the risks of finasteride, from mental illness claims to sexual side effect claims. I NEVER push finasteride on patients. I do not own Merck stock. I always do what is best for the patient in conjunction with a consultation understanding their goals and when I make recommendations, whatever they be, I always have a consultation with the patient and NEVER prescribe finasteride over the internet not understanding the people I consult with. I am not sure why you are angry, but if you experienced side effects and did not educate yourself, then you are to blame if you had problems with the drug. If you look on Baldingblog.com and search finasteride, you will see article and information galore on both the benefit and the liabilities of this drug.

The following is the introduction of the article titled: Pericardial, pleural effusion and anasarca: A rare complication of low-dose oral minoxidil for hair loss

Authors: Ncoza C. Dlova, MBChB, PhD, Tarryn Jacobs, MBChB, and Satish Singh, MBChB

“INTRODUCTION
Topical minoxidil has been used for many years in the treatment of androgenic alopecia and other hair disorders. Although the mechanism of action of topical minoxidil is poorly understood, animal studies have shown that it affects the hair growth cycle by shortening the telogen phase and prolonging the anagen phase.1,2 Lately, there has been growing evidence to support successful use of low-dose oral minoxidil (LDOM) in the treatment of various types of alopecia. The dosing regimens range from 0.25 to 5 mg daily to twice daily, with side effects reported to be dose dependent.”

The presented Pericardial Effusion occurred 3 weeks after starting the low-dose oral minoxidil. The woman presented with significant swelling in her feet and eventually elsewhere. A Pericardial Effusion is a condition where fluid accumulates around the heart, inside the sac (pericardium) that surrounds the heart. Fluid in this space will restrict blood flow to the heart and fluid back up in the body. Significant swelling of the feet and anasarca (a generalized swelling of many body parts) was clearly a warning that brought this woman to a doctor. She was admitted to the hospital, treated with diuretics, and stopped the oral minoxidil, all of which normalized her state of health, so she was discharged from the hospital on the 5th day.

WARNING: People taking oral minoxidil or even high-dose topical minoxidil might develop the symptoms described above. Always seek medical attention when a change in your health to this magnitude appears, especially if you are taking oral minoxidil.

Ref: JAAD Case Reports 2022;28:94-6., 2352-5126, 2022 by the American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Published, by Elsevier, Inc. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-
NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdcr.2022.07.044

It doesn’t. If you only lose “some” of your hair, doesn’t mean you won’t lose anymore. Just means your hair loss hasn’t advanced to that point yet.

Of course it exists. I have a mature hairline and had balding in my crown which I treated with a hair transplant so now I am just a normal hairy guy.

It is very difficult to tell where the hair transplant grafts were placed because at 2 months, hair goes into a ‘hybernation’ but will come out in the next few months. Then talk with me if you want to

Does everyone’s hair (people with zero balding) go back a little at the temples?

95% of Caucasian men develop a mature hairline. changing the shape from a rounded juvenile hairline to a V shaped hairline which usually moves up about 3/4″ from the original juvenile position. In many other races (Arab, From India) the juvenile hairline may remain.