Ehhh. I object to posts like this because it feeds into this misperception some have of this disease that it is a phantom pathology, psychologically induced by those with preexisting neurotic personalities. This misperception posits that finasteride is either safe for everyone and those who receive untoward effects are experiencing placebo symptoms or, those who claim they have pfs had “underlying conditions” in which finasteride is just a confounding factor. Dermatologists and some publications continue to publish misinformation and outright falsehoods despite all the recent evidential findings and frequent label changes to the drug in various different countries - as if they are sticking their fingers in their ears and partying like its 1997 and they have the cure to hair loss, don’t let the party be pooped by this bunch of moaning diabetics and those with a “background of a histrionic personality disorder”.
With regards to the bolded, are you aware of just how many men use finasteride? This is not some random research chemical that blubbering, effeminate men incapable of dealing with hair loss use out of desperation - it is an FDA approved medication in the treatment of AGA. From memory, I can state that these celebrities are using or have used the drug:
Joe Rogan
Louis Walsh
Bill Burr
Ashton Kutcher
Rob Lowe
Even self proclaimed alpha king of the world Donald Trump uses it. Are all these successful men “ocd, incapable to tolerate change” or are they just using a pill that the FDA says is safe so they don’t go bald and then getting on with their lives? If there existed a genetic condition that caused a person’s teeth to progressively go black and brown no matter how much they brushed their teeth and flossed, would they then be “ocd, incapable to tolerate change” if they used a medication their country’s national drug safety organisation proclaimed was safe to treat it? It is very natural for a man to not want to go bald and it reveals no defect nor raises no eyebrow with regards to his personality if he chooses to treat it.