Propecia is the only drug that isn't snake oil (like Rogaine). It won't grow heair, but it will stop your hair-loss in its tracks. I've been taking it since 1995 and I've had no hair-loss since. My dad used to cut my hair and even said he thought it was a little thicker.
Here's the trick to getting it a little cheaper. Propecia is really just a drug called Proscar, re-packaged and inflated in price. Proscar is a drug to help reduce enlarged prostates in men. Ask your doctor for a Proscar prescription. Your insurance won't pay for it -- and you can't ask your doctor to say you have an enlarged prostate. The insurance companies stopped falling for that a few years back. You have to buy a pill cutter at your drug store and cut the Proscar into quarters - which is still a slightly stronger dose than a single Propecia - but it's cheaper in the long-run. I think 60 pills was about $300. It's not cheap -- but it lasts almost a year. And it's worth it if you like the hair you have left.
Side effects: In most men, none. In fact, a positive dividend is that you'll be less likely to get an enlarged prostate! In a small percentage of men they say it can cause sexual disfunction or reduced semen volume. The funny thing is -- you'll be SURE that's happening to you at first because it's psycho-sematic and becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Then after awhile you get over it and realize nothing's really changed sexually. Hopefully.
I recommend it. Ask your doctor. They say that most hairloss happens in your 20s and 30s, so I'm actually going to ask my doctor if I can stop taking in now that I'm 41. Good luck.
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