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I took finsteride for a couple of years in my mid to late twenties. My libido was affected but I'm not sure if it was the drug or the severe lack of confidence caused by the realisation I was going to be bald soon.

I started balding on my crown, but being relatively tall I could hide it when standing or when facing people seated. After months of doing crazy stuff like getting to restaurants early so I could get a seat with my back to a wall and declining meetings in glass-walled meeting rooms at work I decided enough was enough and shaved my head.

Making that move was the best thing I could have done for my confidence. Instantly I felt better about myself and that translated in to other areas of my life.




It was probably the drug. I didn’t have libido problems but I gained erectile dysfunction. It mostly went away after I stopped taking the drug. Mostly.




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