With me living in China, this would worry me greatly as the potential for getting fake compounds or mixed compounds is relatively high. Even baby powder and eggs are faked here with little conscience
I was on 1% and still had sides. Given that one of th sides was gyno, it wasn't in my head before ppl go down that route too. As I already stated, I didn't make this post to argue the use of finasteride. Yes, topical gives less sides, and while it only lowers serum dht by 25% compared to 75% or oral...
Brief backstory as my old account seems inaccessible.
Started losing my hair 15 years ago. Had sides on finestaride, even with just the topical version.
Settled with minoxidil + a/acid and spironolactone twice a day. Slowed hair loss down considerably.
My hair is much thinner now but the loss has been...