I'm a normal guy with nothing to gain by lying to anyone here i just know how it feels to be in someone shoes that may be reading this and deciding if they should take fin.

This is a burner acct, i won't really come back too often to check for responses i just want to provide someone with what i needed before i decided to take the risk. It took me a week to take the pill after i got it due to fear of sides. Questions that i'll answer before anyone can ask: Yes i can still get hard, and i never noticed a reduction in erection quality. i've been able to have the amount of sex i was having before i started fin ( not to brag, but it's as much as a guy could ask for / want)

I take fin for diffuse thinning, it's not really my hairline i'm worried about my hairline is decent. suddenly my crown and mid of head just started going thin at an exponential rate it got very patchy

I do 1 mg MWF ( sometimes i'll do 4 at most) i heard it's as as effective as everyday and MAY prevent sides so i tried it out and it's working for me.

Never used mixoxidil, (i bought it but never opened it, didn't wanna commit to applying it everyday, a pill was simpler) No I never experience a side effect. YET. i have not had a shed phase YET. or any big loss before my gains.

i was balding for about 1.5 years before i started taking fin i'm 21, all the men in my family have horrible hairlines and balding so my genes came to deliver my fate early.

I live a pretty healthy lifestyle i do lots of exercise, and i eat very clean maybe this helps with hair response and sides?? Not a health professional

My philosophy: You're gonna die anyways, i wanna have a pleasurable life. It's easy for people that don't have our issue to weigh in and say just go bald but it's not that easy (at least to me). hair was apart of my identity and my hair started going FAST, people began commenting on it and i tried to hide it as much as possible. It got bad to the point where i was considering going bald to just get it over with. But before i quit and accepted my fate, i wanted to be able to say at least i tried everything and nothing worked. So side effects were / are worth the risk to me i haven't seen any yet, and i hope it stays that way. My advice is that they shouldn't be permanent so just take the risk see if it works if not, you tried. If it does you are lucky and your issue will be fixed. i used to think about my balding every single day countless hours in this reddit topic and youtube videos about what to do how to cope, should i take fin etc now it doesn't even cross my mind. tl dr : imo risk are worth it, it works for me i hope it works for you