Propecia (Finasteride) Hair Loss Review

Is Propecia Worth The Money?

I debated whether or not to include this in my reviews, because I have not personally used Propecia. I have used most of the products for which I have written reviews on this site. Anyway, I do know a lot about it because I have taken so much time to investigate hair-loss remedies.

Propecia has a generic name, Finasteride. Propecia was actually originally marketed as a product to help people with enlarged prostate issues. It was effective at blocking DHT, which most often causes enlargement of the prostate, which leads to prostate cancer quite often. In the early days of the drug, people began to realize that their hair was growing in thicker, so the product began to be marketed as a hair loss remedy as well. It is a perscription drug, and it is of course approved by the FDA. That’s always encouraging when it comes to hair loss products.

If you are wondering if Propecia works, the simple fact of the matter is that it does work for about 85% of all people who use it. It slows or stops hair loss in almost all males, and a very high percentage are also able to grow some of their hair back.  It’s a pill that you take once a day, so it’s not incredibly difficult. It effectively blocks the DHT that causes your hair follicles to shrink and eventually stop growing hair. Just like any hair-loss product, it does not work the same on every person. However, in a 5 year clicical trial with 500 test patients, all patients that were taking propecia had more hair at the end of the test than those that were taking a placebo. So, it at least slowed hair loss for every single person according to the test study.

I have read lots of review and lots of studies, and have discovered that for most people, Propecia will work quite well and will not exhibit any side effects. However, their warning label states that in their clinical studies, a small percentage of participants experienced certain sexual side effects, such as less desire for sex, difficulty in achieving an erection, or a decrease in the amount of semen. Each of these side effects occurred in a very small percentage of men and went away in men who stopped taking PROPECIA because of them.

Since this side effect is only a problem for a pretty small percentage of all users, I don’t think it’s an incredibly huge problem that should keep you from using Propecia altogether. However, I personally decided not to use Propecia because for most people you have to use it a full year before you can show for sure whether or not it’s working. I don’t want to have to wait a year, and now I use something that works a lot faster called Provillus. For information on that, just read my Provillus Review that I wrote about it.

All the best,

Your Buddy, Josh

P.S. I did a little asking around to find a place that has the best prices on Propecia, in case you want to go ahead and give it a try. I found a place called CanadaPharmacy.com that has the lowest prices I have seen anywhere. It’s less than $1 a pill if you buy the 90 pills at a time. It’s the generic version, but it is exactly the same. It’s just a lot cheaper.

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