Finasteride 1mg
Provider review requiredMale pattern hair loss — blocks the hormone behind it
How finasteride works on hair loss
Male pattern hair loss isn't really about testosterone. It's about DHT, a hormone your body makes *from* testosterone, which gradually shrinks hair follicles until they stop producing visible hair. Finasteride lowers DHT, and the shrinking slows or stops.
Worth knowing if you're on testosterone therapy: more testosterone means more raw material for DHT, so hair loss often speeds up once you start. That's not a reason to avoid testosterone — it's a reason to handle both at once.
The honest part: this keeps what you have far better than it grows back what's gone, and it only works while you take it. Stop, and within about a year you're back on the path you were on.
Nothing visible for 3–4 months — the first win is hair loss slowing, which is hard to notice. Judge it at 6–12 months against a photo you take today. Some men shed slightly in the first weeks; that's follicles cycling, not the drug failing.
What it hits — and when to take it
- FinasterideBlocks conversion of testosterone to DHT, the hormone that shrinks hair follicles⏱ Any time, consistently
Your protocol calendar schedules this automatically once a provider approves — bedtime compounds land at night, morning compounds in the morning.