I started taking finasteride over a year ago, I went to my family doctor and asked him what I could do for hair falling out. It was just a casual question, without doing any research or anything. He recommended finasteride. Honestly I had never asked ab side affects or anything. Never crossed my mind that it could have side affects until I joined this site and saw everyones comments about it. It has really helped me. I would definitely give it a try regardless of the side affects if you wanna try to preserve your current hair. I no longer see multiple hairs in the sink. Well, That is before my hair transplant. Now im experiencing shockloss from the ht