Does Finasteride affect beard growth?

[Sunset Dune]

Does using Finasteride affect beard growth in any way?

[Gatsby]

No. Finasteride doesn’t affect the beard. Minoxidil does though. 

[BackFromTheBrink]

Are there any cases of it thinning facial hair? I'm one of the small percentage where it affects body hair. However, I don't think there's been any reduction in my facial hair.

 

[Rahal Hair Transplant]

@Sunset Dune,

While I don’t know how true this is, there is some anecdotal evidence that using finasteride can actually reduce body hair. Now, body hair is different than facial hair and I don’t believe there’s any evidence, anecdotal or otherwise that finasteride medication impact it one way or another.

I hope this helps 

Rahal Hair Transplant

[BackFromTheBrink]

54 minutes ago, Rahal Hair Transplant said:

@Sunset Dune,

While I don’t know how true this is, there is some anecdotal evidence that using finasteride can actually reduce body hair. Now, body hair is different than facial hair and I don’t believe there’s any evidence, anecdotal or otherwise that finasteride medication impact it one way or another.

I hope this helps 

Rahal Hair Transplant

The reduction was pretty pronounced for me, with chest hair in particular. It's almost the opposite of the effect finesteride has on my scalp hair - it grows slower, is finer and appears like there is less of it. My partner asked when it'd return to normal (unprompted). Not a scientific study by any means, but there is at least more than one person who noticed the change independently.

 

[mr_peanutbutter]

i could imagine that if you start finasterid and your beard hairs arent terminal yet it might has an affect on the beard development

[HairFunk]

1 hour ago, BackFromTheBrink said:

The reduction was pretty pronounced for me, with chest hair in particular. It's almost the opposite of the effect finesteride has on my scalp hair - it grows slower, is finer and appears like there is less of it. My partner asked when it'd return to normal (unprompted). Not a scientific study by any means, but there is at least more than one person who noticed the change independently.

 

This is very interesting, I need to read about this! I'd never have thought that it could reduce body hair whilst strengthening scalp hair. Though as body hair emerges during puberty and scalp hair is lost this kind of makes sense. 

[BackFromTheBrink]

21 minutes ago, HairFunk said:

This is very interesting, I need to read about this! I'd never have thought that it could reduce body hair whilst strengthening scalp hair. Though as body hair emerges during puberty and scalp hair is lost this kind of makes sense. 

It has apparently been used to treat excessive body hair in women. A quick Google suggests durasteride is more effective though. 

 

[Bucky O Hair]

Interesting.  I wonder if there are any research papers on this.  

 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Bucky O Hair