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Been on 1mg finasteride daily for close to 20 years. Safe to switch to 3x a week?

August 14, 2022
Asked By:hair_today in Sudbury, Massachusetts

I’ve been on finasteride since I was 23 now 40. Hair loss has stabilized since. Only side effect is hard to lose chest fat (not gyno been checked by physician) . Would switching to 1mg every other day or 3x a week help with losing chest fat while maintaining hair? Read follicle dht suppression lasts up to two weeks so my thinking is if body had more dht, fat loss would occur around chest?

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