April 4 2006, 1:07 pm PT | Posted in: Drugs
Whenever I take finasteride 1mg I get these red pimples on my face almost like acne. I think it is probably reflex hyperandrogenicity. Is there any solution to this? Without finasteride I can’t fight my hairloss. How can I stop this reflex hyperandrognicity without stopping propecia? I tried reducing the dosage to .5mg .25mg even .10 mg. But all those dosages still made me breakout in my face.
Check with your dermatologist, for you are guessing the diagnosis here. This is not a common complaint with Propecia, but we do see acne in teenagers that is clearly hormonal.
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I too started getting red pimples only on my forehead. They weren’t nasty yellow-heads or anything like that, but raised red spots. This depressed me enormously, but thank god they vanished after about 1 month at the 1mg / day dose. Unfortunately, the disappearnce of the pimples coincided with the disappearance of my libido.
I am about to try a lower dose in an attempt to feel like a man again. What a deal - have hair but no sex drive or no hair and feel randy. Luck me!