February 21 2007, 9:34 am PT | Posted in: Age + Drugs
Hi Doc,
2 questions. Still have good hair with balding at crown. Is propecia effective in your 50’s? Heard it wasn’t. Age 54.
Also, after a few days on Propecia noticed brain fog and anxiety attacks. Any experience with propecia causing anxiety?
Thanks
It works best when the hair loss is more recent. Men in their 50s generally have already passed the rapid hair loss phase, so the impact of this drug in the 50s is not as much as in the mid-20s. Anxiety is a known stress that makes genetic balding more rapid in many men, even 50 year olds.
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