Akshay Syal, M.D., is a medical fellow with the NBC News Health and Medical Unit.
More young men are taking a medication to prevent hair loss, prompting some concerns that the oral drug has been linked to rare but potentially long-lasting side effects. A report by Epic Research, conducted on behalf of NBC News, found that the number of men in the U.S. with finasteride prescriptions increased nearly 200% in the last seven years. “It’s like water in my clinic,” said dermatologist Dr. Jerry Shapiro of NYU Langone Health. “I’m prescribing it all the time.
Studies have shown the drug has a roughly 80% to 90% chance of preventing further hair loss, said Shapiro, who added that because the drug works better at prevention, the earlier you start the better. Once you start, however, it becomes a lifelong medication. “Most things in medicine are lifelong,” said Shapiro, who is also a medical adviser to Keeps, which sells the drug online.
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