A quick spray of medication might seem like an easy way to get thicker hair, but some people say one sold online has left them battling sexual side effects, depression and even thoughts of suicide.

Manual hair loss products include oral finasteride (Propecia) pills that are taken by mouth once daily and minoxidil (Rogaine) hair loss spray that is applied twice a day. Both the spray and the oral ...

Finally, a study of more than 440 patients that looked at the effectiveness of a topical finasteride spray compared to the oral tablet found that the spray significantly improved hair count compared ...

If you’re a man of a certain age and you’ve noticed hair thinning, bald spots, or a receding hairline, you certainly aren’t alone. More than 50% of all men over the age of 50 will be affected by male ...

Kaitlin Sullivan is a health and science journalist based in Colorado. She's been part of multiple award-winning investigations into health topics including the international medical device industry ...

Finasteride is FDA-approved to treat male pattern hair loss and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in adult males. Common side effects of finasteride can include erectile dysfunction, loss of libido, ...

Your body makes dihydrotestosterone (DHT) as a byproduct of testosterone production. It serves a pretty critical purpose in your childhood development, but as you get older, that friendship gets a ...

You may take finasteride (sold by brand names Proscar or Propecia, or in generic versions), an oral tablet medication used to treat enlarged prostate and male pattern ...