The terrifying side-effects of the drug to battle hair loss

Robb Dixon often sees posts on social media from men desperate to try anything for thicker hair – and finds it difficult not to directly message them saying: it isn’t worth it.

For Robb, 33, a music producer from Winchester, Hampshire, says he was left with erectile dysfunction, , anxiety and a host of other problems, as a result of taking the medication finasteride for six months when his hair started thinning in his 20s.

The symptoms lasted for years after he stopped the medication.

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