Who needs extra precautions before starting male pattern hair loss treatment?

Before starting treatment, share all prescription medicines, over-the-counter products, and supplements. Include other hair treatments, blood pressure medicines, and any past drug reactions. Tell your physician about heart disease, kidney problems, liver disease, low blood pressure, or a history of depression. These details can affect which options are suitable.

Discuss fertility concerns or plans to have children before using finasteride or dutasteride. These medicines can affect semen measures in some people. Also tell clinicians who order prostate screening tests that you use either medicine, since they can lower PSA levels.

Finasteride and dutasteride can harm the development of a male fetus. Someone who is pregnant or could become pregnant should not handle crushed or broken finasteride tablets or leaking dutasteride capsules. Follow specific precautions for topical products to prevent skin transfer to others.

Hair loss in children, sudden bald patches, and painful or inflamed scalps need a separate assessment. At Verra, a licensed physician in your state decides if treatment is appropriate. A prescription is not guaranteed, and an in-person evaluation may be recommended.