Grey-Scale Penile Ultrasound Findings in Young Men with Erectile Dysfunction Who Used Finasteride for Androgenic Alopecia: A Retrospective Review
February 2017
in “
The Journal of Sexual Medicine
”
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Studysummary This study found that young men using finasteride for androgenic alopecia exhibited erectile tissue fibrosis and associated sexual dysfunction, including low libido and mood changes. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
This document contains two separate studies. The first study looked at the effects of long-term testosterone therapy on anthropometric parameters in hypogonadal men. The study found that weight, waist circumference, and BMI decreased in men receiving long-term testosterone therapy and increased with advancing age in untreated hypogonadal controls. The second study looked at the effects of finasteride on young men with androgenic alopecia. The study found that all eight patients had corporal erectile tissue fibrosis, which led to drug-induced erectile dysfunction.
