23 just had a consult, was told I'm too young for finasteride, not sure what to think

[Hubris]

My GP wouldn't even refer me to a dermatologist, so I went for a free consult at a local hair clinic and the nurse said she doesn't think I should take propecia because I am 23 and my hair loss is not very advanced yet, she said the long-term effects of the drug are not very well known so she wouldn't prescribe it until I am older or my hair loss suddenly gets worse. She said she doesn't like the idea of someone being on the drug for 10-15+ years.

I'm not sure how to find a dermatologist. I looked on the website of my local hospital which lists the dermatology teams there but no one seems to really specialize in cosmetic dermatology/hair loss so I feel like that would just be a waste of time.

Nonsense - 23 is old enough to be on Propecia. The person you originally spoke to was a nurse, yes? Speak to a doctor/dermatologist.

[Fortunate Son]

Nonsense - 23 is old enough to be on Propecia. The person you originally spoke to was a nurse, yes? Speak to a doctor/dermatologist.

I want to but for some reason this is difficult to accomplish. My GP won't refer me to a dermatologist until I start to notice bald spots which means if I see a dermatologist on my own accord I'd have to pay it all out of my own pocket which gets really expensive. I found a clinic that does consults and photographic scalp analyses for like 160 euros, the catch it that it's 2,5 hours away, transport costs are another 40 euros, the worst part is that they seem to only prescribe their own brand finasteride1.25+saw palmetto+whatever in one pill that cost 155 euros for a 3 month supply. I mean, I said money's not an issue but I'm not going to pay 200 euros to have access to a 50 euro-a-month finasteride prescription. I'm still young and my income has been great the past 2 years but it's so unstable that I want to err on the side of caution. Plus, I just don't want to pay more than is necessary because of obvious reasons.

I decided to look at the list of IAHRS doctors in Brussels (kind of far away but doable) and called Feriduni to see if I could go for a hair loss assessment but they have a waiting list until the end of 2016, then I called WHTC hair clinic (Dr. Mwamba) and I told them I'd like a consult asap and she said she'd send an email with a date. No indication of when but I assume if the wait list was as bad as Feriduni's then she'd have said something.

Sigh. So bummed that my GP won't just refer me to a derm 'until I start to notice bald spots'. What is up with that mentality. I hope I get an email from the WHTC clinic soon.