What do the athletes and sportsmen Zach Lund, Nemanja Vucicevic, Mariano Hood, Alessandro Pissilli, Borja Criado, Stan Lazaridis and Romario all have in common? If you're scratching your head for an answer, then you're closer than you think. They have all used Propecia (Finasteride) in order to stop hair loss (male pattern baldness).

Romario was suspended from playing football (soccer) for a while but was later acquited of doping charges. Romario said that he had taken  Propecia for ten years in order to stave off baldness and this was attested to by his club Vasco de Gama. It is believed that Romario saw hair retention as a way of staying attractive to women and joked after his court hearing "What I like the most in life, besides sex, is playing football".

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Finasteride is generic Propecia.  Scientists believe that finasteride counteracts male pattern baldness by working against dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a chemical thought to play an important part in hair loss. DHT is thought to miniaturize hair follicles until they eventually disappear. Finasteride interrupts this process.

A scientific study conducted over two years showed that taking 1mg pill per day of finasteride maintained hair count in 83% of the participants compared to 28% of those in the placebo group.

The problem for the athletes and sportsmen is that the use of Finasteride is banned. Finasteride has been banned because although it doesn't improve physical  performance, it does however mask the existence of other prohibited substances in the body. So athletes are left with a stark choice between keeping their hair or their careers. Once the hair follicles have disappeared there is no chance for Finasteride or any other medication to work and the window of opportunity has gone. Finasteride helps with those going bald but its best to start treatment before you start going bald. Finasteride can be seen as a hair retention medicine as well as a hair loss cure.