Finasteride nipple sensitivity?

[DawgyDawg]

I started oral finasteride around July of 2024 taking 1mg a day, I noticed nipple sensitivity in my right nipple and stopped taking it after like 2 weeks. I already have sensitive nipples like it doesn't interfere with anything but if I rub them they give a sensation. During this time I remember hyper-focusing on my nipples and probing them a ton. I think this also contributed more to it also I was reading all the side effect horror stories as well. I am not sure if this was nocebo or not. I didn't end up developing gyno.

Now at April 2025, I started looking at my hairline and seeing that my corners look pretty far back. I've always had mature-ish corners but I decided I want to be proactive before it gets worse and have possible regrowth. I decided to hop back on finasteride since I still had the pills from awhile back. I started again but this time on 0.5mg of finasteride, I bought a pill splitter and started cutting them in half. I still ended getting nipple sensitivity in my right nipple though. This time I tried not to probe them though, but I am still kinda of hyperfocusing on them while I am at home and not busy doing anything.

I am going to try to cut the pills in half again so I can have a dosage 0.25mg and see if this does anything. Part of me feels like its nocebo since like when I am preoccupied with a task and I am not thinking about my nipples they are not sensitive for instance if I am doing an assignment, or working out or doing something that requires my attention I don't notice the sensitivity at all. But the moment I think about my nipple, I start feeling it rub in my shirt, feel it when I flex my pec and look it and compare my right with my left nipple.

Its probably been around 2ish weeks since I started finasteride again and I've seen that nipple sensitivity is a common side effect, so this leads me to believe that it may not be nocebo. I've heard conflicting viewpoints: some people say to stay on finasteride and say that it eventually goes away after your body gets accustomed to the drug and other people say hop off immediately before developing tits.

Also, I am not fat or obese. I have a muscular-ish build and I work out.

What should I do?

 

[iblamemandible7]

I started oral finasteride around July of 2024 taking 1mg a day, I noticed nipple sensitivity in my right nipple and stopped taking it after like 2 weeks. I already have sensitive nipples like it doesn't interfere with anything but if I rub them they give a sensation. During this time I remember hyper-focusing on my nipples and probing them a ton. I think this also contributed more to it also I was reading all the side effect horror stories as well. I am not sure if this was nocebo or not. I didn't end up developing gyno.

Now at April 2025, I started looking at my hairline and seeing that my corners look pretty far back. I've always had mature-ish corners but I decided I want to be proactive before it gets worse and have possible regrowth. I decided to hop back on finasteride since I still had the pills from awhile back. I started again but this time on 0.5mg of finasteride, I bought a pill splitter and started cutting them in half. I still ended getting nipple sensitivity in my right nipple though. This time I tried not to probe them though, but I am still kinda of hyperfocusing on them while I am at home and not busy doing anything.

I am going to try to cut the pills in half again so I can have a dosage 0.25mg and see if this does anything. Part of me feels like its nocebo since like when I am preoccupied with a task and I am not thinking about my nipples they are not sensitive for instance if I am doing an assignment, or working out or doing something that requires my attention I don't notice the sensitivity at all. But the moment I think about my nipple, I start feeling it rub in my shirt, feel it when I flex my pec and look it and compare my right with my left nipple.

Its probably been around 2ish weeks since I started finasteride again and I've seen that nipple sensitivity is a common side effect, so this leads me to believe that it may not be nocebo. I've heard conflicting viewpoints: some people say to stay on finasteride and say that it eventually goes away after your body gets accustomed to the drug and other people say hop off immediately before developing tits.

Also, I am not fat or obese. I have a muscular-ish build and I work out.

What should I do?

Spicy nipples is not nocebo dude jfl not everything is nocebo wtf

I get this on 0.5mg but not on 0.25mg btw so try that

I heard from someone that gyno from finasteride usually doesnt go past tanner 1 but not sure how true that is

Its because dht can antagonize estrogen in the breasts

 

[EliDKing]

Spicy nipples is not nocebo dude jfl not everything is nocebo wtf

I get this on 0.5mg but not on 0.25mg btw so try that

I heard from someone that gyno from finasteride usually doesnt go past tanner 1 but not sure how true that is

Its because dht can antagonize estrogen in the breasts

can you suck it

 

[Hernan]

 

[DawgyDawg]

Spicy nipples is not nocebo dude jfl not everything is nocebo wtf

I get this on 0.5mg but not on 0.25mg btw so try that

I heard from someone that gyno from finasteride usually doesnt go past tanner 1 but not sure how true that is

Its because dht can antagonize estrogen in the breasts

How long have you been taking finasteride? When did the "spicy nipples" stop?

Also, what time do you take it? I take it in the morning but I've heard to take the pill in the evening, so any subtle hormone fluctuations will occur overnight.

 

[iblamemandible7]

How long have you been taking finasteride? When did the "spicy nipples" stop?

Also, what time do you take it? I take it in the morning but I've heard to take the pill in the evening, so any subtle hormone fluctuations will occur overnight.

Started 0.25mg daily in feb, tried 0.5mg in march but noticed some weirdness in my nips, went back to 0.25mg and it calmed down, went back to 0.5mg in april and had some weirdness again, going back to 0.25mg currently

 

[wishIwasSalludon]

Spicy nipples is not nocebo dude jfl not everything is nocebo wtf

everyday i hear more and more claims about side effects fin supposedly gave them

one even said it made his anus numb

 

[nuisance]

Unfortunately I am in the same boat as you, and I believe there is no way to stop it from happening. Even on extremely low dose topical (0.0025%) I still get nipple sensitivity.

Its not really even about your estradiol or testosterone levels, DHT antagonizes estrogen in the nipple it seems. Removing some dht in some people can allow the estrogen to do its work even if its in range like mine is.

I took topical finasteride 0.05% liposomally for 8 months, sensitive nipples from day 3 and it got better and got worse throughout the whole time never went away completly. My nipples would swell up, Im not sure if there was growth but the appearance of my nipples is completely different when im on finasteride.

I was going to push through it but after 5 months my libido started to decrease, to the point where it started to become difficult to get an erection so I had to stop it.

5 months later I am on 0.0025% and minoxidil. Still getting sensitivity.

 

[nuisance]

everyday i hear more and more claims about side effects fin supposedly gave them

one even said it made his anus numb

dude its real, my nipples literally swell up at times, my armpits get itchy and my chest gets sensitive

 

[wishIwasSalludon]

dude its real, my nipples literally swell up at times, my armpits get itchy and my chest gets sensitive

"finasteride gave me sides bro!"