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Answers to your questions about sex, hair, weight loss, and more-from Hims.
Sex
Viagra vs. Sildenafil: What's The Difference?
Viagra is easily the most well-known medication for erectile dysfunction (ED), with the longest history of any FDA-approved ED treatment on the market today. If you’ve searched for information about ED medications before, you’ve no doubt seen Viagra mentioned alongside sildenafil. While these two medications might have different names, they ...
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Hair
Hairs in the Drain or on Your Pillow? How to Tell If You’re Going Bald
When you look at yourself in the mirror every day, it's easy to miss subtle changes in your appearance such as thinning hair around your temples or a receding hairline. Though these small changes may evade you, finding a clump of hair on your pillow will definitely make you sit ...
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Hair
Finasteride Side Effects: What Are They, And Are They Common?
The following is informational only and does not constitute medical advice. Always talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of any treatment. Developed in the 1980s and in use since the 1990s, finasteride is one of the widely prescribed and well studied hair loss drugs available. Side effects ...
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Sex
Do You Have Any of These Risk Factors for Erectile Dysfunction?
When you hear the dreaded words “erectile dysfunction,” do you think of it as a condition that only affects older men? While age is certainly a factor in determining your risk for ED, it can affect men of any age. Problems with sexual dysfunction can be difficult or embarrassing to ...
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Lifestyle
Why Mornings Are the Best Time for a Work Out
It seems for every study out there looking into the best time to work out, results are generally all over the map.
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Hair
Will You Lose Your Hair? Watch for These 8 Signs
No guy wants to be told they’re losing hair, but having to deal with male pattern baldness in early adulthood is an especially hard pill to swallow. For what it’s worth, nearly three-quarters of men experience some degree of hair loss in their lifetime. Whether it’s a thinning crown, the ...
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Sex
Do You Really Need Erectile Dysfunction Drugs?
The following is informational only and does not constitute medical advice. Always talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of any treatment. Erectile dysfunction is a problem that has always existed but only since the 1990s has come to the forefront of health education. Since then, numerous medications ...
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Sex
What Should You Do if ED Drugs Don’t Work?
The little blue pill known as Viagra (generic name sildenafil) was first developed in 1989 as a treatment for high blood pressure and angina. After discovering the drug’s benefits for increasing erections in the early 1990s, scientists rebranded the drug as a treatment for erectile dysfunction. Once the drug was ...
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Sex
What Are the Treatment Options for Erectile Dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction has many potential causes, but most of them are treatable. Psychological causes for ED can be treated with psychotherapy and various non-medical treatments while physical causes for ED can be treated with drugs, surgery, or medical devices.
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Skin
Tretinoin 101: How it Works, Uses, Side Effects & More
Available as a topical cream, gel or liquid, tretinoin is a retinoid medication that’s widely used to treat acne and reverse many of the visual signs of aging. Tretinoin is also commonly known as ATRA, or all-transretinoic acid.
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