Trump’s Hair Growth Medicine: What Is Finasteride?

Donald Trump’s personal doctor recently revealed that the president takes a handful of medications, including a daily aspirin to lower heart attack risk, an antibiotic to treat the skin condition rosacea, a statin to lower cholesterol – and a hair-loss drug called finasteride. The physician, Dr. Harold Bornstein, credited finasteride with helping maintain Trump’s head of hair, as well as his own long locks.