2ml / day

[Wonko]

2ml per day just doesn't seem like it's enough. 2ml per day in a small spot seems like enough. Anybody else out there agree?

 

[beaner]

If you're talking about minoxidil, 2ml a day is plenty....1 ml covers my whole scalp. You don't need to saturate your head in it. There is pleny of diffusion of the stuff under the scalp.

 

[Private Ryan]

1ml can cover almost the whole scalp for me too... 2ml for you can only cover a small spot? wow!!! talking about the size of your head...

 

[CCS]

to cover my head with 1ml, i have to do one drop at a time, placed strategically, and count on diffusion under the skin.

it takes me 4ml to get a good film over my how head. it soaks in too fast, or gets on my hair. maybe if i buzz my hair to 1/8 i could use 1ml. but my head looks better with hair, so everyone has told me.

does everyone agree that minoxidil 15% works better than minoxidil 5%?

 

[-Andrew-]

^du use the 15% once a day? or du still have to use it twice a day?

 

[beaner]

to cover my head with 1ml, i have to do one drop at a time, placed strategically, and count on diffusion under the skin.

it takes me 4ml to get a good film over my how head. it soaks in too fast, or gets on my hair. maybe if i buzz my hair to 1/8 i could use 1ml. but my head looks better with hair, so everyone has told me.

does everyone agree that minoxidil 15% works better than minoxidil 5%?

I think it's debateable among the users of the 15% as to whether it's really any better than the 5%. Some say it's done nothing for them and some say it's helped. Considering the "law of diiminishing returns" as its referred to (5% only performs 30% better than 2% even with 2.5 times the minoxidil) it's probable that the 15% is only marginally better if at all...but still it may be the extra push that some follicles need. I've been using 5% for 4 years and continued to slowly but surely see benefit the whole time. I recently added a 12.5% lotion for the stubborn spot on my crown and see new growth there, but I started finasteride a little over 3 months ago, so I can't necessarily say it was the higher strenght minoxidil. I think I'll probably just stick with the 5% as long as I continue to see benefit, although I may switch to Dr Lee's new 12.5% liquid solution if he ever releases it...."just to see"