Appyling Minoxidil to entire scalp

[JustAnotherNoob]

Hi, I have long hair and I apply minoxidil and use my fingers to spread it but i'm sure it doesnt spread to all parts of my scalp because of the length of my hair.

Does the liquid spread inside your scalp even if you cant cover your entire scalp with the liquid? I'm really concerned about this.

I've been on lipogaine for 3 months so far and I had major shedding but it slowed down a little bit, still shedding a little, and i'm hoping to see regrowth. I started pretty early so i'm hoping for the best.

I apply lipogaine 1x a day also at night, sometimes I dont have time to apply it so I apply it a few hours later. I read that it has a half life of 22 hrs so theres usually a 2-hr gap that minoxidil is not in my system or sometimes that gap is stretched further. But I've heard about a lot of success with 1x a day treatments and I hope this will work, I should expect to see regrowth in about 2 months should i not?

Whats the best way to apply it with long hair?

 

[Philly78]

Hi, I have long hair and I apply minoxidil and use my fingers to spread it but i'm sure it doesnt spread to all parts of my scalp because of the length of my hair.

Does the liquid spread inside your scalp even if you cant cover your entire scalp with the liquid? I'm really concerned about this.

I've been on lipogaine for 3 months so far and I had major shedding but it slowed down a little bit, still shedding a little, and i'm hoping to see regrowth. I started pretty early so i'm hoping for the best.

I apply lipogaine 1x a day also at night, sometimes I dont have time to apply it so I apply it a few hours later. I read that it has a half life of 22 hrs so theres usually a 2-hr gap that minoxidil is not in my system or sometimes that gap is stretched further. But I've heard about a lot of success with 1x a day treatments and I hope this will work, I should expect to see regrowth in about 2 months should i not?

Whats the best way to apply it with long hair?

I'd keep my hair short if i were you.

Or you can also concentrate more on the frontal area on your first morning application and more on the back on your second application. That's what i do with foam even though i have short hair and it works great.

 

[Beingbaldsucksass]

I used to apply it all over my front and decided to stop and apply only on the temples, it gave me flakes,acne,irration,oily scalp, don't get me worng minoxidil is a good med but apply it to the entire head is not good

 

[JustAnotherNoob]

bump

 

[ladysmanfelpz]

Wait what?! i've always heard you're supposed to apply it to the entire scalp. is this doing more harm than good? I have a genetic predisposition to balding (my dad was bald before 30) and I started thinning since 17. Temples were gone fast and starting getting thin in the back. Started doing more full head, and really hitting the front of my head and it seemed to only get thinner. Should I only be applying it to my temples and crown?

 

[ladysmanfelpz]

So I am a diffuse thinner but experience the most in crown and front. Did applying to my entire scalp for over a year make my hair minoxidil dependent?

This was me this summer. I remember after first applying rogaine to my crown, the crown got very thin and then I started losing it more up front so I made sure to apply more to the front and pretty much just covered my whole head. It went through shedding but regrew, but now it always seems thin. Is this due to the fact that I became minoxidil dependent or just that I am a pretty aggressive balder. Just started finasteride last week as well as I think dht is a huge factor in my balding pattern.

 

[Bowser]

should apply minoxidil wherever you are balding. minoxidil works everywhere it is applied but better in some areas than others. some people shed a lot when they first start, others hardly. shedding is a good sign that the treatment is working. it took up to a year before i reached my peak on minoxidil.

I've got friends who started applying it who were almost totally bald and even then the results were pretty impressive.

 

[ladysmanfelpz]

See i got a lot of regrowth after shedding, so about 3 months into it and I was loving it. Started using only once at night just to try and maintain. Eventually thinned out. Started using twice a day, got regrowth. Would go back to once at night. Hair got thinner. Started to use heavily, but I did not seem to get massive regrowth. Instead I was getting constant shedding. I know minoxidil can't keep hairs forever, but I thought I needed to get off minoxidil and more to antiandrogens. I feel dht is a huge problem with me as my dad was near bald by his undergrad. So now I am on finasteride which I feel really good about, and I'm trying to cut back on minoxidil dosage to avoid constant shedding. I am currently using a mix of 5% and 2% minoxidil. Did minoxidil lose its effectiveness for me, or is my balding just that progressive?

 

[Bowser]

ladymanfelpz, i think you made a big mistake after you had good growth to suddenly start applying it once a day only instead of twice. you may have jeopardized all the good results you had and now its difficult to get it back. i would apply the 5% twice a day which all the studies prove, and stick to a consistent routine. maybe you can get it back maybe not.

 

[Stefan_88]

i have friends who got great re-growth with %5 once a day but with 2ml.

 

[Bowser]

i have friends who got great re-growth with %5 once a day but with 2ml.

yes ok. but if they are using liquid form surely that would leave their hair very wet! and also risk increased scalp irritation. i use rogaine and it clearly says on there applying more than 1ml shows no more benefit.

 

[chicknlittle]

yes ok. but if they are using liquid form surely that would leave their hair very wet! and also risk increased scalp irritation. i use rogaine and it clearly says on there applying more than 1ml shows no more benefit.

I suspect (bu am too lazy to prove) the study only treated and counted hairs in a fixed area on the crown. 1ml may treat that area easily. Bu if the treated area is larger (frontal, crown, hairline) some more might be required...

 

[Beingbaldsucksass]

Doctors said that healthy hairs don't react to the minoxidil

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ladymanfelpz, i think you made a big mistake after you had good growth to suddenly start applying it once a day only instead of twice. you may have jeopardized all the good results you had and now its difficult to get it back. i would apply the 5% twice a day which all the studies prove, and stick to a consistent routine. maybe you can get it back maybe not.

You can get the same result with one application

You just need to reduce it gradually and not all at once

 

[WarLord]

Any region of your head that is balding or thinning/minitaurising you will need to apply it to. If you are only on Rogaine and not finasteride, you will in 90% of cases continue to lose hair.

Can you please give me a link to the study, from which you draw this statement? Or was the study undertaken in your ***?

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i have friends who got great re-growth with %5 once a day but with 2ml.

I also think that the recommendation "twice daily" is an outdated myth. Sure, people, who switched from twice-daily to once-daily application experienced shedding, but this occurs after every switch of minoxidil dosages. It doesn't mean that the once-daily use would be ineffective.

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I know minoxidil can't keep hairs forever

Again, I would like to see the results of the 25-years' study that you base this statement on.

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I used to apply it all over my front and decided to stop and apply only on the temples, it gave me flakes,acne,irration,oily scalp, don't get me worng minoxidil is a good med but apply it to the entire head is not good

Then you are doomed to fail in the long-run. And when it happens, I am sure that you will be visiting this forum and telling people that minoxidil can't keep hair indefinitely.

 

[Philly78]

Then you are doomed to fail in the long-run. And when it happens, I am sure that you will be visiting this forum and telling people that minoxidil can't keep hair indefinitely.

Yes he will.