captain_que
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is it bad to blowdry your hair after your topical dried??
blowdrying..??
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captain_que said:
Yes. There was actually a study several years ago in which they had attempted to account for every last bit of minoxidil that their test-subjects applied to their scalps -- how much remained on the scalp, how much was absorbed systemically, how much was excreted in urine and feces, how much was tracked onto things like pillowcases and bed linens, etc. -- and they found out that one of their test subjects had a lot of MISSING minoxidil that couldn't be accounted for. After further investigation, they found that the guy had used a blowdryer right after applying the minoxidil, which had apparently blown a lot of it right off his scalp!
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Bryan said:captain_que said:
Yes. There was actually a study several years ago in which they had attempted to account for every last bit of minoxidil that their test-subjects applied to their scalps -- how much remained on the scalp, how much was absorbed systemically, how much was excreted in urine and feces, how much was tracked onto things like pillowcases and bed linens, etc. -- and they found out that one of their test subjects had a lot of MISSING minoxidil that couldn't be accounted for. After further investigation, they found that the guy had used a blowdryer right after applying the minoxidil, which had apparently blown a lot of it right off his scalp!
Are you serious about this??
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Bryan said:
A blow dryer literally blows minoxidil off a person's scalp?
That just doesn't seem right. How the hell is that even possible?
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Here's an excerpt about that from the actual study: "Percutaneous Absorption of Minoxidil in Man", Thomas J. Franz, MD. Arch Dermatol -- Vol 121, Feb 1985. From the COMMENT section near the end (note that they had their test-subjects apply radioactive minoxidil to their scalps, to keep better track of where the drug was going):
"...The low recovery rate, 43% to 47% of the dose, is not totally unexpected considering that the applied radioactive medication was left on the unprotected skin for 24 hours. It is presumed that the missing 53% to 57% was simply lost from the surface of the skin via one of several possible mechanisms including exfoliation; inadvertent contact with hands, clothing, or other objects; volatilization; or physical displacement by air currents. Evidence for the latter was unexpectedly obtained from subject 3. The Table shows that the total recovery of surface radioactivity for this subject following the application on day 9 was only 2.4%, the lowest for either application for any subject and clearly outside the range to be expected on the basis of the observed variability. This subject admitted that he had used a hair dryer several hours following the second application of the radioactive dose in an attempt to dry the nonvolatile propylene glycol that was still present on his scalp. It is presumed that this procedure blew a sizable portion of the radioactive minoxidil off the surface of the scalp."
"...The low recovery rate, 43% to 47% of the dose, is not totally unexpected considering that the applied radioactive medication was left on the unprotected skin for 24 hours. It is presumed that the missing 53% to 57% was simply lost from the surface of the skin via one of several possible mechanisms including exfoliation; inadvertent contact with hands, clothing, or other objects; volatilization; or physical displacement by air currents. Evidence for the latter was unexpectedly obtained from subject 3. The Table shows that the total recovery of surface radioactivity for this subject following the application on day 9 was only 2.4%, the lowest for either application for any subject and clearly outside the range to be expected on the basis of the observed variability. This subject admitted that he had used a hair dryer several hours following the second application of the radioactive dose in an attempt to dry the nonvolatile propylene glycol that was still present on his scalp. It is presumed that this procedure blew a sizable portion of the radioactive minoxidil off the surface of the scalp."
captain_que
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May I add, in my case, that I use nanominox which is supposed to dry in like ten minutes. So I apply when my hair is still wet from showering and wait about ten minutes for it to absorb. Then I blowdry so that I can put wax in quicker...
Does the theory that it´s not good to blowdry still apply ?
Does the theory that it´s not good to blowdry still apply ?
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ali777 said:
This is the kind of quotes that make me mad! Have you heard about prevention?
So it is necessary to be completely bald to start to worry?
Have you heard that if you dont treat hairloss right away your follicles become permanent dormant? And the recover is harder?
My opinion is that minoxidil 2%, once a day, should be used even for men with initial hairloss to prevent fibrosis of the follicles.
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ali777 said:
I´ve read that applying to wet hair increases absorption. True?
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IBM said:
why?
captain_que
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Wow, I didn´t know this.. All I know it seems easier on my hair when I apply wet.
Any studies etc to refer to?
Any studies etc to refer to?
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IBM said:
I don't know anyone who went through a big shed just because of applying minoxidil on a moist scalp. I know that a lot of people apply minoxidil on a wet scalp. The only thing that I know for a fact one can get is side effects like headache, dizziness, water retention, red eyes, low blood pressure things like that but no shed.