Interesting fact on minoxidil

[Melbs]

Spoke to a hair specialist in Melbourne on Monday, he has been parctising specifically with hairloss sufferers for years... i saw him around 3 years ago for a consultation also and started on Proscar. We spoke about Minoxidil and application and he says that applying 1/2 ml once a day WILL give you 90% of the results of two times a day with 1ml... interesting.

Perhaps some of us are going overboard with the stuff?... lets be honest its pretty bloody annoying to apply... this sounds like a good alternative.

 

[Cornholio]

I believe he believes what he is telling you, but would like to see the studies... The rogaine studies that I have seen used it twice a day, and the investigators and study participants "felt" that twice a day provided better results. To say that once a day provided 90% of the results of the twice a day would need a study with users taking both doses and comparing results... I havent seen it but would like to, because rogaine IS greasy crap (unless its from dr. lee : ) .

PS> you do know that dr. Lee http://www.xanadrox.com has non-greasy fast drying minoxidil, dont you?

 

[Baldie]

If I was to apply 0.5ml a time it wouldn't cover all of my scalp. When I use 1ml half of it stick to my hair

 

[Guest]

Nonsense!!!!!!!

I am a living breathing lab rat on this subject, I've had 2 full years seperated by 3 months in between of PURE minoxidil 5% use.

Year one: I used it every day twice with exactly 1 ml each use for about six months. Then for another 4-6 months (remainder of this fiscal year) I only used it once a day, rarely twice and at the same 1 ml doses. It did still work at this loww dose.

3 months pass without ANY rogaine use, lost all my gains! Mistake!

Year 2, second trial and capability of comparison to the former trial (keep in mind I am 1 1/2 years more progressed with male pattern baldness): I used 1 1/2 ml of 5% min and I have used it twice (sometimes 3) a day up until now. Here is my conclusion.

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The first six months of each fiscal year I did better (more regrowth) on the former compared to the latter, but I responded at 3-4 months on the former compared to only 2 months with the latter trials. And as for the remainder (second half of each fiscal year), I am doing better (faster/ more growth) on the second trial than the first trial.

Reasons: One reason is I applied more min on the second trial, and even though I am more progressed (one whole Norwood step) I am responding better. I have also gotten good at applying min in the EXACT same spot every time which I believe is the most important thing in applying topicals.

So for me, I know for a fact that more min is better.