Is this true about minoxidil

[former]

hi guys is it true that minoxidl loses its effect after 3 years of application ?
Does that gonna mean all my hair is gonna fall out after 3 years ?
My hair has gotten from bad to worst since i am minoxidil, and i have been using minoxidil for around 2months plus..

 

[Guest]

hi guys is it true that minoxidl loses its effect after 3 years of application ?

No, it will lose it's ability to recruit new follicles after 1 or 2 years, by this time all the follicles that have not secumb to minoxidils powers of growth stimulation are unlikely to grow terminal hair.

Does that gonna mean all my hair is gonna fall out after 3 years ?

No, the hair that minoxidil grew will stick around as long as you as you still splash on the magic hair sauce.

My hair has gotten from bad to worst since i am minoxidil, and i have been using minoxidil for around 2months plus..

This is common to shed more than usual amounts of hair when starting minoxidil, give it time, it is usually a good sign that your hair is responding to the treatment.

Good Luck

Ty

 

[former]

whew thanks alot for the explanation... This hair loss thing is giving me headache alll the time ...

 

[phantom2x]

just relax,focus on something else than hair loss. it will help.

 

[Guest]

It will also help a lot if you add Propecia (finasteride) and Nizoral Shampoo to your treatments.

 

[ACT10Npack]

I'm sorry but I dont believe that chart. I know for a fact that Finasteride works better than minoxdil.

 

[Guest]

I'm sorry but I dont believe that chart. I know for a fact that Finasteride works better than minoxdil.

better at what ?

Inhibiting the formation of DHT ?

Stimulating hair growth ?

Thickening hair shafts ?

 

[ACT10Npack]

Where did you get that chart? There has not been any study on finasteride+minoxidil, that I know of.

Finasteride has a 86% of stopping hair loss while Minoxidle only has a 40% of stopping hair loss. Plus, Minoxidle only grow peach fuze hair while Finasteride grows real hair. Sorry but the chart is completely false.

 

[Guest]

Where did you get that chart?

I made the chart with input from various people on the forum (Bryan, HairLossTalk.com, Cassin, Bismarck, HAIRLOSSMILITANT etc)

Finasteride has a 86% of stopping hair loss

do you mean an 86% chance of stopping hair loss ?

while Minoxidle...

would that be Minoxidil ?

only has a 40% of stopping hair loss.

do you mean a 40% chance of stopping hair loss ?

Plus, Minoxidle...

should that be Minoxidil ?

only grow peach fuze hair

let me help you here, try this "only grows peach fuzz hair

while Finasteride grows real hair. Sorry but the chart is completely false.

So you are telling me that finasteride is a more powerful growth stimulator than minoxidil?

 

[The Gardener]

<< The audience laughs... >>

 

[ACT10Npack]

So you are telling me that finasteride is a more powerful growth stimulator than minoxidil?

Finasteride is not a growth stimulator, minoxidil is. Finasteride is a DHT blocker. Which is one of the causes of male pattern baldness. Minoxidil is unknown on how it slow down hair loss.

I'm sorry but giving people untrue information is not right. Scientific information I want not people posting there thoughts on hair loss.

 

[Guest]

Finasteride is not a growth stimulator, minoxidil is. Finasteride is a DHT blocker. Which is one of the causes of male pattern baldness. Minoxidil is unknown on how it slow down hair loss.

I'm sorry but giving people untrue information is not right. Scientific information I want not people posting there thoughts on hair loss.

hhhmmmm, I think you are a little confused.

I believe the trials for minoxidil showed a greater hair count than the trials for finasteride after a fixed period of time.

the following is from a post by Bryan


[Here is the data for counts and weights for both drugs, at both the 48 week and 96 week points. Please note that the values for finasteride are EXACT, because Dr. Price actually reported the exact numbers in the text of that particular study. However, she didn't do that in the earlier topical minoxidil study, she just showed the graphs which I've have scanned and posted several times. Therefore, the numbers for minoxidil are what I have carefully estimated from those graphs (you can double-check my numbers by estimating them from the graph for yourself...all numbers are in reference to the original starting baseline):

Hair COUNTS

2% minoxidil, 48 weeks: +26% (estimated from graph)
2% minoxidil, 96 weeks: +24% (estimated from graph)

5% minoxidil, 48 weeks: +32% (estimated from graph)
5% minoxidil, 96 weeks: +30% (estimated from graph)

finasteride, 48 weeks: +12.4% (exact figure reported by Price)
finasteride, 96 weeks: +9.1% (exact figure reported by Price)


Hair WEIGHTS

2% minoxidil, 48 weeks: +23% (estimated from graph)
2% minoxidil, 96 weeks: +14% (estimated from graph)

5% minoxidil, 48 weeks: +32% (estimated from graph)
5% minoxidil, 96 weeks: +20% (estimated from graph)

finasteride, 48 weeks: +20.4% (exact figure reported by Price)
finasteride, 96 weeks: +21.5% (exact figure reported by Price)


After a careful examination of those numbers, the following facts appear obvious: 1) finasteride is relatively better at improving hair WEIGHTS than hair COUNTS, whereas minoxidil is relatively better at improving hair COUNTS than hair WEIGHTS; 2) minoxidil is better than finasteride in both areas (weights and counts) during the first year or so, but finasteride eventually "catches up" to minoxidil in total hair weight per unit area of scalp by the time a couple of years have passed; and 3) this data supports what I've been saying for a long time: minoxidil is relatively more effective at stimulating hairgrowth than finasteride per unit area of scalp, but it probably doesn't interfere with the fundamental balding process like finasteride does, which explains why finasteride will eventually "catch up" and surpass minoxidil after a period of time.

 

[The Gardener]

I can quote the Dr Lee study for you right now. Using Finasteride in conjunction with Minoxidil boosts its effectiveness from 67% to 83%. Of the 83% who responded positively, 70% of them saw regrowth of cosmetically acceptable hair.

These are my facts... where are yours?

 

[misterium]

Ooooooooh daaaaamn


Snap!

 

[former]

jus wondering will minoxidil make me shed till there is no hair left ???

 

[The Gardener]

Former,

Minoxidil is effective in promoting cosmetically acceptable regrowth in a majority of people who use it. And this is not 'maintenance', but actual regrowth.

Shedding is a very common phenomenon amongst people who start minoxidil. Shedding can seem like it lasts forever, but I for one have had sheds galore but still my hairline really started to firm up after 2-3 months of use. Lots of people complain of shedding off and on for the first three months of use. I shedded too, but the shedding never really negatively impacted my hairline to an effect that the gains I have had from minoxidil were not worthwhile given the anxiety that the intial shed caused me.

minoxidil is one of those things you really have to stick with for a while, the drug documentation, medical studies, etc. all say that you have to have some patience and not make any judgements before month 6 at least, a year at most.

At worst, it will have no effect, and the sheds will regrow hair similar to the hair you would have grown anyway. At best, the sheds will happen, and you will notice thicker hairs in areas where hair was once weak or non-existent before.

 

[too bald too furious]

hi guys is it true that minoxidl loses its effect after 3 years of application ?
Does that gonna mean all my hair is gonna fall out after 3 years ?
My hair has gotten from bad to worst since i am minoxidil, and i have been using minoxidil for around 2months plus..

Dint you ask a similar question earlier to which I replied.
Well in any case...the answer is "No". You will keep the hair you grow with minoxidil.

 

[former]

hmmm..... think i'll jus stick to minoxidil for the moment... Thanks everyone for the reply.. i really aprreciate them...

 

[Bismarck]

hi guys is it true that minoxidl loses its effect after 3 years of application ?
Does that gonna mean all my hair is gonna fall out after 3 years ?
My hair has gotten from bad to worst since i am minoxidil, and i have been using minoxidil for around 2months plus..

Dint you ask a similar question earlier to which I replied.
Well in any case...the answer is "No". You will keep the hair you grow with minoxidil.

I think this is wrong. Minoxidil definately looses effectiveness after some time.

 

[too bald too furious]

hi guys is it true that minoxidl loses its effect after 3 years of application ?
Does that gonna mean all my hair is gonna fall out after 3 years ?
My hair has gotten from bad to worst since i am minoxidil, and i have been using minoxidil for around 2months plus..

Dint you ask a similar question earlier to which I replied.
Well in any case...the answer is "No". You will keep the hair you grow with minoxidil.

I think this is wrong. Minoxidil definately looses effectiveness after some time.

Well minoxidil will grow new hairs for first 2-3 years. After that it will prolong the growing phase of hair. But then DHT is also effecting follicles and hence minoxidil alone after some time will slowly lose the battle to DHT. But that will not be "3" years for sure.