Is there any other thing that I can use in addition to the liquid rather than switching over to foam? I'm worried about losing ground with foam. Would the things that I mentioned - coconut oil etc. - be effective?
I am trying Progaine Sensitive which has no propylene glycol like liquid. I have been using minoxidil for 35 years. The crusting and scabbing was getting too much. I also bought the foam. Going off 5% Kirkland/or other liquid generic eased up the itching and scabbing. The Progaine less and foam even less but it is not perfect.
I have done all sorts of shampoos including tea tree & peppermint (GDX) it eases a bit, baking soda and even 20 mule team borax. Both of those are good.
I have tried the Stephen youtube garlic, onions and ACV with a small amount of olive oil. He has a lot of videos and is not selling anything. He also likes Nizoral. He is 51 at the time the videos were made and they are a few years old. It seems to have worked for him. I used a spray bottle of apple cider vinegar (ACV) 50/50 with water after rinsing. It stinks.
The ACV helps kill some of the smell.
The garlic, ACV, Onion, oil concoction sure as hell soaks into your pores too. Go to the gym and sweat hard and it comes out.
I buy some cologne from Dollar Tree that is copy of Calvin Klein or the Blue stuff Coll Water or something and spray it a lot. they are good copies.
Stephen's mix also beats up dandruff and the flakes and sores. It kills any bacteria. I may stick with it as it may also weirdly bring back my natural hair color. Stephen appears to also have no gray hair, not sure if he dies it.
I find liquid minoxidil more tolerable in higher altitude lower humidity places like NM (5k altitude) and Colorado 7600k alt. I am not sure why.
