Minoxidil Forelock Boost? 7 Word Requirement

[Goldee Lox]

Any of you guys using minoxidil or minoxidil and other treatments noticed forelock growth more so than temple growth?

 

[shookwun]

I decided to give minioxidil another run for it's monies worth. I shed massively 2 weeks in, and it has not some what stabelized at one month. I Almost gave in, and quit.. but I am riding through it.


Put it this way, I know it's working. Minixodidl forces hair that's not terminal in the anagen growth phase.

 

[SmoothSailing]

Yes. New hairs all along my hairline besides my temples. But the existing hairs around my bare temples got thicker making them much easier to hide.

 

[Goldee Lox]

minoxidil seems like a really good treatment to me.. Not sure why even more guys don't use it?

Maybe it's because they think they HAVE to use it twice a day.. I only use it at night. No way I'm going out in public with minoxidil in my hair. Makes it look like sh*t.

 

[shookwun]

You cannot determine whether it's good or bad in the early stages. it's only when the hair sheds, and regrows that you reap or weep the benefits.

The shedding is not to be mistaken for telogen, and androgen related loss. The hairs from my understanding are being forced from a resting phase to growing phase. Rogaine does not stop hair loss, but speeds up your rate of recovery if that makes sense.


I have given it another go. Cut my hair short for easier application and have been drenching my scalp in it every day.


From what I read they say rogaine needs a minimum of three months before you can properly evaluate its effectiveness.


the best formula is lipogaine, it's fast drying and has azelic acid in it, which is a DHT inhibitor. Costly, but worth it if you're not taking finasteride or have extra funding.

 

[davesmith420]

You cannot determine whether it's good or bad in the early stages. it's only when the hair sheds, and regrows that you reap or weep the benefits.

The shedding is not to be mistaken for telogen, and androgen related loss. The hairs from my understanding are being forced from a resting phase to growing phase. Rogaine does not stop hair loss, but speeds up your rate of recovery if that makes sense.


I have given it another go. Cut my hair short for easier application and have been drenching my scalp in it every day.


From what I read they say rogaine needs a minimum of three months before you can properly evaluate its effectiveness.


the best formula is lipogaine, it's fast drying and has azelic acid in it, which is a DHT inhibitor. Costly, but worth it if you're not taking finasteride or have extra funding.

What kind of minoxidil do you use Shook?

 

[shookwun]

What kind of minoxidil do you use Shook?

I use kirkland brand minioxidil. it's cheap, and cost effective. I tend to apply 2ml per application all over, and require double the amount recommended.

I'm thinking about switching over to kirkland-minioxidil foam. I hear the applications are much easier, precise and dry faster.


how about you?

 

[davesmith420]

I use kirkland brand minioxidil. it's cheap, and cost effective. I tend to apply 2ml per application all over, and require double the amount recommended.

I'm thinking about switching over to kirkland-minioxidil foam. I hear the applications are much easier, precise and dry faster.


how about you?

I use Kirkland liquid and generic foam. I used the foam in the morning/going out at night and liquid mostly at night during the day if I'm not going anywhere.

Although the foam is better in terms it's comestic impact, I kind of like the liquid better. I feel like it's easier to get onto my scalp and it's cheap af. Gives me a little bit of flaking though.

 

[kj6723]

I use Kirkland liquid and generic foam. I used the foam in the morning/going out at night and liquid mostly at night during the day if I'm not going anywhere.

Although the foam is better in terms it's comestic impact, I kind of like the liquid better. I feel like it's easier to get onto my scalp and it's cheap af. Gives me a little bit of flaking though.

Foam is def way better for daytime/leaving the house use. I only use liquid when I'm settled in for the night with no intention of going anywhere

Liquid makes hair look like sh*t for 3+ hours

 

[shookwun]

I use Kirkland liquid and generic foam. I used the foam in the morning/going out at night and liquid mostly at night during the day if I'm not going anywhere.

Although the foam is better in terms it's comestic impact, I kind of like the liquid better. I feel like it's easier to get onto my scalp and it's cheap af. Gives me a little bit of flaking though.

my main primary concern is not so much the aesthetic impact but absorption, and which product responds more efficiently. As I only apply in the evening.


No need to apply 2x, as the half-life is 22 hours.

does the foam penetrate any better? I try to bathe my scalp then smudge it in afterwards to ensure its on the scalp. Afterwards i comb the hair while touching the scalp.

 

[davesmith420]

my main primary concern is not so much the aesthetic impact but absorption, and which product responds more efficiently. As I only apply in the evening.


No need to apply 2x, as the half-life is 22 hours.

does the foam penetrate any better? I try to bathe my scalp then smudge it in afterwards to ensure its on the scalp. Afterwards i comb the hair while touching the scalp.

I may go down to once a day, I find that the foam even "messes up" my hair a bit. I would just bury my head in 2 ml at night like you do.


I thought the liquid is better because the PG causes contact dermatitis which allows for it to absorb better

 

[kj6723]

I may go down to once a day, I find that the foam even "messes up" my hair a bit. I would just bury my head in 2 ml at night like you do.


I thought the liquid is better because the PG causes contact dermatitis which allows for it to absorb better

I'd like to do once a day, but I'm hesitant as I've read many anecdotal reports of people noticing a drop in gains after switching from twice to once

With the 22 hour half life thing though, it makes sense that in theory once should be enough

I'll be dropping minoxidil soon for about a month per surgeons orders as I'm getting close to my transplant. Curious to see how much I lose as I do feel it's given me a boost

 

[SmoothSailing]

I'd like to do once a day, but I'm hesitant as I've read many anecdotal reports of people noticing a drop in gains after switching from twice to once

With the 22 hour half life thing though, it makes sense that in theory once should be enough

I'll be dropping minoxidil soon for about a month per surgeons orders as I'm getting close to my transplant

Unfortunately it's not just anecdotals that confirm drop in gains when switching to a once daily application.

Those subjects who changed to once-daily application of topical minoxidil at 2 years had a mean change from baseline nonvellus hair count at 1 year of 291.2 (range of hairs four to 553) and at 2 years 9 months of 235 (two to 592 hairs). Those subjects who continued with twice-daily application of topical minoxidil throughout the study had a mean change from baseline nonvellus hair count at 1 year of 323 (15 to 589 hairs) and 335 (13 to 808 hairs) at 2 years 9 months with maintenance topical minoxidil.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3549803

Still though it's not a huge difference.

 

[SmoothSailing]

What about the study stating that you could switch to once a day without loosing gains by putting 0.001% tretinoin in it?

This one.

The efficacy and safety of combined 5% minoxidil and 0.01% tretinoin once-daily therapy appear to be equivalent to those of conventional 5% minoxidil twice-daily therapy for the treatment of Androgenetic Alopecia.

It's interesting but doesn't actually show that switching to once a day with tretinoin will be the same as twice a day minoxidil. But it's possible and probably likely that it

From what I've read about minoxidil it mostly seems people have problems when they switch up their routine. I think with any major change of dosage/usage you will get somewhat of a shed, and many people then panic and change their usage yet again only furthering the problem.

Minoxidil works for me and even though I'd prefer to be applying it less I'm not going to change anything until there are viable alternatives.