Minoxidil makes my eyes burn

[Don'tleaveme!]

I used it about 4 years ago for a year, then went off for a year because my ears would be red and feel very strange; then used it again with propecia, but used it at a fraction of the recommended liquid dosage. The eye thing began then, with the ears still burning daily around 6 pm (after using it around 7 am and propecia at the same time). Eventually I could not wear contacts while using it. Lately I dared to use it again, and even a hint of it had quite an effect.
Seems to me that it is an allergic reaction, maybe to the propylene glycol.
I wanted to know if anybody had the same problem, and of those, which found a solution. I heard a long time ago about minoxidil in other solvents, but I heard it smells funny in the most common alternate solvents, or cosmetically is quite a step down.
It seems to give me chronic dry-eye that my eye doctor said he had only seen in elderly.
I'm 29, with frontal.

 

[stampede]

Try using the foam.

It's far less irritating.

 

[pinkfloyd7]

what????? are you sure you apply it only to your hair and washed your hands after ? cause thats what your supposed to do. Always wipe off whatever liquid runs down your forehead and wash your hands with warm water after using rogaine.

 

[Don'tleaveme!]

It's never in my eyes, or left on my hands; I have been super careful because I thought that would solve my problem, but it makes no difference.

 

[Don'tleaveme!]

I just got the foam, which does not contain propylene glycol. I will update y'all with another post to tell you if that solves it, meaning the propylene glycol was the culprit.

 

[Don'tleaveme!]

Good news

I've been using the foam since the last post, and I have no increase in incidences of dry-eye from times when I wasn't using anything. So, the foam form does not affect my eyes at all, and it is logical to conclude that anyone who has the same burning eyes that I had with liquid is reacting to the propylene glycol.