I use 5% Rogaine foam for men, by the way.
Ok, I know the general medical statement that neither FDA-approved solution to male pattern baldness, minoxidil or finasteride, will have a noticeable effect on the temples. I'm guessing this is stated since, probably in most males with male pattern baldness, those solutions will not work for their temples. Reason being, their hair loss speed at the temples is greater than how fast minoxidil/finasteride can reverse it, whereas the speed of hair loss is slower at the crown than how fast those solutions do their job.
But, obviously, not all males bald at the same rate at the temples. Say there's a male who's thinning at the temples, but very gradually. Logically then minoxidil will help him keep his temples right? At the very least, he is better off applying it there since it's not like he's someone who'll lose his temples either way 5 years from now - he's going to keep most of them for another 15 years.
Sorry if this all sounds like common sense, but I just don't want to be doing something that may be a waste. If there's a chance minoxidil can help some temples that thin slowly enough, then I may continue my regimen in this way. I of course apply at the crown where I've had thinning before, but my temples are no exception to the gene. They get affected more as should be expected.
Ok, I know the general medical statement that neither FDA-approved solution to male pattern baldness, minoxidil or finasteride, will have a noticeable effect on the temples. I'm guessing this is stated since, probably in most males with male pattern baldness, those solutions will not work for their temples. Reason being, their hair loss speed at the temples is greater than how fast minoxidil/finasteride can reverse it, whereas the speed of hair loss is slower at the crown than how fast those solutions do their job.
But, obviously, not all males bald at the same rate at the temples. Say there's a male who's thinning at the temples, but very gradually. Logically then minoxidil will help him keep his temples right? At the very least, he is better off applying it there since it's not like he's someone who'll lose his temples either way 5 years from now - he's going to keep most of them for another 15 years.
Sorry if this all sounds like common sense, but I just don't want to be doing something that may be a waste. If there's a chance minoxidil can help some temples that thin slowly enough, then I may continue my regimen in this way. I of course apply at the crown where I've had thinning before, but my temples are no exception to the gene. They get affected more as should be expected.
