Natural Alternative For Minoxidil (peppermint Or Castor Or Rosemary Oil)

[Vinc2097]

I don't, it says that from when I first created my account, I will change that. Minoxidil gave me really bad side effects

like what ?

 

[noblokeaboutit]

it's not terrible, but sometimes my scalp will get a little dry. When that happens, I put some rosemary oil in my hair. https://medium.com/folliclefuel/the-best-essential-oils-for-hair-a74a560fa1aa

 

[Capone]

For me peppermint oil and pumpkin seed oil worked just as good as minoxidil, but with no side effects!

Any pics?

 

[real kombo]

I don't, it says that from when I first created my account, I will change that. Minoxidil gave me really bad side effects

You took it orally or topically?

 

[Derelict]

So could you just mix peppermint oil into say alpecin shampoo, leave on for a few mins and wash off to get benefits?

 

[visage]

there was some study about topical caffeine and minoxidil to be almost equally effective too lazy to dig it up.

 

[Rosscoffee]

Most sites have the recipe as 1/4 cup castor or other oil mixed with 25 drops of essential oil of rosemary. I'm trying that, not enough time has elapsed to draw any conclusions. Report back your results if you try it. Thanks

Started 1 part rosemary oil 4 parts pumpkin seed oil on scalp due to minoxidil causing dryness... would definitely recommend this, saw big drop in shedding and scalp health. Now i use minoxidil once per day as well as the oil.
Only one week but so far good results insofar as reduced shedding
edit: update it made my scalp too greasy and caused bad dandruff so i stopped all minoxidil and oil, continuing with massage and derma rolling tho

 

[Unacknowledged]

I use pepermint oil in conjunction with coconut oil. 1 time a day and for a month now. In the morning i use magnesium chloride topical. I have a very oily skin and my hair gets greasy within a day. These three things work wonders for my hair. No regrowth whatsoever. I wont expect any but my hair feels and looks better.

 

[alekgn]

Of Course, nothing can beat Minoxidil. At first. Easy. Let's take this assumption and start a discussion beyond this.

This study in 2014 from Keimyung University in Korea showed how effective PEO is at hair growth compared to side-effect ridden minoxidil


So, Peppermint Oil seems like a decent natural replacement for minoxidil right? What is your opinion on using: Peppermint Essential Oil vs Castor Oil vs Rosemary Oil as topical treatment?

The minoxidil used was a 3% concentration. That's almost equivalent to the 2% minoxidil solution designed for women's hair loss. Men who've used minoxidil 2% can basically tell you it does a very slow and not particularly great job at regrowing your hair. That's why pretty much every man who uses minoxidil on this forum uses a minimum 5% concentration. So, in reality, pepperment essential oil is pretty much useless for regrowing your hair. Good for your scalp, terrible for regrowth.

 

[MyThinningConfidence]

I believe Peppermint Oil works largely the exact same way minoxidil does
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/001650859190459X

Which is very different from Rosemary Oil. Rosemary Oil topically blocks DHT. Peppermint oil flushes out Potassium and stimulates Calcium(just like minoxidil:


Now what interests me about Peppermint Oil most of all, is that it seems as though it would work in synergy with Adenosine. And Adenosine is the most potent natural hair growth ingredient I've seen by a long shot. No one cares about it here, because it they tired of BS like Zix and now just rule out the actually viable things like PMO and Adenosine.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022202X15415027


People keep combining PEO with random X oils, and I'd say it would make a lot more sense to make a PMO+ATP mixture.

I was under the impression that Rosemary Oil being a vasodilator would work by a very similar mechanism to minoxidil.

 

[MyThinningConfidence]

The minoxidil used was a 3% concentration. That's almost equivalent to the 2% minoxidil solution designed for women's hair loss. Men who've used minoxidil 2% can basically tell you it does a very slow and not particularly great job at regrowing your hair. That's why pretty much every man who uses minoxidil on this forum uses a minimum 5% concentration. So, in reality, pepperment essential oil is pretty much useless for regrowing your hair. Good for your scalp, terrible for regrowth.

Minoxidil 5% is rather ineffective itself when compared to using it with derma rolling, sadly none of these studies show the regrowth properties with rolling which leaves most of the regrowth stories being anecdotal.

 

[danielscasa]

like what ?

Chest pain, fatigue, tingling in extremeties, testicular pain, mood changes. I was on for a month until I figured it out

 

[danielscasa]

You took it orally or topically?[/QUOTE Topically

 

[Vinc2097]

Chest pain, fatigue, tingling in extremeties, testicular pain, mood changes. I was on for a month until I figured it out

at 2 ml per day i really had bad fatigue too... dont know why the mecahanism of minoxidil would cause fatigue though.. some people did not believe me here

 

[danielscasa]

at 2 ml per day i really had bad fatigue too... dont know why the mecahanism of minoxidil would cause fatigue though.. some people did not believe me here

Yes, people will tell you it’s something else and that it’s psychological, but for me it was definitely the minoxidil. I only used once a day and it was horrible.

 

[Pelimorfo]

Hola daniel. So, how you use these oils then. They dont mess you hair or become it so oily?

 

[danielscasa]

Hola daniel. So, how you use these oils then. They dont mess you hair or become it so oily?

I apply them at night and sleep with them overnight. Wash off in the morning

 

[Unacknowledged]

Yes, people will tell you it’s something else and that it’s psychological, but for me it was definitely the minoxidil. I only used once a day and it was horrible.

Same for me.

 

[helloo1]

i hope one tried it

 

[helloo1]

how about this one
https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/threads/new-hair-treatment-better-than-minoxidil.117347/