Rogaines PPG and alcohol counter productive?

[grove12345]

Been using rogaine on my hair for a year.
But past 3 months my head started to itch, flake, and get inflammed in the back of my head where i put the rogaine.
Now what was once a dense area of hair, its thin.

PPG is a skin irritant and alcohol dries the hair and scalp, and i use this twice a day.

I read that inflammation causes hairloss. Well really what i kept finding was that DHT may cause inflammation and then that causes hairloss.

What about inflammation and itching from chemicals or dryness?

Isnt harsh chemicals bad for hair growth?

Will my hair grow back if this inflammation stops?

 

[armandein]

Have you photos before&after minoxidil one year?
There is a "window" of 30 months to regain hair.

Irreversibility of hair follicle changes after 30 months of Androgenetic Alopecia.

Konstantinova N, Korotkii N.G, Sharova N, Barhunova E, Gaevski D. Nioxin Research Inc, Atlanta, USA Moscow Medical University

We studied horizontal and vertical biopsy from 15 caucasian 24-41 year old males diagnosed with bitemporal recession Androgenetic Alopecia (AA) for 1.5 –18 years (average 7.4 years). All 15 biopsies were stained with H&E, Van Gieson and with other collagen specific stainings. 1. Eleven pts with AA longer than 3 years had perifollicular fibrosis - collagen fibers were compact and formed a small scar-like formation around each anagen hair follicle(HF). Two patients - 33 year old with 18 month AA and 23 year old with 20 month AA did not have these hair follicle changes. Two 26-year-old patients with 30 and 36 month AA respectively were found to have some not so severe collagen fiber changes. 2. Infundibulum of HF dilatated 124-192 mm and most of them covered with keratinazed plug lacking normal hair shaft growth. 3. Decreased number of hair follicles 1.75-2,45 per sq. mm from 3.5-5 per sq. mm in control group. 4. None of anagen HF was situated in subcutaneous fat. We showed a correlation between length of the AA and severity/ thickness of perifollicular fibrosis. The result of this study is that any treatment of AA is recommended to start earlier than 30 months from first signs of AA. This should prevent irreversible collagen changes associated with “fibrotic incapsulationâ€￾ of most anagen HF in involved areas, which usually leads to loss of normal blood supply, innervation, and subsequent miniaturization and prevention of hair from normal cycling."


Armando

 

[legion00]

use rogaine foam instead of liquid. no ppg = no inflammation.