Switching from minoxidil 1x per day to 2x per day,

[GoldenMane]

Been on finasteride and minoxidil 1x per day for 20 months. Started 2x per day a couple of weeks ago after reading that 1x per day is mostly for maintenance, but 2x for regrowth. I've definitely benefitted from my regime, but not sure how much minoxidil is actually doing vs finasteride. I'd like some temple regrowth, maybe a little more thickning too in the anterior regime. I have coverage but volume would be nice. I know the temples are the hardest region to go, I probably lost them a long time ago (maybe 6+ years ago, so they're probably gone, but I'll try at least.

Has anyone gone from 1x a day to 2x per day before? Any noticable gains? It's a pain in the *** applying it in the morning, really hate the greasiness, but if it gets more results I'll live with it, once it dries it's okay.

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NW2 ish (I think) and no fine or vellus hairs on my temples

 

[Iopu]

2x a day does work better for me than 1x. I started on 2x, decreased it to 1x for simplicity. Then when I increased to 2x again I noticed regrowth on my temples. 15% works better than 5% as well. I was scared to get on that in case of side effects. But I've been using it for nearly 6 months now with no sides to report.

 

[GoldenMane]

Can I ask, how long had it been since you lost your temple hair when you started minoxidil? How long did it take for the temple hair to grow through the first time and how long did it take for it to regrow? And where do you get your 15% minoxidil?

 

[Iopu]

I had lost my temple hair about 1 year before I started minoxidil. I haven't made a full recovery either. I will need transplants to get it where I want it. I can't really recall how long it took to grow because I'm always switching up my regimen with varying results. Right now I'm getting my 15% minoxidil off: biovea.com search for nr-09 in the search bar on there. That's the one I use. They also have nr-10 which includes 16% minoxidil and topical finasterade. I might try that next time.

 

[smyth01]

Actually, contrary to popular belief, I found with minoxidil, the more I used, the better the results.

 

[GoldenMane]

I'm not actually living in Ireland at the moment, moved to Japan, can't just go to Boots and buy some minoxidil here! They have Ri Up, 2% minoxidil, but it's about €50 for a 60 ml bottle, Biovea doesn't ship here. It has weird drugs and medications laws. That 15% minoxidil is expensive stuff!

Usually I just put it on near my temples (o.5 ml each) and crown (just under 1 ml) and try let it drip around my head for good coverage, but maybe that's diluting the mg of minoxil per surface area units of my scalp. Maybe I should apply the 5% more liberally instead...