Thinking of Making My Own Quick-Dry minoxidil

[TheShopKeeper]

In light of what has been happening with really great minoxidil suppliers (Dr. Lee and MinoxMax), I started thinking of making my own Quick-Dry minoxidil solution.

I have found suppliers to acquire the ingredients and make the solution:
> Propylene Glycol
> Ethyl Alcohol (Ethanol)
> Distilled Water
> Powdered minoxidil.

My question is do I need to have any special equipment to making this solution? Is it as simple as mixing it all together? If not, then I think its possible to do based on MinoxMax's measurements:
> Minoxidil 5% (i.e. 3 grams of minoxidil in bottle, i.e. 50mg/mL)
> Ethanol (50%)
> propylene glycol (30%)
> Purified Water (20%)

Maybe some expert posters could tell me if this will or will not work.

 

[findmyhair]

I think this is the same recipe as kirkland 5% minoxidil. Would it be cheaper to just buy that?

 

[TheShopKeeper]

I think this is the same recipe as kirkland 5% minoxidil. Would it be cheaper to just buy that?

Kirkland leaves my hair in a greasy mess. Need something quick drying.

 

[findmyhair]

Im gonna give this a go when my kirkland runs out as I have started putting minoxidil on temporal area and solution is bit of a pain.

FOLIGAIN® MINOXIDIL FOAM FOR MEN 5% (177ml) 3 Month Supply

should dry quick foam and loads cheaper than rogain/regain

thats the website i saw it on

http://www.agestop.net/uk/product_detai ... 455&OS=202

dont know anyone who has tried it yet though!!

good luck with the mixing if you do go through with it, keep us posted sounds interesting!

 

[beaner]

Im gonna give this a go when my kirkland runs out as I have started putting minoxidil on temporal area and solution is bit of a pain.

FOLIGAIN® MINOXIDIL FOAM FOR MEN 5% (177ml) 3 Month Supply

should dry quick foam and loads cheaper than rogain/regain

thats the website i saw it on

http://www.agestop.net/uk/product_detai ... 455&OS=202

dont know anyone who has tried it yet though!!

good luck with the mixing if you do go through with it, keep us posted sounds interesting!

That site is using fake before/after pictures. The guy in that picture was actually a member of this forum and his regimen was generic liquid minoxidil and finasteride.

Also, I wouldn't expect that the product in question is going to be the same as Rogaine foam which uses the "versa foam" technology which is patented. It's doubtful to me that the absorption would be the same.

Personally, I wouldn't use it.

 

[hairhoper]

I wouldn't use foligain foam, it's only £5 per month cheaper than rogaine foam, not worth the cost saving when you could be using something that doesn't even work.

 

[TheShopKeeper]

good luck with the mixing if you do go through with it, keep us posted sounds interesting!

Well I only plan on doing it if someone could let me know if doing this will work. I am an absolute noob when it comes to making my on concotions.

Maybe a reply from the legend that is Bryan???

 

[blaze]

good luck with the mixing if you do go through with it, keep us posted sounds interesting!

Well I only plan on doing it if someone could let me know if doing this will work. I am an absolute noob when it comes to making my on concotions.

Maybe a reply from the legend that is Bryan???

What you propose to do will work. As long as the minoxidil powder is legit. Just make sure you dissolve the minoxidil powder in the ethanol and Propylene glycol first. Then add your water last.

 

[hairhoper]

I think what findmyhair was saying (with the Kirkland comment) is that this doesn't seem to be a particularly 'quick dry' formula?

I dunno I think some people kid themselves in the search for 'quick dry', IMO a quick-drying liquid is just going to be less effective than one containing the standard (rogaine/kirkland) dose of PPG which is deliberately slow-drying so that the minoxidil is properly delivered!

 

[megaman82]

well, if it's a powder you'd probably have to heat the solution to dissolve it. i'm not sure how heat can impact the degradation of the minoxidil, so that's' something to consider and research. but most likely minimal heating would not do anything. you'd have to worry about evaporation of water and alcohol after a certain point, but maybe you can just heat the powder in part of the solution and add the rest after it's heated. you'd want to be careful about that because if a certain amount evaporates you'd overdose the product.

it probably wouldn't be too hard to make though. you'd just have to make sure the measurements were accurate and the weight of the minoxidil was correct. probably would just need really basic lab glassware and a dropper/bottle for storage of finished product.