Hair Loss After Minoxidil / Rogaine, Permanent / Worsened

[Oliver510]

The two percent that has a thirty percent success rate. The five percent has a forty five percent
success rate (with men). With women, it's actually sixty percent (5%), and 45% (2%).

Even so, this anecdotes are making me seriously question if I should try minoxidil at this point or wait on finasteride for a few months.

 

[Pavi]

Even so, this anecdotes are making me seriously question if I should try minoxidil at this point or wait on finasteride for a few months.

It can only help you..... Literally, it will help you or or it will not. It's that simple. Minoxidil will not make your hair loss worse

 

[Oliver510]

It can only help you..... Literally, it will help you or or it will not. It's that simple. Minoxidil will not make your hair loss worse

I've started to apply minoxidil to my right arm to see if it will grow thicker hair by comparing it to my left arm.

 

[Oliver510]

There's lots of youtube links, if your interested in researching that.

In the US, facial hair is really big. Some guys actually only use it for beard growth.

Yea I've seen that, but I figure it would be easier to see if it's working by using it on one arm then comparing it to the other arm. Besides, I would hate to experience minoxidil dependence and/or permanent shedding on my facial hair! Although I wonder if it works on places like the arm with very few thin short hairs. Not technically using it on my arm really, more my wrist/hand area.

 

[dralex]

For people that lost a ton of hair on rogaine, I don't think it was the rogaine that caused it, but that you were going to lose it regardless. I have been on propecia and rogaine for over 2 years and have continued to lose hair. I had very little hair loss when I started propecia and rogaine and over the past 2 years my hair has gone to sh*t. Is my hair getting especially worse in the areas I am applying rogaine? Yes, but there is a reason I was focusing on those areas. I am also thinning all over my head now, which I don't apply rogaine everywhere (just hairline and vertex), so I think I was going to lose it anyway, just I am not a responder to either rogaine or propecia.
I am kind of tempted to quit them both though, as I feel I am wasting my money on them. Issue is, I have no idea if my hair loss is going to skyrocket if I quit them. Doubt it for rogaine at least though.

 

[dralex]

Even so, this anecdotes are making me seriously question if I should try minoxidil at this point or wait on finasteride for a few months.

If your hair loss isn't bad at this point, just stick with finasteride. I HATE that I am taking rogaine. I am almost positive it is doing nothing for my hair, and it is a HUGE waste of money if that is the case, but I am afraid to stop because of a possible shed. I also have no idea if some of the hair loss I have had since could be contributed to the rogaine "shed" that never grew back.

 

[Aldrich]

I am also thinning all over my head now, which I don't apply rogaine everywhere

It doesn't matter where on your scalp you apply minoxidil. It will work your entire scalp and sometimes other parts of your body.

it is a HUGE waste of money if that is the case, but I am afraid to stop because of a possible shed. I also have no idea if

It's a waste of money if you're in the majority that don't respond to it. If you respond well, it's worth the money. If you stop, you will have a shed, but your hair will grow back minus whatever minoxidil gave you.

 

[Oliver510]

It's a waste of money if you're in the majority that don't respond to it.

How do you know a majority of people don't respond, where's the proof?

 

[Aldrich]

How do you know a majority of people don't respond, where's the proof?

45% respond positively to the treatment. What 'positively' mean can be extremely relative. An increase of 50 hairs or 250 hairs is a 'positive' response. I'm not going to do the research for you. Look it up yourself.

 

[Oliver510]

Dammit sometimes I feel like I should be on minoxidil, but other times I'm like just wait and don't be one of those whose hairs gets worse or unchanged by minoxidil.

 

[Sanchez1234]

I am on Minoxidil for 4 months now. Still losing a lot of hairs and hairline got really bad after 4 months of use... I don't know if its due minoxidil because i was losing lots of hairs anyway..

I hope new hairs wil grow back the next few months. Will give it 8 months.

 

[Secretlybatman]

I'm not really sure if my hairloss is bad enough to risk minoxidil, I guess I'll hold off, but after seeing what some are able to accomplish with minoxidil it makes me want to try it. I'd be interested in seeing photos of what minoxidil did to you.

That's what foolishly made me try it the 2nd time. Everyone reacts differently and I guess I'm one of the unlucky ones.

 

[Secretlybatman]

Hors

That's impossible. Literally. They may have experienced a shed or the product didn't work for them making it seem like it was worsening it when in reality they didn't respond to it. Rogaine/min does not worsen hair loss. That's absurd.

Horse sh*t. There's several people including me that can attest to minoxidil making things worse. Me in particular because I only used it on one side of the hairline and not on the other as a test. That side is now a nw2.5 moving to 3 and the other side is still NW1. Oh and before you ask yes I was on finasteride and still am on finasteride. People react differently to medication, you should know this by now.

 

[Oliver510]

Well I've decided to use minoxidil because I feel like sh*t about my hair anyway, and the thinning is noticeable to others already so yea.

 

[Pavi]

Hors


Horse sh*t. There's several people including me that can attest to minoxidil making things worse. Me in particular because I only used it on one side of the hairline and not on the other as a test. That side is now a nw2.5 moving to 3 and the other side is still NW1. Oh and before you ask yes I was on finasteride and still am on finasteride. People react differently to medication, you should know this by now.

How long did u apply it? And how do you know you just didn't respond and were balding at a natural rate for your hair? You have no way to distinguish that. None.

 

[Secretlybatman]

How long did u apply it? And how do you know you just didn't respond and were balding at a natural rate for your hair? You have no way to distinguish that. None.

1st time a year, 2nd time 6 months

Yes I do have a way to distinguish it because I've seen the rate of thinning between each side of my hairline where only one side was getting minoxidil and I've seen the rate of thinning when on minoxidil to when I'm off minoxidil, they're vastly different. You can lie to yourself all you want but don't you dare claim sh*t about my experience nor should you deny other peoples experiences just because it makes you feel more secure. gtfo of here.

 

[Pavi]

1st time a year, 2nd time 6 months

Yes I do have a way to distinguish it because I've seen the rate of thinning between each side of my hairline where only one side was getting minoxidil and I've seen the rate of thinning when on minoxidil to when I'm off minoxidil, they're vastly different. You can lie to yourself all you want but don't you dare claim sh*t about my experience nor should you deny other peoples experiences just because it makes you feel more secure. gtfo of here.

You're experience is to the contrary of over 20 years of clinical research. But okay lol

 

[Secretlybatman]

You're experience is to the contrary of over 20 years of clinical research. But okay lol

It's almost like no two individuals are the same...

 

[darnell sanders]

most products on that list made it look worse for me and the other one i haven't tried and won't now

 

[darnell sanders]

have any of u tried watermans grow me heard good things??