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All 5mg Oral Minoxidil Users, Please Read
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Do I remember you saying you had a twin brother who's not using any treatments? I ask because I'm about 6 months into a low dose of oral min and although I'm growing a bit of extra hair, in the back of my mind I'm worrying about collagen depletion. Have you noticed any difference in your skin in comparisson to your brother?
Anyone else have any input into the oral minoxidil and collagen thing? Seems like a very recent worry and I'm not finding any evidence of collagen depletion, just lots of anecdotes. Still, it would be great to find some reputable evidence either way.
Anyone else have any input into the oral minoxidil and collagen thing? Seems like a very recent worry and I'm not finding any evidence of collagen depletion, just lots of anecdotes. Still, it would be great to find some reputable evidence either way.
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My skins not changed.
..Wet in both photos. My density has increased significantly.
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hi my fellow brah , do you think puffy Under eyelid is common side effect on 1.25 mg ? I took 1.25 mg yesterday at night and this morning i have puffy under eyelid... I don't want to be paranoid, but don't want to rekt my eye area ( which is one of my good feature) . I always wake up with fresh eye and have good genetic on this part . I also have to precise that i took 5 mg accutane yesterday ( which can sometimes cause this).
Yeah thats a big difference. Is that all from finasteride and oral minoxidil? Thats pretty impressive tbh bro
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Yeah I get slight puffy eyes, I’ve got them as I’m writing this lol. They go away as the day goes on. Everyone’s different bro, give the medicine a good chance maybe 3-6 months and if your not liking the side effects throughout this period just ease back your dosage maybe you can find a sweet spot or just simply taper back off and quit.
I wouldn’t take less than 5mg a day but.. everyone’s different and each have different sensitivity to medications.
what’s your hair like, can I see?
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is the hypertrichosis from lo dosage oral min really bad? can you counteract this with laser removal? or will it come back even after laser session?
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don't want to turn into an ape...
bro i just need to know the exact dosage of minoxidil which comes into the serum with topical minoxidil and oral min at 1.25 ùg dosage.
Because sides and result are correlated with systemic absorption and sulfrotransferase activity in case of minoxidil
It would be way better if we have the exact same amount of minoxidil in the blood but with a pil which avoid all the hassle of the topical
bro i just need to know the exact dosage of minoxidil which comes into the serum with topical minoxidil and oral min at 1.25 ùg dosage.
Because sides and result are correlated with systemic absorption and sulfrotransferase activity in case of minoxidil
It would be way better if we have the exact same amount of minoxidil in the blood but with a pil which avoid all the hassle of the topical
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hey man can you check your messages
It will go away after you discontinue oral minoxidil. 1mg oral is probably equivalent to 5% topical in terms of results. You could always take 5-10mg oral until you achieve the desired results then switch to topical to keep the hairs on your head and lose the body hair.
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you know i want to switch from topical to oral, but given the fact that i used way more than the traitionnal dosage for years, i don't want to take a shed.
I know that oral min is way more effective, but i just want to take a slight dosage to limit the sides. maybe 1.25 mg would be perfect? it would be a huge relief to not be trapped on the topical anymore
Oh ok. Do you think you made the most gains in that year and a half on dutasteride or in the 5 months with oral minoxidil?
I tried avodart before finasteride actually and i didnt like it i think finasteride worked better. Been on oral min for 8 months now. Onyl 2 months on 5mg though
I tried avodart before finasteride actually and i didnt like it i think finasteride worked better. Been on oral min for 8 months now. Onyl 2 months on 5mg though
@Rysteve93 Do you think you made the most gains in that year and a half on dutasteride or in the 5 months with oral minoxidil?
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Please talk to your doctor about taking OM with low blood pressure, just to make sure. Throughout my research a couple of months ago I did stumble upon a doctor commenting on OM, saying that unless you have an already irregular blood pressure it will do nothing to it. However, I do not know how credible that is, and don't have the link on me so please don't take it as advise. You can also try at 2.5mg and see how your blood pressure is, when I started I measured it every morning and night and suggest you do the same if you take it. Taking 0.5mg probably wont do anything.
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@pegasus2 @michel sapin
Correct me if i am wrong but all sides from OM are pretty temporary. Puffy eyes/face are from water retention, dark circles are from collagen depletion, and face/body hair from OM. All of these from what I understand return back to normal after discontinuation, assuming its harder to recover collagen production after 25yo though. I will though go back to the threat by idealforehead i think that goes over it.
Correct me if i am wrong but all sides from OM are pretty temporary. Puffy eyes/face are from water retention, dark circles are from collagen depletion, and face/body hair from OM. All of these from what I understand return back to normal after discontinuation, assuming its harder to recover collagen production after 25yo though. I will though go back to the threat by idealforehead i think that goes over it.