Coming off minoxidil

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I've been using minoxidil for more than seven months and to be honest, I've not regrown any new hair. If anything, I've lost hair. In addition, I've felt like crap for that period of time. Routine visits to the doctor confirm that my blood pressure is 10-15 points lower (and my blood pressure was already normally low).

What I'd like to do is just maintain the hair that I have. I realize I could shed any minoxidil hair, and that is fine.

A couple questions:

a) Is Nizoral capable of keeping DHT levels in my scalp low enough to maintain my hair? I can't use this more than twice per week as it makes a mess of my scalp
b) Being as I absorbed minoxidil into my bloodstream, am I just as likely to do the same with other topicals (spironolactone, Revivogen)?
c) Is there any point in applying 5% minoxidil to my scalp twice a week? This is the maximum I can do it without feeling it too much

If anyone has any insight into maintaining hair by reducing DHT, I would greatly appreciate. In short, I think I am prone to absorbing topically applied scalp treatments into my bloodstream. Dr. Proctor's Proxiphen-N even made me feel weird at first, but not nearly as bad as minoxidil continues to do.

 

[Timi]

Take finasteride



Timi

 

[philly]

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[Timi]

I've been using minoxidil for more than seven months and to be honest, I've not regrown any new hair. If anything, I've lost hair. In addition, I've felt like crap for that period of time. Routine visits to the doctor confirm that my blood pressure is 10-15 points lower (and my blood pressure was already normally low).

What I'd like to do is just maintain the hair that I have. I realize I could shed any minoxidil hair, and that is fine.

A couple questions:

a) Is Nizoral capable of keeping DHT levels in my scalp low enough to maintain my hair? I can't use this more than twice per week as it makes a mess of my scalp
b) Being as I absorbed minoxidil into my bloodstream, am I just as likely to do the same with other topicals (spironolactone, Revivogen)?
c) Is there any point in applying 5% minoxidil to my scalp twice a week? This is the maximum I can do it without feeling it too much

If anyone has any insight into maintaining hair by reducing DHT, I would greatly appreciate. In short, I think I am prone to absorbing topically applied scalp treatments into my bloodstream. Dr. Proctor's Proxiphen-N even made me feel weird at first, but not nearly as bad as minoxidil continues to do.

finasteride

Timi

 

[Nathaniel]

Yeah you might absorb other topicals into the blood stream but to my knowledge only minoxidil will have that effect on your blood pressure. Have you tried minoxidil once a day?

Nizoral by itself wont help much. You need to add finasteride. If you don't want to do that, then consider revivogen or spironolactone, some have had results with them.

 

[fastv8]

I appreciate the response guys. I have to say that I'm very concerned about taking finasteride as my libido is already f****d as it is (pardon the pun), and I don't want to risk any sexual side effects. If I already know I'm prone to absorption, I'd like to also avoid spironolactone. I think Revivogen is what I'm gonna have to try.

I do use 5% minoxidil only once a day already. Is there any point in using it just twice a week - I think I'm gonna do that to try and maintain whatever hair minoxidil may have grown.

 

[Guest]

Twice a week seems like it wouldnt be enough.Try every other day.

 

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I stopped applying minoxidil for eight straight days and I've now switched to every other day. I really didn't feel any different during the eight days, nor do I feel different applying it every other day. Go figure. I wonder if I've permanently lowered my blood pressure?

Anyway, here's hoping that every other day applications will help me keep my minoxidil hair. Still need to get some Revivogen.