Getting noticeable Face Bloating, with Increasing use of Min

[zinny999]

I was using Rogain Foam for 2 years between 2007 - 2009 with some success on regrowth. If moderate regrowth, but was still visualy improvement.

I was getting complement on getting some hair back when I started using this Rogain, Foam when it first came out. I was also taking Propecia religiuosly wighought ever missing a dose.

But since Propecia was becoming a huge issue with Side Effect, like low libido and really watery jiggs. I stop, scared of long term side effedt to Body organs that DHT is essentials.

As well as other point people on this forum have brought up. Alot people have fess up that they get long term side effect long after quitting finersteride, even if there is no sceintific or doctors who could see why? I won't easily ignore such advise.

Even Bryan have brought up a very good point :
viewtopic.php?f=61&t=40983
in the first page about other side effect that weren't included in the studies.

Anyway since I stop usingPropecia I notice my hair become thinner and Rogaine alone wasn't holding the baldness at the bay.

Then I started to loose all my gain, but after a year later I started up using just Rogain foam and Proscar once a welek.

Now I don't regain anymore hair but have somehow stop loosing more. But during this whoile time now, when I meet people who I haven't met for sometime since before starting up again have all commented on how I have put on weight?

Thats not true as my scale still say I'm 6'1 and weight 78 kilo with 20% fat percentage.

 

[zinny999]

.... Yet people think I look like I have put on weight and most of them mention how my face have gone alot more fatter. Even using gesture that my face have a blown up look.

Which was quite depressing, but I know that I really haven't put on any body weight.

So does minoxidil side effect only become more apparent as you age older?
It's only about 1.5 years between the last time I was using it, but somehow this time it has far more noticeable difference.

Not that I notice it myself as I see myself in the mirror everyday, but more apparent from people who doesn't see me quite often.

So is there anything else out there thats is just as good as minoxidil withought the side effect?

Sorry about my English, as it is not my first anguage, but any help would be great.

 

[Timi]

minoxidil uke:

http://img801.imageshack.us/content_rou ... ia=mupload

 

[chunliification]

Sorry you didn't find this out quicker, but minoxidil is a toxin, that causes your skin to stop growing, on top of it. So, not only will you get bags underneath your eyes (which is just toxins accumulating in your face is what you see), you will also start to prematurely get lines in your forehead too(as min STOPS collagen production!).. When i found out about this, luckily i had just started using min, and got off it after only maybe a month or two, and wasn't doing anything else but MAKING ME LOOK OLD AND TIRED!.. haha Their has got to be another way besides THAT!.. OH, and, don't get too down on your decision, as it took me maybe 4 to 6 months of proper nutrition and sleeping and NOT taking in toxins and all that tired look is now gone!.. all i can say is THANK YOU PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES!..

 

[Timi]

minoxidil makes a Old Face
and Old arround the eyes
damaged your Heart and Lungs

is worser as finasteride
but finasteride makes Impotent the same sh*t

the same Thank on the Pharma Industries

 

[hairhoper]

The 2 posters above are complete lunatics.

Timi posts in every single minoxidil related thread about how minoxidil ruined his life.

chunliification, sorry but anyone who talks about 'toxins' in that way has drunk way too much of the hippie kool-aid. Complete crap mate.

The Minoxidil side-effects which are very minor anyway are incredibly rare.

I would encourage that if you're worrying about face bloating you get on a decent exercise regime which will likely reveal that something else is to blame.

I was paranoid about it too... then I lost half a stone of weight and rediscovered my cheekbones. You may just be at that age, like me, where you can't get away with not exercising properly anymore.

Check out people like Peapoddy, RSR, Rawtashk in the success stories forums. They're examples of very active people who use minoxidil to success and no surprise... zero face bloat.

 

[MarkMayISAWESOME]

The 2 posters above are complete lunatics.

Timi posts in every single minoxidil related thread about how minoxidil ruined his life.

chunliification, sorry but anyone who talks about 'toxins' in that way has drunk way too much of the hippie kool-aid. Complete crap mate.

The Minoxidil side-effects which are very minor anyway are incredibly rare.

I would encourage that if you're worrying about face bloating you get on a decent exercise regime which will likely reveal that something else is to blame.

I was paranoid about it too... then I lost half a stone of weight and rediscovered my cheekbones. You may just be at that age, like me, where you can't get away with not exercising properly anymore.

Check out people like Peapoddy, RSR, Rawtashk in the success stories forums. They're examples of very active people who use minoxidil to success and no surprise... zero face bloat.

Wait. Haven't you heard? The U.S. is switching out the plutonium cores from it's nuclear weapons arsenal and replacing them with Minoxidil because it's obviously a much more deadly substance.

But yeah you are right. Anytime there is a minoxidil thread Timi chimes in with his English as a 4th language rants. It would be kind of amusing if it weren't all so predictable and over the top.

 

[ohmanohno]

:woot: I laughed

The price we pay for beauty

 

[zinny999]

Thats right though, the price we pay for beauty and we are not even womens?
Well I'm not.
I do exercise, about twice a week, usually 2-3 hours of basketball or about 1-2 hours of tennis.
But I haven't been eating too healthy, so maybethat could be my down fall.

Will give it another few months and see if this go away then I can continue on with minoxidil.

Also I have upped my % of minoxidil in the solution, mabe going back to just 5% migjt help.

 

[All_The_Above]

Do you have pictures to prove that your face has bloated? I have yet to see pics to prove this claim.

 

[LookingGood!]

minoxidil makes a Old Face
and Old arround the eyes
damaged your Heart and Lungs

is worser as finasteride
but finasteride makes Impotent the same sh*t

the same Thank on the Pharma Industries

NO scientific evidence for your claims. You are a complete nutcase.

 

[zinny999]

minoxidil makes a Old Face
and Old arround the eyes
damaged your Heart and Lungs

is worser as finasteride
but finasteride makes Impotent the same sh*t

the same Thank on the Pharma Industries

NO scientific evidence for your claims. You are a complete nutcase.

Have to agree on that point unfortunately, after going back to the gym and got a proper weight machine in to check.
Not using the home made weight machine, I have gained about 8 kg.
Was 76 and now 82.
So I can't really judge the minoxidil as a lone factor.

Since then I been getting seriuos about getting back into fitness again and will see when I'm back to 76 kilo, how much fat on my face compare to what I have now.
And will also compare to picture of me when I was 76 kilo, about a year ago.

How? Picture on facebook is quite a good indicators.

 

[MisterJer]

This is nonsense. I have been on minoxidil and azelaic acid once daily for at least a good 7-8 years now. I had dark circles wayyy before I ever started. i found this thread because i came here seeing what the deal was that i cant find minoxidil 15% and azelaic acid 5% online anymore and felt a need to respond. Here's some pics of me after at least 7 years of use. I'm 34 years old. I have no wrinkles whatsoever on my forehead or crows feet around my eyes. You people are trying to blame minoxidil on puffiness and wrinkles when you should probably admit to yourself its crappy diets and probably lack of exercise or something. If it werent for my lack of hair Id look 18 as people already think I'm in my 20's as is.

http://i.imgur.com/sjcE9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ksgfV.jpg

 

[Timi]

can be finasteride side effects swelling arround the eyes

i am not 100%sure

but the last 14Years i have No swelling with finasteride