NicholasLim
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Hi i was given Biotin 5 mg in the morning and Loniten 2.5mg at night before sleep can this cure hairloss?
Hi! went to the derm and is given Biotin 5mg and Loniten 2.5
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Hi, has anyone else taken loniten and Biotin to treat hairloss before? Do you think that it will work ? and i just wiki'ed loniten and found out that it is actually minoxidil , will my hair be minoxidil dependant if i keep taking loniten?
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NicholasLim said:
Yes. You will also, most likely, grow a lot of body hair as well. Some Loniten users reported hair on their cheeks and forehead...As well as a unibrow. But it does grow hair on your head for sure.
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Biotin will speed up the rate at which your hair grows, and will most likely make it appear healthier. Probably not a whole lot more though.
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Who else is on loniten ? can please share your experience? So is loniten a prescribed medicine or is it a medicine that you can get anywhere else? how about Biotin is it a very good stuff to fight hairloss with ?
Is it a wise choice to start loniten ?
Is it a wise choice to start loniten ?
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Hi IBM, can you explain a little more about loniten 2.5 mg ? what are the side effects and the "loniten dependant hair" thing? the doctor didnt explain much to me, he just told me that loniten will increase blood flow to hair follicles and my hair will be thicker.
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Hi , i just read that loniten has very dangerous side effects, i have taken 3 of those and if i stop now will i have a massive sheds? And i also read somewhere in this forum that the hair grown from loniten is permenant , how true is that
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NicholasLim said:
I'm not the best person to give the details. Loniten, Propecia, Avodart or Rogaine demands commitement if you want to achieve and maintain the good results. Of course the commitement depends on each person but the majority want it for lifetime. So you'll take the pill for life. If you want to give up just do now.
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Heres a brief explanation about hairloss medicine. The two types of hairloss medicines:
- Vasodilatators - For regrowth, anti-fibrosis but wont stop hairloss and follicle damage
- Anti-androgens - Try to stops hairloss by cutting androgens like T or DHT
Loniten is minoxidil in pill form. Its for hipertension. Most of us use Rogaine which is liquid minoxidil that we apply to scalp.
- Vasodilatators - For regrowth, anti-fibrosis but wont stop hairloss and follicle damage
- Anti-androgens - Try to stops hairloss by cutting androgens like T or DHT
Loniten is minoxidil in pill form. Its for hipertension. Most of us use Rogaine which is liquid minoxidil that we apply to scalp.
It's also very irresponsible of the physician.
Systemic absorption of minoxidil was previously used as a treatment for hypertension (high blood pressure). It is a fairly potent vasodilator. By dilating the peripheral capillary beds, you can decrease the mean arterial blood pressure and treat high blood pressure. If you want an explanation of how HTN is damaging, I could go into that but it's not really important for this discussion, I digress. :stfu:
If you can picture a balloon full of water hooked up to a hose it might be a helpful illustration.
There are three ways that you can decrease the pressure exerted on the balloon's inner surface.
1. Let water out of the balloon. Because the circulatory system is a closed system macroscopically, the only way to let volume out of it would be to BLEED a person. We don't do that for obvious reasons.
2. Let water out of the balloon by increasing urine output. This is easily accomplished by a heavy night of drinking (inhibits ADH/vasopressin excretion). But seriously, diuretics do the trick nicely.
3. Increase the overall size of the balloon, this will decrease the FORCE per SURFACE AREA, because you will have a constant amount of force exerted but it will be spread out across a greater distance.
Minoxidil when taken orally does (3) by dilating the vasculature.
Its positive effects for hairloss were discovered by accident. An "adverse reaction" of minoxidil usage was found to be hirsuitism, or the unexpected and relatively uncontrolled growth of hair. In an effort to harness this previously-unwanted side effect, someone had the bright idea to make it bioavailable directly on the scalp. This prevents systemic absorption and therefore peripheral vasodilation in unwanted places.
I would only use minoxidil topically. It's naive to think that you won't be causing systemic effects that aren't necessary and potentially dangerous.
I am only a medical student and not a fully-boarded dermatologist, but I have looked into this a lot. Actually, if I had it to do over again I wouldn't use minoxidil. It's a pain in the ***.
Systemic absorption of minoxidil was previously used as a treatment for hypertension (high blood pressure). It is a fairly potent vasodilator. By dilating the peripheral capillary beds, you can decrease the mean arterial blood pressure and treat high blood pressure. If you want an explanation of how HTN is damaging, I could go into that but it's not really important for this discussion, I digress. :stfu:
If you can picture a balloon full of water hooked up to a hose it might be a helpful illustration.
There are three ways that you can decrease the pressure exerted on the balloon's inner surface.
1. Let water out of the balloon. Because the circulatory system is a closed system macroscopically, the only way to let volume out of it would be to BLEED a person. We don't do that for obvious reasons.
2. Let water out of the balloon by increasing urine output. This is easily accomplished by a heavy night of drinking (inhibits ADH/vasopressin excretion). But seriously, diuretics do the trick nicely.
3. Increase the overall size of the balloon, this will decrease the FORCE per SURFACE AREA, because you will have a constant amount of force exerted but it will be spread out across a greater distance.
Minoxidil when taken orally does (3) by dilating the vasculature.
Its positive effects for hairloss were discovered by accident. An "adverse reaction" of minoxidil usage was found to be hirsuitism, or the unexpected and relatively uncontrolled growth of hair. In an effort to harness this previously-unwanted side effect, someone had the bright idea to make it bioavailable directly on the scalp. This prevents systemic absorption and therefore peripheral vasodilation in unwanted places.
I would only use minoxidil topically. It's naive to think that you won't be causing systemic effects that aren't necessary and potentially dangerous.
I am only a medical student and not a fully-boarded dermatologist, but I have looked into this a lot. Actually, if I had it to do over again I wouldn't use minoxidil. It's a pain in the ***.
