Minoxidil and itchy scalp

[Thom13]

Hello everyone,

I'm new here, and happy to have found this forum.

My name is Thomas, I'm from France, and I'm 26. I'm actually losing my hair and trying everything to stop that (like 90% of people here probably ).

I've taken minoxidil 5% for 2 years at least once a day, but it seems that my scalp was more itchy every day. In October, I've stopped it and started Propecia, but it seems that the effect is not totally perfect as I've lost a lot of hair.

I saw Doctor Devroye in Brusells who told me to use Rogaine Foam, but it seems that this product is not very efficient, am I right ?

I think the itchy problem comes from the alcohol they put in the Alostil (the type of minoxidil sold in France).

I was wondering what type of Monixidil I could take to add with my propecia treatment and whichi would not itch my scalp.

I've heard about Dr Lee....

Thank you for your help.

(ps : sorry for my english )

 

[zefrench]

Salut Thomas,

Concerning the itchiness of your scalp you might want to try minoxidil bailleul instead of alostil which is a shitty greasy minoxidil brand, rogaine foam is fine as well and effective.I doubt the alcohol caused the itch but rather the ppg in the formula.

Some of your hair are minoxidil dependent and cannot be kept alive by using propecia all alone but the doctor should have told you this .

It's normal to shed hair at the begenning of the treatement with propecia or minoxidil ,basically your hair enter a new cycle...

Si t'as d'autres questions je peux Telogen Effluvium repondre en français en mp ce sera plus simple

 

[Thom13]

Merci pour le conseil.

I've just bought Dr Lee Minoxidil 5% without PPG. I hope this will work.