minoxidil doesnt seem to be working :(

[Design]

Ive been using 5% (once a day for about 2 months) then i went onto twice a day and i think my hair has continued to thin. I havent seen what people say to be inital thinning just same old hair loss count when i look through my fingers after rubbing it in. I thought at the very least it may be able to reduce my hair loss count and keep what ive got, this doesnt seem to be the case. I have also tried finasteride for 12 months before and that didnt seem to do much. I p1sses me off that my heredatory is so strong that these potions arent doing anything to combat it.

I use Kirklands extra strength 5% and am a 28 year old guy with a shaved head with about 1 centremeter of hair. My thinning is i suppose diffuse and spread pretty much evenly all over the top of my head :cry: :cry: :cry:

In total i have used minoxidil for 7 months.

 

[ShedMaster]

Have you used minoxidil and propecia at the same time?

 

[mvpsoft]

When did you start on twice daily applications of minoxidil? Using it once a day means the chances are much greater that it won't work, so you really don't know what it will do for you until you've been using it twice daily regularly for at least four months.

 

[Design]

Hi, no i havent used minoxidil and finasteride at the same time and i have been using minoxidil twice a day for about 5 months now (give or take, the off day i sometime forget to put it on)

btw. in the morning i put it on before i go to work then after about 30 mins i washmy hair after it has soaked in, is this ok!?

design.

 

[Petchsky]

Design Wrote,

btw. in the morning i put it on before i go to work then after about 30 mins i washmy hair after it has soaked in, is this ok!?

Probably the reason its not working for you. minoxidil needs to be left on the scalp for a minimum of 3/4 hours....

P.S minoxidil was not great for me at first, so i dropped it and went on propecia, this seemed to make things worse... so i decided to go on the big 3 and Bingo bango REGROWTH! - So, if you find neither working go on both.

 

[baller292]

Design, minoxidil has to be left on for at least 2 hrs before washing your hair. No wonder it's not working! Get up earlier and put it on, let it dry for an hr or so, then another hour or so wash it out. Or just use it at night like me, though it's not quite as effective as 2x a day.

 

[BadHairDecade]

btw. in the morning i put it on before i go to work then after about 30 mins i washmy hair after it has soaked in, is this ok!?

design.

Well there's the problem... THe instructions say it needs to remain on the scalp at least 4 hours before washing it out.
Sorry dude.
I'm also on the big three and have had pretty darn good results.

 

[Design]

baller292 i do put it on at night, i always do that, its the morning i find it the most inconvient, i cant see myself getting up 2-3 hours earlier than i already do :freaked2:

It also says on the bottle that increasing the dosage to 2x per application will do nothing so im not sure about putting twice as much in the evening. But why am i not having any effect by just allowing a good application in the evening? and a little in the morning?