The more minoxidil does, the harder it is to apply.

[Mjolnir]

Anyone else experience this? When I started 3 months ago I had a proper bald spot, which made it pretty easy to apply minoxidil; sure, it would run a little bit, but but most of it was actually getting where I needed it. But since then I've seen some decent results, and now rather than a bald spot I just have a very thin patch. As a result, it seems like I end up getting more minoxidil on the new hairs than actually on the scalp, which (a) makes my hair very greasy, and (b) won't exactly do if I want to keep seeing results.

So basically I'm wondering if any of the veterans on here have some tips for applying this stuff through hair. Thanks!

 

[mires]

I have the exact same problem, and it was one of the main reasons why I stopped using minoxidil back in the day when I still had a lot of hair. At the moment I the problem ain't that bad because I keep my hair buzzed really short. And as far as I know, it's the only really effective way of making sure that the minoxidil reaches your scalp. Oh and rubbing it in with ONE finger helps too, using several fingers isn't as effective because then you get most of the minoxidil on your fingers. There are different applicators that you can use (Rogaine comes with several applicators) but in the end it is very difficult to avoid most of the minoxidil ending up in your hair, where it doesn't do any good.

I remember reading about a special "comb" for applying minoxidil to long/longish hair but it was very expensive and I doubt it would be worth the money.