Month: January 2023

I am 19 year old girl..started using minoxidil when my hair started falling at tremendous rate…i used it for around 3 months and then stopped using it…again hair started falling….and I again switched to minoxidil. Now, I have been using it for around 3 months. I read many stories about “after quitting minoxidil effects” and it really freaked me out. If I stop using it…will I really lose all my hairs…? Pleasssse someone answer my question… Is there any teeny tiny possibility of growing them back…?
Pleassse do reply…

When you use minoxidil and it grows hair, the hair that it grows will require the minoxidil to be used every day or the hair will fall out. Minoxidil grown hair is dependent upon minoxidil so once you get it working for you, you must stay on it.

Should I take minoxidil when I wake up and go to sleep or can I take it e.g at 5pm and 10pm

Wash your hair with a hot shower before bed and then use minoxidil just once a day. Wash it off in the morning

Hi Dr Wrassman, was wondering if you could shed some light on this for me… After seeing the results on here and elsewhere, I’m considering using minoxidil foam on my beard area and potentially my balding crown. However, I have a young daughter and I don’t want her to be impacted in any way whatsoever. I’ve done lots of reading and question asking and the general consensus is that if I wash it off the minimal residue won’t do anything. However there are now reports to the contrary. So, I was wondering is there any way of removing all residual traces from your skin when using a topical medication like minoxidil? Sorry if I’m not allowed to contact you directly and I understand you probably get tons of questions daily but I’m at a bit if a loss as to who to ask this

I generally advise men who use topical minoxidil to take it at night (the liquid for the hair is better but the foam or the liquid for the beard should work) after a hot shower. This will soften the skin and possibly reduce the barrier to absorption. You daughter will be sleeping so at night there is no possibility of transmission. Then you can shower it off in the morning. I don’t believe that there is much of a threat.

 

People always want to know if you’re dealing with sides. I’m on my fourth or fifth day now and I’ve had tachycardia and mild dizziness post dosage. The dizziness doesn’t really seem to be impacting me until I workout. They both seem to be beginning to lessen though. I’ve also been severely fatigued. My eyes just feel so heavy after taking them and I’ve been having difficulty staying awake, but my sleep quality is also horrible due to CPTSD so it may be unrelated. I was slightly hyptertensive previous to taking minox anyways so hopefully this will help out with that.

There are many side effects resulting from taking oral minoxidil like all drugs. You need to be aware of these side effects when you take this medication orally. There is even a dangerous rare risk of cardiac tamponade which can kill you if you don’t take care of symptoms of early heart failure. Don’t be your own doctor. Taking 5 mgs daily is higher than I recommend and is in the range where serious side effects can happen.

Yes, however, doctors find that oral Minoxidil is a poor anti-hypertensive agent. Today, most doctors do not use oral Minxodil to treat high blood pressure. The use of oral minoxidil has been shown to increase hair on the head. In countries like India, Minoxidil is often used to treat balding.

Long time reader, first time poster. As an avid reader of your excellent blog i just wanted to post a few pictures and get an indication of where you think my hair loss is? I have been receding for a while now however over the last year I have become very concerned with the progression of my front hair loss. My father is essentially bald with a small island of hair in the middle of his scalp. My mothers side of the family also has been deal the unluck card male pattern baldness. Now I was on propecia from 20 to 25 then got off it for God knows what reason.. I guess I was just worried that I wasn’t going to be able to have kids one day (fertility issues have always been a major question for me with regard to finasteride), I guess this stems from the fact that there are no clear studies indicating if this is the case or not? And if it is then I am none the wiser. I am currently taking minoxidil tablets aswell as applying minoxidil to my hair line (I know that it is not that effective on the bi-temporal area, however I just thought I’d give it a go.. This coupled with the minoxidil tablets could be a start in my quest to beat MPB). I guess if this doesn’t work I can always go back to finasteride.

Thank you for being a avid read of Bladingblog. I generally do not give diagnosis or opinions on hair loss. We are however planning to start a new website AmIBalding.com where you can post your photos for anyone to comment. If you want a doctors opinion, you need to see a doctor (in person).

Finally, you really need to see a doctor before experimenting with drugs. Minoxidil tablets is not something you take to treat male pattern balding. It is a blood pressure lowering medication when taken orally. So for a normal person without high blood pressure, taking a blood pressure lowering medication such as oral minoxidil (by mouth) can have severe life threatening consequence and even death.

[May 2019 Study] Effectiveness and Safety of Low-Dose Oral Minoxidil in Male Androgenic Alopecia:

TL;DR – 2.5mg and 5mg dose of oral minoxidil found safe and effective in 41 male patients. 90% of patients had marked improvements.

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Of 41 male patients (mean age, 33.3 years; range, 20–55 years) with androgenetic alopecia who received oral minoxidil monotherapy (2.5 or 5 mg daily) for a minimum of 6 months, 37 patients (90.2%) had clinical improvement, which was marked in 11 of them (26.8%). Only 4 patients (9.8%) demonstrated stabilization of their alopecia; however, none of these patients experienced worsening of the condition. Adverse effects included hypertrichosis (24.3%), lower limb edema (4.8%), and shedding (2.4%).

Results of this retrospective study indicated that oral minoxidil at 2.5 mg and 5 mg daily can be an effective therapy for male androgenetic alopecia, with a mild side-effect profile.

– InYoung Kim, MD, PhD

https://www.practiceupdate.com/content/effectiveness-and-safety-of-low-dose-oral-minoxidil-in-male-androgenetic-alopecia/83335