Hi all,
First and foresmost I wanna say that im from Brazil so my English is not the best. So forgive me if any/mistakes.
Oh and please, refrain from making hurtfull comments regarding my current looks since im alredy sad as it is from the change.
So my brief minoxidil history is this. I always had normal skin and decided to use minoxidil earlier this year for beard growth. I never had any problems regarding baldness so that was not an issue.
I actually started using it in the middle to the end of march/2018. I would apply it on my face (beard area) usually only at night. Unfortunatelly during those two weeks I did not rinse it off before sleeping because I was advised that if it stayed on my face for longer the effects would be better.
One week after starting the minoxidil I started noting some changes on my face but I could not quite pinpoint what it was. I just kinda had a tired look all day long and people began to ask me if I had conjunctivitis and if I was sad or stressed.
I didn’t think much of it and thought it would just pass in a few days. Everyone has a bad day.
But as days went on I started noticing that it was only getting worse and worse but I had no idea what was causing it so I tried taking anti-inflamatorys, anti-allergics, and drinking lots of water, exercising. But it kept getting worse.
Finally one day, about 2 weeks after starting the monoxidil I took some time to think about what had I done different in my life over the last weeks that could have resulted in the changes in my appearance.
My diet was the same. My sleep pattern the same (7-8 hours). I was exercising just as often. I also knew it cud not be any beauty products because I never had a habit of using any products on my face. I don’t even use shampoo.
So after thinking a lot I finally realized the only difference was that I had started minoxidil. So needless to say I went on the web to try to find a correlation between minoxidil and the symptoms I had to see my conclusion was right and found that many people have had similar issues.
Anyway … although im very ashamed of what my face looks right now I will post before and after pictures of my face so u can see the changes …and hopefully come up with a solution …
I still don’t know what has changed exactly as my face looks so different to me that I cant stand to look myself in the mirror for too long. . But it looks to me as if the area under my eyes and my cheeks sort of melted and now all of it is just hanging lose on my face… Also my eyelids got swollen and under my eyes it looks very dark. Feels like my face has fallen … and my skin also looks so bad overall but the pictures don’t really show it. Also I noticed a lot of new wrinkles, especially near my eyes.
I’ve seen some posts in this and other forums regarding people that went through the same but I don’t actually know if they ever recovered from it, how long it took and if they used anything go get better.
For me its been over a month and so far nothing has changed. Ive tried using retinol, vitamin c, anti-inflamatorys, anti-allergics, diuretics and nothing has worked.
Honestly, considering how different my face looks now especially my cheeks which look as if they have collapsed, I don’t have much hope it wil go back to it was before … I just wish I had my face from February still .
Please. If anyone went through this don’t hesitate in pming me. I need all the tips and sincere advices I can get. Pm me even if its to say it will never get better cuz even if that’s the case onde day I just have accept I wont get better.
Sorry for the long post.
PS: My before pic was taken in February, a few weeks before starting minoxidil and all the others were taken after using it.
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First and foresmost I wanna say that im from Brazil so my English is not the best. So forgive me if any/mistakes.
Oh and please, refrain from making hurtfull comments regarding my current looks since im alredy sad as it is from the change.
So my brief minoxidil history is this. I always had normal skin and decided to use minoxidil earlier this year for beard growth. I never had any problems regarding baldness so that was not an issue.
I actually started using it in the middle to the end of march/2018. I would apply it on my face (beard area) usually only at night. Unfortunatelly during those two weeks I did not rinse it off before sleeping because I was advised that if it stayed on my face for longer the effects would be better.
One week after starting the minoxidil I started noting some changes on my face but I could not quite pinpoint what it was. I just kinda had a tired look all day long and people began to ask me if I had conjunctivitis and if I was sad or stressed.
I didn’t think much of it and thought it would just pass in a few days. Everyone has a bad day.
But as days went on I started noticing that it was only getting worse and worse but I had no idea what was causing it so I tried taking anti-inflamatorys, anti-allergics, and drinking lots of water, exercising. But it kept getting worse.
Finally one day, about 2 weeks after starting the monoxidil I took some time to think about what had I done different in my life over the last weeks that could have resulted in the changes in my appearance.
My diet was the same. My sleep pattern the same (7-8 hours). I was exercising just as often. I also knew it cud not be any beauty products because I never had a habit of using any products on my face. I don’t even use shampoo.
So after thinking a lot I finally realized the only difference was that I had started minoxidil. So needless to say I went on the web to try to find a correlation between minoxidil and the symptoms I had to see my conclusion was right and found that many people have had similar issues.
Anyway … although im very ashamed of what my face looks right now I will post before and after pictures of my face so u can see the changes …and hopefully come up with a solution …
I still don’t know what has changed exactly as my face looks so different to me that I cant stand to look myself in the mirror for too long. . But it looks to me as if the area under my eyes and my cheeks sort of melted and now all of it is just hanging lose on my face… Also my eyelids got swollen and under my eyes it looks very dark. Feels like my face has fallen … and my skin also looks so bad overall but the pictures don’t really show it. Also I noticed a lot of new wrinkles, especially near my eyes.
I’ve seen some posts in this and other forums regarding people that went through the same but I don’t actually know if they ever recovered from it, how long it took and if they used anything go get better.
For me its been over a month and so far nothing has changed. Ive tried using retinol, vitamin c, anti-inflamatorys, anti-allergics, diuretics and nothing has worked.
Honestly, considering how different my face looks now especially my cheeks which look as if they have collapsed, I don’t have much hope it wil go back to it was before … I just wish I had my face from February still .
Please. If anyone went through this don’t hesitate in pming me. I need all the tips and sincere advices I can get. Pm me even if its to say it will never get better cuz even if that’s the case onde day I just have accept I wont get better.
Sorry for the long post.
PS: My before pic was taken in February, a few weeks before starting minoxidil and all the others were taken after using it.
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