how common is shedding on minoxidil?

[jambri]

I'm close to starting with Dr Lee's 5% minoxidil. Before I start I thought I'd ask how common shedding really is with minoxidil. Is this over-reported in general, or something that I can probably expect? On average, will it get significantly worse before it gets better, or just very slightly worse, or... not worse at all?

 

[-cj-]

It's common to shed on minoxidil, but some people notice excessive shedding. I noticed more shedding than normal on the 3 1/2 weeks after I started treatment, it went for about a week, then went back to normal.

 

[jambri]

So it sounds like some degree of increased shedding is inevitable...

Did it make a negative cosmetic difference for you initially?

 

[Mer]

You have to figure that the majority are going to post if they're shedding and it concerns them. People who are not shedding most likely won't just post to say that they aren't.

I never had a "shed" since I started in October 05. I'm a diffuse thinner if that matters.

 

[-cj-]

So it sounds like some degree of increased shedding is inevitable...

Did it make a negative cosmetic difference for you initially?

None of my shedding has had an impact on my current hair cosmetically, no.

 

[jambri]

does this thread so far accurately summarise the effect of minoxidil? Further opinions would be appreciated if they exist!

 

[Private Ryan]

i shed like a dog while on minoxidil a few months ago... most likely due to the PPG as i develop allegy reaction to it...

but my fore head start to grow lots of tiny hair which is not in contact much with minoxidil... so i guess i might response well to it...

i order Dr. Lee PPG free minoxidil and hope thing turn up well...

wish me luck... haha...