Hello, I´m new to this forums and I need an advice from someone, who might had the same problem as me. I started with 5% liquid minoxidil Regaine 2 months ago for my frontal hair and temples, I had some shedding like its written in leaflet - I also experienced in the beginning some small greasy dandruffs, but nothing noticeable, my skin was not itchy/burning/reddish etc., but the problem is that shedding did not quite stopped even after 2 months and the situation now is like I´m more bald on the places, where I applied minoxidil - my skin is starting to shine in that places and its almost in the situation, that I should put Toppik or something like that on these places...
At the moment I´m using for like 14 days 5% liquid Kirkland, because I had to change to this brand, because the expiration date of Regaine has expired and I cannot get it anymore for some strange reason in my country. After using Kirkland I also started to notice dandruffs, but these are not greasy but they are rather dry and seems to be bigger than those I had from Regaine, however the skin is at least normal. I have read that some people experienced more shedding after changing brands, but I couldn´t say surely that its also my case.
I have read that it takes about 2-4 months to see some results, but this all seems not quite normal to me after that period of time and I´m starting to be afraid to continue with minoxidil. Before using minoxidil I lost about 30-50 hairs/day and now I´m losing about 40-80 hairs/day. I don´t see any regrow in the places where I apply it - I might find some small fluff in the temples, but that have far away from full-fledged hair + I could count them almost on my fingers. There is no regrow in the frontal and it doesn´t seems at the moment that there will any be...
I know that for some unlucky people minoxidil just won´t work - might this be my case?
What should I do now? Should I stop using it? Is there any chance, that these shedded hairs will growe back after stopping with minoxidil?
Thanks for advices.
At the moment I´m using for like 14 days 5% liquid Kirkland, because I had to change to this brand, because the expiration date of Regaine has expired and I cannot get it anymore for some strange reason in my country. After using Kirkland I also started to notice dandruffs, but these are not greasy but they are rather dry and seems to be bigger than those I had from Regaine, however the skin is at least normal. I have read that some people experienced more shedding after changing brands, but I couldn´t say surely that its also my case.
I have read that it takes about 2-4 months to see some results, but this all seems not quite normal to me after that period of time and I´m starting to be afraid to continue with minoxidil. Before using minoxidil I lost about 30-50 hairs/day and now I´m losing about 40-80 hairs/day. I don´t see any regrow in the places where I apply it - I might find some small fluff in the temples, but that have far away from full-fledged hair + I could count them almost on my fingers. There is no regrow in the frontal and it doesn´t seems at the moment that there will any be...
I know that for some unlucky people minoxidil just won´t work - might this be my case?
What should I do now? Should I stop using it? Is there any chance, that these shedded hairs will growe back after stopping with minoxidil?
Thanks for advices.
