Ive heard of some pretty nasty side effects from oral Minoxidil involving the heart but i’ve also heard it’s very effective at regrowing your hair. Are the side effects worth the hair it gives you? This is my last defense to fight hair loss & i need advice. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
Is Oral Minoxidil really worth the hair it gives you?
- Thread starter Lost Boy
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What is your norwood ? you lost your hair since when ? Do you take finasteride ?
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If you need regrowth outside of androgen inhibition, the order of operations for anything minoxidil related should be:
Topical liquid or foam minoxidil
Topical Minoxidil and microneedling.
Topical Minoxidil, microneedling and tretinoin.
Higher concentration topical Minoxidil with the above.
Oral Minoxidil is your last resort
Topical liquid or foam minoxidil
Topical Minoxidil and microneedling.
Topical Minoxidil, microneedling and tretinoin.
Higher concentration topical Minoxidil with the above.
Oral Minoxidil is your last resort
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Minoxidil is not worth. It's work only for 2 years and It's annoying to wear this every day 2 times
You don't really require higher concentrations with needling imo, they tend to be much more expensive than standard 5% and should not be needed, min+tretinoin+needling or 5/10mg oral minoxidil.
Honestly, if you are one of the few that don’t get fluid retention on it, I do think it’s worth using. Minoxidil literally thickened my hair and regrew a good portion to the point that I legit thought I was cured..
my swollen cheeks and swollen eyes were literally deforming me and it actually worsened my allergies which made my eyes squinty all the time. Lol hard to explain
but yeah, I’m still toying with getting back on it with a better diuretic maybe.
my swollen cheeks and swollen eyes were literally deforming me and it actually worsened my allergies which made my eyes squinty all the time. Lol hard to explain
but yeah, I’m still toying with getting back on it with a better diuretic maybe.
not too sure honestly. My hairline has receded a little at the temples but the thinning on top is very severe. Quit finasteride & hopped on dutasteride a while ago. Been losing my hair for 4 years or so
Can’t really use topicals at this point bc i constantly have concealer in. There’d have to be a topical where i could apply it every few days or so. So oral minoxidil is my last resort unfortunately
i wish there was a way of knowing if it’ll affect your fluid retention before actually trying it out. also heard it has some effects on your heart, not just palpitations but long term. but who knows man. hopefully i get the balls to pull the trigger & try it but idk it just sounds really scary.
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Was gonna give it a shot but ultimately decided against it. When a better treatment comes out I'll try one
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Are you sure about that ? is it worth to turn into a woman for hair? i don't speak about oral minoxidil
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Mild at 5mg but 10mg it was to much. I'd wake up and my entire face would be red and really swollen. I didn't grow a alot of hair with it that's for sure.
i feel like if you want legit results 5mg is your best option. That’s the one i’m considering but then again everyone’s different
yeah you gotta take finasteride or dutasteride. sorry to hear about your experience with it, hopefully it doesn’t happen with me
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I was on the dutasteride and spironolactone
& still you couldn’t stop loss or regrow any hair??
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Nope, stopped hairloss maybe. But with dutasteride, RU, min, and micro-needling works well for me. I thought doing all orals dutasteride, spironolactone, min, would be supper easy, convenient, and grow alot of hair but it didn't.