The minoxidil side effects thread

[Fanjeera]

Post all side effects you have heard people using minoxidil products complain of please!
I'll try to make a list:
1. Facial swelling.
2. Dark circles under eyes.
3. Dandruff.
4. An itching scalp.
5. Destroyed hair (especially hairline).
6. Face, neck and ears burning.
7. Red eyes.
8. Dizziness.
9. Palpitation.
10. Fatigue.
11. Watery eyes.
12. Watery nose.
13. Increased body hair.
14. Low blood pressure.
15. Headache.
16. Acne (on the area, where it is being used).
17. Blurred and problematic vision.
18. Decreased sexual desire.
19. Impotence.
20. Numbness and tingling hands, feet or face.
21. Rapid weight gain.
22. A painful chest.
23. Transforming into a cat.

 

[GeminiX]

For me, burning / watering eyes and constant sneezing, it felt like an allergic reaction. Tried it for a few days, week or so at the most and gave up. Tried it again a couple of times after that and immediately had the same reactions, so abandoned it as a treatment.

 

[Timi]

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1. Facial swelling.
2. Dark circles under eyes.
3. Dandruff.
4. An itching scalp.
5. Destroyed hair (especially hairline
6.Face Burning
7.Eys red
8.Dizziness
9.Palpitations
10.Fatigue
11.Hair very worse all over


Timi

 

[Fanjeera]

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1. Facial swelling.
2. Dark circles under eyes.
3. Dandruff.
4. An itching scalp.
5. Destroyed hair (especially hairline
6.Face Burning
7.Eys red
8.Dizziness
9.Palpitations
10.Fatigue
11.Hair very worse all over


Timi

You have encountered all of them on yourself?

 

[Timi]

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1. Facial swelling.
2. Dark circles under eyes.
3. Dandruff.
4. An itching scalp.
5. Destroyed hair (especially hairline
6.Face Burning
7.Eys red
8.Dizziness
9.Palpitations
10.Fatigue
11.Hair very worse all over


Timi

You have encountered all of them on yourself?

Yes

Timi

 

[Fanjeera]

Did they stay or go away after a period of not using minoxidil? (I just want to test, if I have any side effects)

 

[Timi]

Did they stay or go away after a period of not using minoxidil? (I just want to test, if I have any side effects)

Stay

Timi

 

[RP3X]

I dunno about minoxidil side effects but ive been tired more so after going on the big 3 after 1 month, and darker circles under eyes.

But then again that could just be that ive not been entirely sleeping well

 

[Fanjeera]

Did they stay or go away after a period of not using minoxidil? (I just want to test, if I have any side effects)

Stay

Timi

How do you then know, if minoxidil was causing them?

 

[Guest]

Yes body hair increase is def one.

 

[Fanjeera]

Did it go away after not using minoxidil anymore?

 

[Guest]

not all.

 

[Timi]

My Dermatologist says today
stay on minoxidil he see many little Hairs coming

but the side effects !!!
what do?

2% minoxidil??

Timi

 

[Fanjeera]

not all.

Which ones continued and which ones stopped?

 

[Guest]

It made me more hairy.

 

[Fanjeera]

I think the body hair will be gone too after a few months of not using. If I understand right, you are still testing minoxidil on yourself to find a correct dose.

 

[Guest]

Yes but in some areas the hair doesnt go away.

 

[ThinBrent]

What does "destroyed hair (especially hairline)" mean? Can minoxidil actually make your hair fall out, other than a temporary shed?

 

[Fanjeera]

There have been many threads about it, yes. Something that's very difficult to prove though.

 

[FreeloaderUK]

people do mix up cause & effect.

logically people who have a good hairline & then start taking minoxidil who then notice a rapid loss in that hairline put two & two together & assume that minoxidil is the cause of it.

scientifically there's no evidence to back it up. its possible that these people suffered from an acceleration in male pattern baldness (which does happen, male pattern baldness can accelerate, deccelerate or even halt for no good reason at all). ive heard some ppl say the same for propecia.