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Hello there,
im a quiet reader here and decided to ask for your help.
I'm maybe not the usual case here. I have like probably NW0,5 at most but struggle with rather thin hair (depends on the day). I have a back story of long minoxidil use years back when i tried to get a beard. I now have a full beard gladly that stayed with complete stopping of minoxidil.
Last week i was scrolling through old photos when i was on 2 times 1ml topical minoxidil on my face per day. And my top hair was glorious back then. I suffered from typical side effects tho like dark circles worse skin and so on.
So i thought i want this insane hair density back and ordered rogaine foam (the expensive sh*t). Like recommended i put on half a cup in the morning and at night. (Yes i washed it out before going to bed).
After a few days my hairs started to becoming really dense and i was like holy sh*t this stuff is potent. But the joy didn't last for long. Soon the sides kicked in and it got worse day by day. My face was slowly detoriating. I didn't remember the sides being that severe... So i looked at the backside of the bottle and it says the amount i put on my scalp would equal to 50mg of minoxidil!
I was informing myself on this site here and what doses people usually use. And 50mg seems to be an absolute overkill. No wonder it went systemic that fast and slowly eating me alive.
So my question is:
-How much mg(or preferably foam volume) would you recommend to be sufficient to give my existing hair a good density and strength with mostly migitating the side effects? (I ordered a derma pen already btw to depend less on minoxidil.)
- Would be once a day just a little foam be enough to benefit from minoxidil positive effects having in mind the half life of the drug?
Thank you for your answers in advance.
im a quiet reader here and decided to ask for your help.
I'm maybe not the usual case here. I have like probably NW0,5 at most but struggle with rather thin hair (depends on the day). I have a back story of long minoxidil use years back when i tried to get a beard. I now have a full beard gladly that stayed with complete stopping of minoxidil.
Last week i was scrolling through old photos when i was on 2 times 1ml topical minoxidil on my face per day. And my top hair was glorious back then. I suffered from typical side effects tho like dark circles worse skin and so on.
So i thought i want this insane hair density back and ordered rogaine foam (the expensive sh*t). Like recommended i put on half a cup in the morning and at night. (Yes i washed it out before going to bed).
After a few days my hairs started to becoming really dense and i was like holy sh*t this stuff is potent. But the joy didn't last for long. Soon the sides kicked in and it got worse day by day. My face was slowly detoriating. I didn't remember the sides being that severe... So i looked at the backside of the bottle and it says the amount i put on my scalp would equal to 50mg of minoxidil!
I was informing myself on this site here and what doses people usually use. And 50mg seems to be an absolute overkill. No wonder it went systemic that fast and slowly eating me alive.
So my question is:
-How much mg(or preferably foam volume) would you recommend to be sufficient to give my existing hair a good density and strength with mostly migitating the side effects? (I ordered a derma pen already btw to depend less on minoxidil.)
- Would be once a day just a little foam be enough to benefit from minoxidil positive effects having in mind the half life of the drug?
Thank you for your answers in advance.