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Hello everyone,
I have been on minoxidil for almost 4 years and have always struggled with build up and scalp irritation. Every brand of minoxidil that is intended for the European market and mass production, name it and I tried + Lipogaine and Equate. By the way foam does not work for me, I've tried it and I get no results at all. But all liquid formulas, does not matter if they are low PG/NO PG/strong formulas give me those problems.
Earlier this year I wondered how I could have been so stupid that I didn’t realize that the first ''brand'' of minoxidil I used didn’t give me any problems, but I stopped using it simply due to the fact that it was expensive. Minoxidil was made and mixed at my local pharmacy. After re-purchasing and using It for a few weeks, all those problems disappeared again. After consuming one bottle, I wondered what would happen if I visited another pharmacy now - this time the one in my grandmother’s town and asked if they could mix the solution too. To my surprise, they did. So I went ahead and bought a 100ml bottle. After 2 weeks of using that minoxidil I still don’t have any irritation.
On every single bottle of all those famous brands, and even less popular brands same ingredients are written. How could it be that they give me irritation but solutions made by local pharmacies give me no irritation at all? Should I mention that they are not greasy and yellow, and that they dry quite quickly?
Greasy, yellowish, slow drying solutions such as Kirkland are by far the worst for me.
I have been on minoxidil for almost 4 years and have always struggled with build up and scalp irritation. Every brand of minoxidil that is intended for the European market and mass production, name it and I tried + Lipogaine and Equate. By the way foam does not work for me, I've tried it and I get no results at all. But all liquid formulas, does not matter if they are low PG/NO PG/strong formulas give me those problems.
Earlier this year I wondered how I could have been so stupid that I didn’t realize that the first ''brand'' of minoxidil I used didn’t give me any problems, but I stopped using it simply due to the fact that it was expensive. Minoxidil was made and mixed at my local pharmacy. After re-purchasing and using It for a few weeks, all those problems disappeared again. After consuming one bottle, I wondered what would happen if I visited another pharmacy now - this time the one in my grandmother’s town and asked if they could mix the solution too. To my surprise, they did. So I went ahead and bought a 100ml bottle. After 2 weeks of using that minoxidil I still don’t have any irritation.
On every single bottle of all those famous brands, and even less popular brands same ingredients are written. How could it be that they give me irritation but solutions made by local pharmacies give me no irritation at all? Should I mention that they are not greasy and yellow, and that they dry quite quickly?
Greasy, yellowish, slow drying solutions such as Kirkland are by far the worst for me.