Would applying 2% minoxidil twice a day be the same as 5% once
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No its not the same. I am gonna quote something out of Dr. Lee's website, pertaining something very similar, if using thrice the amount of Xandrox 5% the same as Xandrox 15%. Read his 4th reason.
Hope it helps.
Q. Why not apply 3mL of the 5% Xandrox instead of using Xandrox15?
A. The amount of minoxidil in 3mL of 5% Xandrox is the same as the amount of minoxidil in 1mL of Xandrox15. However, in terms of absorption and efficacy, you are much better served by the use of Xandrox15 because (1) the 80% alcohol base of the Xandrox15 allows for significantly greater delivery of minoxidil to the follicles where it is needed; (2) With better patient compliance, your chances of reversing hair loss is improved and there is certainly better patient compliance in applying 1 mL of Xandrox15 than there would be in applying 1 mL of 5% Xandrox 3x/day; (3) the cost of 3 mL of 5% Xandrox is more than 1 mL of Xandrox15; and most importantly (4), there is a threshold level at which atrophied hair follicles will respond to minoxidil to produce a terminal hair shaft again. A 15% minoxidil solution is much more likely to recruit hair follicles to grow again than is a 5% minoxidil solution to do so.
Hope it helps.
Q. Why not apply 3mL of the 5% Xandrox instead of using Xandrox15?
A. The amount of minoxidil in 3mL of 5% Xandrox is the same as the amount of minoxidil in 1mL of Xandrox15. However, in terms of absorption and efficacy, you are much better served by the use of Xandrox15 because (1) the 80% alcohol base of the Xandrox15 allows for significantly greater delivery of minoxidil to the follicles where it is needed; (2) With better patient compliance, your chances of reversing hair loss is improved and there is certainly better patient compliance in applying 1 mL of Xandrox15 than there would be in applying 1 mL of 5% Xandrox 3x/day; (3) the cost of 3 mL of 5% Xandrox is more than 1 mL of Xandrox15; and most importantly (4), there is a threshold level at which atrophied hair follicles will respond to minoxidil to produce a terminal hair shaft again. A 15% minoxidil solution is much more likely to recruit hair follicles to grow again than is a 5% minoxidil solution to do so.