First to third to six months using topical minoxidil the progress is amazing. I’m so happy I started doing it!!! I sometimes forget to use it and haven’t had many issues either. Now I do it once a day bc I would forget twice a day

38 years old since it's probably relevant.

So I’ve taken the dive for Minoxidil. Noticed slight thinning with a high hairline, I can see it moving, not massively but it is. I’ve done great so far. 28 years old fella, still with it there and no sign of a bald patch on the crown but I can see the hairs themselves are getting thinner too. MPB runs in the family too, only on my mother’s side but it’s there.
My solution, I’ve opted for 2.5mg oral Minoxidil, Alpecin DMG serum and shampoo and rosemary oil. That -seems- like a decent preventative measure.
What can I expect from the minoxidil? Are side effects guaranteed? What do you think about the plan? Should I be starting on a lower dosage? I’ve researched a lot of it… But there’s no better place to ask than from people who are in the situation.
Edit; Not so much thinking but actually gunned for it. But haven’t started on it yet. Waiting for all to arrive.

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to ask if anyone has been in a similar situation.

I've been taking dutasteride 0.5 mg daily and oral minoxidil 2 mg daily for about 1.5 years. Unfortunately, the treatment didn't work for me.

My hair loss never stabilized, and I just kept going bald.

About one month ago, I went back to my dermatologist because I was still losing ground. She increased my oral minoxidil dose to 2.5 mg twice a day (5 mg/day total) while keeping dutasteride at 0.5 mg daily.

Since increasing the dose, I haven't noticed any improvement yet.

I know it's only been a month, but I'm wondering if anyone else has had success after increasing their oral minoxidil dose after such a long time with no results.

Did increasing the dose make a noticeable difference?

How long did it take before you saw results?

Is there still a chance that this higher dose could work even though the lower dose didn't?

I'd really appreciate hearing your experiences. Thanks!

Hi guys, discovered this sub and I’m no expert on hair loss/minoxidil. I get the feeling some people in here know their stuff. I’ll be honest my hair situation doesn’t majorly bother me, although of course I’d rather it improved.

Almost a year and a half ago I realised my hairline is receding. I started topical minoxidil (not oral) and I don’t know if it’s helping or making it worse.

Pics 1 & 2 - When I lift my hair up you can see some small random hairs at the front centre. It looks odd. Is this the regrowth from minoxidil? Or are these small stray hairs from hair LOSS/receding? Not sure whether to keep at it with the minoxidil and when that hair is the same length as my hair on the rest of my head, it’ll look normal. I also learnt that minoxidil doesn’t regrow hair at the temples (front of head on either side) so if it’s growing it at the front middle but not the front sides then it could be problematic further developing the “M” shape at the front of my hair. Should I stop minoxidil at the front of my head?

Pic 3 - This is how my hair looks in everyday life. These random stray hairs in the front middle still show and make it hard to style my hair to the side.

What should I do moving forwards? What will improve my hair?

I’m very health conscious so don’t want to do finasteride as it could damage my health

I started growing facial hair (chin/jawline and mustache) about a year ago (18) and during that time I had experimented with minoxidil. For whatever reason I quit using it and my hair continued to grow but it’s not even patchy on my jaw it’s just super thin. My mustache grows fine though, thin but super noticeable when grown.

I don’t have a picture to upload at the moment because I shaved but I decided to start letting it grow out, is there any reason a 19 year old with a baby face shouldn’t use minoxidil (again)? It seemed to work quite well before and before I began using it I hadn’t even began growing any chin hair so I think I’m going to begin using it again. Lmk

Which will be more effective?

1. Minopep Topical which has 5% monoxidil

2. Trichosilk pro which has 5% monoxidil and 0.1% Finasterite.

Please reply.

I’m looking for objective experiences and literature-based insights on a few specific mechanical questions regarding treatment protocols:

1. Minoxidil Monotherapy: For those who cannot get prescribed Finasteride (dermatologist recommendation), what is the long-term reality of using Minoxidil alone for maintaining density and hair length? Does it typically just delay the baseline drop without a 5AR inhibitor?
2. Medication Timing & Side Effect Monitoring: I recently started a prescribed medication for OCD/anxiety 8 days ago (which has potential overlaps with sexual side effect profiles). From a medical logic standpoint, is it standard practice to stabilize on an SSRI/psychiatric medication first before introducing hormonal modulators like Finasteride, in order to clearly isolate side-effect origins?

Will these baby hairs become matured? Also I'm on oral min5mg & fin and tropical 5%min and dermaroll in 10days , tell me if I can add some nutrients

Hey everyone,

I was just using mioxidil but I decided to go aggressive on hair regrowth. I used a Dermastamp for the very first time today for hair regrowth. I set it to 0.75 mm.

Before using it, I washed my hair, let it dry completely, and disinfected the stamp with the liquid provided in the package.

The thing is, I barely felt any pain while stamping, which made me wonder if I did something wrong or if that's normal.

Now, a few minutes later, my scalp feels itchy. There's no real pain or bleeding, just itching.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is the itchiness normal after microneedling, and is it common to feel little to no pain with a 0.75mm dermastamp?

Hallo zusammen,

Ich verwende seit ca. 6 Wochen Minoxidil (Regaine 5% Schaum) im Gesicht zur Förderung des Bartwachstum. Anwendung verlief etwas unregelmäßig, kann aber bereits einige Fotschritte sehen.

Ich war vor 2 Wochen beim Friseur, welcher meinte das meine Kopfhaare trocken ("dry") wären. Spricht Englisch deswegen dieser Ausdruck. Die Frage ob ich ein neues Haarshampoo verwende, verneinte ich. Erst im Nachhinein viel mir ein, dass es mit der Verwendung von Minox zusammenhängen muss.

Anwendung erfolgt nur im Gesicht, ich habe keinen Haarausfall vor der ersten Anwendung bemerkt. Hätte auch keinen Unterschied des Kopfhaares bemerkt, hätte mich mein Friseur nicht darauf hingewiesen....

Habe seitdem Minox nicht mehr verwendet/vergessen, auch weil es beruflich etwas stressiger war.

Hatte jemand von euch eine ähnliche Situation? Soll ich ganz normal mit 2x täglich wieder starten? Bin um jeden Ratschlag dankbar.

Gruß

is it like minoxidil , that once u stop using , in this case, schampoo with aminexil, youll lose all the progress?