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In my opinion, I would first try to to cover your affected areas once a day or divide the affected areas and treat each one daily. This will allow you to keep to the total daily recommended dosage. Minoxidil has potential to develop several cardiovascular and other side effects when overused. Consider adding another FDA approved treatment such as finasteride or low level laser. Work with a hair loss expert on a treatment plan. PRP hair md.com
While minoxidil works for some, the problem with the medicine is that it does not stop hair loss, and the DHT will continue is binding to the hair shaft which will eventually overtake any additional growth caused by the Minoxidil and die, perhaps just slightly later than it would have without the medicine.Also, the alcohol base required to support the active ingredients also cause irritation of the scalp and sever reactions for many people.The best thing to do would be to see a doctor who specializes in hair regrowth and the rebalancing of body biochemistry, and to look into a personalized medicine. Any pills that actually can make changes inside your body, are required under the FDA to be available by prescription only. This therefore means that it is not possible for anything that does not require a prescription to cure or prevent hair loss or regrow thinning hair.
The short answer is no. The dosings of medications have been carefully worked out to balance efficacy with safety. If you feel you need more, speak to your physician or pharmacist regarding how to apply minoxidil efficiently. If you feel thsi dose does not work, you might consider a variety of off label means but only under supervision. This could include using a bit more, or using oral minoxidil at low doses. The side effects of overdosing on minoxidil include worsening headaches, dizzininess, low blood pressure, heart palpitations, heart rhythm disturbances, ankle swelling, hair growth on the body. Minoxidil is a drug and use must be respected.
You can use a greater valume of minoxidil to cover the balding area and use it twice a day for best results
This is a great question and far more complex than it might seem. Yes, Minoxidil could help and yes age is absolutely a factor. Minoxidil becomes even more important to consider with advancing age. Hair thinning as one approaches the 60s and 70s is often less truly androgen driven. The dia...
Thank you for your question. You’re asking about the relative benefit of 5% minoxidil liquid compared to 5% foam. You've done research which shows comparable results, and yet you still have questions about the effectiveness based on the deliverability of the product to the scalp, and the i...
This can only be answered with an in person evaluation so that a physician can take a close look at your scalp, blood tests and review your full story. In my opinion. the proper way to phrase the question is to ask if this is telogen effluvium or androgenetic alopecia ... or both. Many women h...