I am a female, have thick hair but my temple areas are completely hairless. All I want is some thick vellus that creates shadowing in the temple area to allow me to wear my hair back in a bun. If I use minoxidil 15% every day plus needling (dermaroller) once a week, can I hope to grow thick vellus where there has never been hair? Should I use minoxidil at night or in the day or doesn’t matter? Is Minoxidil 15% better than 5% for my goals? How many hours after applying it can I wash my hair? Thx
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Answer: Traction Alopecia and Minoxidil? Englewood Cliffs New Jersey
Minoxidil was first brought to market as Rogaine over 30 years ago. Its hard to believe that the same treatment is still available today, even though it is now very inexpensive and widely available. If it really worked that well, why is everyone still going bald?
Interestingly when Rogaine w...
I would recommend looking into alternative options.
There are several known problems that exist when using Finasteride as a hair loss medication, lets take a look at each one:
Finasteride only works for a short
period of time. It works for just a few hours a day (its half-life is 6 hours).F...
