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Side effects of monoxide hair regrowth treatment?

anselmeNov 29, 2016
I have been reading reviews on minoxidil hair regrowth treatment for a while and I have tried it as well for 60 days before I stopped because I heard of the fastest hair lost when you stop using it . But recently I have a question that I want to know the answer if someone can help .what about the effect that this product cause for man fertility. Does it affect the capacity of the sperm ?

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