Oily scalp turned white. I've been on Minoxidil for 5 months and Finasteride for 2.5 (Photo)

Minoxidil affects everyone differently. 
While minoxidil works fine for the select
few, the problem with the medicine is that it does not actually stop
hair loss. Instead, 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.
As for the side effects, the alcohol base
required to support the active ingredients also cause irritation of the
scalp and severe reactions for many people. The fact is that it does not
work for everyone, and even if it does, not for long and not without
side effects.Propecia (also known as Finasteride)
affects everyone differently because is not customized to the
individual. Like millions of Big Pharma medications out there, the exact
same dose of Propecia/Finasteride is given to people who have different
heights, weights and biochemistry. This means that men who want to stop
hair loss for good can take the recommended dose of Propecia every day,
and experience nasty side effects for no good reason! While for other's
their dose may be insufficient to even reduceDHT by the 60% it is rated at.
Also, even if you do not receive any side effectsFinasteride only works for a short
period of time.  It works for just a few hours a day (its half-life is 6 hours).Finasteride
does a poor job of
actually blocking DHT production. Propecia only blocks 1 out of 3 types
of DHT receptors. That means hair loss is
STILL taking place while you are using the medication.  This combined
with the short half life means that Propecia is about 60% effective at
stopping DHT from thinning your hair.Any
medicine 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. Thus,
a personalized medicine will be the best choice because instead of a
"one size fits all" approach, you will be taking something which is truly catered to your body's needs.
The treatment is out there. Good luck on your search.