Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
- koolaidshade
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Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
Currently I use minoxidil foam in the morning and a compounded liquid minoxidil (5%) solution with progesterone (2%) at night. I use probably more than the recommended half capful of foam in the morning, because no one really uses that little.
Does nyone here use minoxidil more than twice a day? I'm wondering if there are diminishing returns on using minoxidil foam additionally in the afternoon/evening. I figure i'd just use a capful of foam after i get off work or something because i'm just hanging out at home but it also dries quick so I can leave the house and do whatever i need.
Does nyone here use minoxidil more than twice a day? I'm wondering if there are diminishing returns on using minoxidil foam additionally in the afternoon/evening. I figure i'd just use a capful of foam after i get off work or something because i'm just hanging out at home but it also dries quick so I can leave the house and do whatever i need.
- Afro_Vacancy
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Re: Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
I use 1ml of 5% minoxidil once a day and I see no reason to use it more often. There is no evidence that mega-dosing minoxidil is going to be helpful.
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Minoxidil 5% 2ml daily
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Nizoral 2% shampoo x3 a week
Re: Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
I just use once a day but dispense 2ml
- kj6723
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Re: Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
22 hour half life makes more than twice a day pointless
I do use WAY more than the recommended dosage per application
I do use WAY more than the recommended dosage per application
Re: Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
It actually says on the packaging that "using more, more often will not increase results"
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Re: Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
No but if it makes you feel good then positive feelings grow hair
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- rclark
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Re: Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
I think Minoxidil is useless by itself. If people aren't using some anti androgen, they're just
throwing their money in the toilet.
throwing their money in the toilet.
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Re: Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
Well, if their hairloss isn’t too aggressive it might buy them a few years, or at least allow them to bald at a more graceful pace. But yea, don’t expect results to be permanent if dht is still active....
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Re: Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
Yeah but if you used it more than twice a day, it would mean that you dosed your scalp with more minoxidil. Sure, this is why 5% is more effective than 2% minoxidil, but the question is in whether or not there are diminishing returns on using a percentage minoxidil higher than 5%, or using it more times per day.
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Re: Using minoxidil more than twice a day?
So just use a larger amount in one of your 2x a day applicationskoolaidshade wrote: ↑5 days agoYeah but if you used it more than twice a day, it would mean that you dosed your scalp with more minoxidil. Sure, this is why 5% is more effective than 2% minoxidil, but the question is in whether or not there are diminishing returns on using a percentage minoxidil higher than 5%, or using it more times per day.
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