Done with Minoxidil (need advice please)

Only question is, what should I do now? Has anyone who has not responded to minoxidil seen results with other products e.i. propecia? thanks

Hold on. You're WAY too early in the line of treatment to abandon minoxidil. Let's examine your problems:

1. If you are suffering from an itchy scalp, then you are probably reacting to the solvent, not the minoxidil. Many forms of minox contain propylene glycol which many people (including me) find intolerable. Get a version of minox that is glycol-free. (There are many versions on the net, check out www.minoxidil.com for one.)

2. If you are losing more hair than you started, that is actually a GOOD sign. Telogen effluvium (the technical term for losing hair after a treatment has initiated) means that the minox has activated many of your hairs in rest phase (telogen) and they are pushing out the old hair in preparation for new growth (anogen). Don't worry about that. Get another brand of minox, and then take it for at least 6-12 months to assess the ultimate effect.

3. Adding Propecia to the minox regimen is the next step, but you've got to be more patient and persistent with the treatment to make any of this work.

RonLev Philly

Any treatment takes time...at least 3 months... to see if it's working...try rogaine foam before you give up on minox.

It takes time on some people, people that get results on the 4 month are just the right people that minox works on.

i was on 4 ml over the whole top of head and back (kirkland) and 1mg fin.

Drop that greasy Minox.

Than add 1mg fin daily go with proscar its cheaper, just split the pill into five.

Did you check you hair after the treamments?

What i did with mine is cut some of the top and put it into a jar and compard my 8 month treatment hair to the old stuff.

Funny my hair is worse now than when i started im on the 8th month and shedding but the hair that i cut of the other day is thicker than i started with so im assuming it should be good after the regrowth.