Regular Member Pephair Posted September 2, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted September 2, 2021 I started June 19th, 2021 with 2.5mg every day. You'll see small hairs growing next to long hairs, I have closeup photos from a couple years back that didn't show anything like this. My entire scalp also feels prickly when I rub my hands through my longer hair so that's what got me interested in taking a closer look since I've never felt that before. I also notice that some of my hairs are long, and there are small hairs growing within the same follicle that are shorter. A couple questions from this: Are these smaller hairs new growth too, or can a single follicle have multiple hairs growing at different times? When a follicle begins to miniaturize, can one hair miniaturize first before another hair in the same follicle? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member A Fue Good Men Posted September 3, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 3, 2021 I believe each hair has its own different lifecycle even though there may be several within one follicular unit. Each hair has its own dermal papilla and is affected by dht differently based on its dna coding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted September 3, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 3, 2021 I have no idea re your questions. However this looks promising, I am about a month into oral Minox - drinking 10mg of Kirkland liquid daily (5mg twice a day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Curious25 Posted September 3, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Spring15 said: I have no idea re your questions. However this looks promising, I am about a month into oral Minox - drinking 10mg of Kirkland liquid daily (5mg twice a day) I don't think drinking the liquid is advisory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Curious25 Posted September 3, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 3, 2021 Do you have more pictures you can share OP, for instance before and afters that aren't hyper zoomed in, to appreciate whether there has been any noticeable visual improvement? Side effect wise . . have you experienced anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Pephair Posted September 3, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Curious25 said: Do you have more pictures you can share OP, for instance before and afters that aren't hyper zoomed in, to appreciate whether there has been any noticeable visual improvement? Side effect wise . . have you experienced anything? The hairs are too small to see visual differences. Going to give it a couple more months. No sides anymore. I had headaches and my heart skipped a few beats for a few days when I started. I do notice random additional hairs near my eyebrows but I just tweezer them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Curious25 Posted September 3, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 3, 2021 23 minutes ago, Pephair said: The hairs are too small to see visual differences. Going to give it a couple more months. No sides anymore. I had headaches and my heart skipped a few beats for a few days when I started. I do notice random additional hairs near my eyebrows but I just tweezer them off. No swelling or skin issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Pephair Posted September 3, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted September 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, Curious25 said: No swelling or skin issues? None. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted September 4, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 4, 2021 14 hours ago, Curious25 said: I don't think drinking the liquid is advisory It is controversial, I'll take my chances however 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member MachoVato Posted September 4, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 4, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 5:35 AM, Spring15 said: I am about a month into oral Minox - drinking 10mg of Kirkland liquid daily (5mg twice a day) You're drinking the topical solution?! HLC Ankara | 4261 Grafts | Nov 7, 2020 (Hairline) Dr. Bisanga, BHR Clinic in Brussels | 1528 Grafts | Aug 12, 2021 (Crown and Temples) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted September 5, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted September 5, 2021 5 hours ago, MachoVato said: You're drinking the topical solution?! Yes 0.2ml a day, which is 10mg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Over-Rated Posted October 21, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 9/4/2021 at 11:20 PM, Spring15 said: Yes 0.2ml a day, which is 10mg Interesting, why 10mg and not 0.1ml, 5mg? Any results thus far? Any shedding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted October 24, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 10/21/2021 at 9:16 PM, Over-Rated said: Interesting, why 10mg and not 0.1ml, 5mg? Any results thus far? Any shedding? I feel the more the better. Although I don't want to raise the dose to risk negative side effects, I may well drop down to 5mg if my blood pressure lowers etc Great results so far, I'd say 70-80% decrease in shedding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Over-Rated Posted October 24, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 24, 2021 11 hours ago, Spring15 said: I feel the more the better. Although I don't want to raise the dose to risk negative side effects, I may well drop down to 5mg if my blood pressure lowers etc Great results so far, I'd say 70-80% decrease in shedding Just to be sure.. So you were NOT using minoxidil at all prior, no topical? And you jumped on 10mg oral minox, right? You have a 70%-80% decrease in shedding now... but did you shed initially? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member TEXAN35 Posted October 24, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 24, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 6:35 AM, Spring15 said: I have no idea re your questions. However this looks promising, I am about a month into oral Minox - drinking 10mg of Kirkland liquid daily (5mg twice a day) They may start selling minoxidil shots in the bars. That will be fun. I know the tropical solution are alcohol based but not sure if that's edible form of alcohol. You know there are some types of alcohol which can cause poisoning if ingested orally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Curious25 Posted October 24, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 24, 2021 I don’t know the conversion maths of what 0.2ml amounts to, but if it is 10mg - 10mg daily is a pretty high dosage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Over-Rated Posted October 24, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted October 24, 2021 58 minutes ago, TEXAN35 said: They may start selling minoxidil shots in the bars. That will be fun. I know the tropical solution are alcohol based but not sure if that's edible form of alcohol. You know there are some types of alcohol which can cause poisoning if ingested orally. It's just ethanol.. and it's like 1 drop, for most people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted October 25, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Over-Rated said: Just to be sure.. So you were NOT using minoxidil at all prior, no topical? And you jumped on 10mg oral minox, right? You have a 70%-80% decrease in shedding now... but did you shed initially? I've been on topical minox for over 4 years, with microneedling the last 2. I was still losing ground though Then I started 10mg oral minox nearly 3 months ago. I was shedding a lot the first 1-1.5 months, then around 2 months the shedding decreased drastically. Note - two weeks after starting oral minox the gyms closed due to COVID , I haven't been lifting in over 2 months, I have no idea if that could be the cause of decreased shedding? I hope not I have mild hypertrichosis on my arms, back of my neck, upper back, eye brows, face & also my eye lashes have grown a few millimeters. I originally had mild headaches the first month on oral minox as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted October 25, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 25, 2021 Just don't be like this guy and drink 20ml / 1000mg at once - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5192187/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Curious25 Posted October 25, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Spring15 said: I've been on topical minox for over 4 years, with microneedling the last 2. I was still losing ground though Then I started 10mg oral minox nearly 3 months ago. I was shedding a lot the first 1-1.5 months, then around 2 months the shedding decreased drastically. Note - two weeks after starting oral minox the gyms closed due to COVID , I haven't been lifting in over 2 months, I have no idea if that could be the cause of decreased shedding? I hope not I have mild hypertrichosis on my arms, back of my neck, upper back, eye brows, face & also my eye lashes have grown a few millimeters. I originally had mild headaches the first month on oral minox as well Which country are you in for gyms to have closed 2 months ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted October 26, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted October 26, 2021 22 hours ago, Curious25 said: Which country are you in for gyms to have closed 2 months ago? New Zealand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Lightmare Posted November 10, 2021 Regular Member Share Posted November 10, 2021 Any updates @Pephair? Where did you get your 2.5mg oral minoxidil? @Spring15 also curious as to how things are going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Pephair Posted November 11, 2021 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 11, 2021 21 hours ago, Lightmare said: Any updates @Pephair? Where did you get your 2.5mg oral minoxidil? @Spring15 also curious as to how things are going. I posted some new photos in my HT thread. It's looking still to early to see drastic differences in my mid/crown. I asked my first HT doctor for a prescription and she gave me one with no hesitation. Otherwise I'd buy probably just buy it online, it's like half the price of topical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Spring15 Posted November 14, 2021 Senior Member Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 11/11/2021 at 8:17 AM, Lightmare said: Any updates @Pephair? Where did you get your 2.5mg oral minoxidil? @Spring15 also curious as to how things are going. A slight increase in shedding about a week ago, now back to minimal shedding. So things are still going well 3.5 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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