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Just putting it out there, because I have been silenced every time I have tried to talk about my negative experiences with minoxidil:
I was on a 10% topical formulation (so 2x the strength of regular Regaine/Rogaine) and the stuff destroyed my skin on a permanent basis. About a month or 2 in I started noticing lines and wrinkles where I previously had none, my eyes were really puffy, and I started to look like the 'after' photo in those PSAs about doing drugs. I had to come off the stuff and take collagen supplements daily to even slightly reverse that. I'm not back to baseline and likely never will be; that shit aged me by about 8 years in the span of 6 months. It was honestly much worse than hair loss itself.
Before I came off it, when I told the ""clinic"" that prescribed me what I was experiencing, they said it was placebo. Meanwhile, other hair loss sufferers online told me that I was making it up because I was jealous of other men's gains (???)
I am by no means saying this will necessarily happen if you take minox, but it wasn't even a reported side effect on the leaflet (where it lists common/uncommon/rare/very rare side effects), and I was genuinely trying to get it on there so people could be aware that this is a risk.
I would be super cautious of oral administration. When I was on the topical, it was only in contact with my scalp and any part of my body that would touch my pillow while sleeping I guess. Can't imagine what it would have done going through the digestive system instead.
Sincerely, fuck the hair restoration industry and the way it preys on desperate people.
Sorry that this isn't necessarily super on-topic (or uplifting), but seeing/hearing about minoxidil brings up a really bad experience.
Hey, thanks for sharing! Makes me feel okay about just going bald. 😆
Happy to help 😅
FWIW, I'm bi and find other bald(ing) men who embrace it attractive :)
I just wish other people were less demeaning about it; rude comments about bald men (mostly from women unfortunately) were the biggest barrier to acceptance for me.