Follicly challenged
03-08-2011, 08:07 PM
Im a 35 year old female, healthy, labs normal. Started seeing hair thinning, loss with combing and showering. Used rogaine for less than a month in december then stopped. Now hair looks thinner than ever. Loss is diffuse but is very apparent at front and then back of scalp. Difficult to cover up. Will this hair grow back even without rogaine if it was there to begin with? Any suggestions, remedies would be helpful.
saniaa83
03-17-2011, 06:17 AM
Along with Propecia, Rogaine is one of only two drugs approved by the FDA for treating hair loss.
Minoxidil, (Rogaine’s active ingredient), was originally created as a drug for treating hypertension (high blood pressure). It was then discovered that one of its side affects was growing hair. Minoxidil was then tested for use as a topical application for regrowing hair. The results were sufficiently impressive that the FDA approved it as a treatment for hair loss.