Rogaine Foam Question?

[Maradona]

What are your opinions on using minox foam on newly transplanted hair in the front and temples? Can it help or damage the hair. I've been using liquid minox religiously twice a day for about 7 months on the new hair and all over and it seems to have gotten thicker. Don't know if it's from the minox or just transplanted hair naturally getting thicker. My doc suggested I use the minox all over including front, mid, and on the donor area. Seems to be ok. Why would minox make you lose hair? If you shed it should grow back. Starting the foam today just to see the difference and if it's easier to use. I'll post results after a few months. Another transplant coming in month or two. Good luck to all.

Yeah I wonder why? maybe it's only for very sensitive follicles. You should be good.

[Maradona]

It regrew? I'm wondering what'd happen If I quit Minox? I'm thinking I'd be even worse off tho as some hairs are prob dependant on it..

It regrew some of it back but it was eating my hairline alive. It regrew like 20 hairs and its all patchy and ****ed up.

I wouldn't try rogaine on the hairline.

[Lounk61]

What are your opinions on using minox foam on newly transplanted hair in the front and temples? Can it help or damage the hair. I've been using liquid minox religiously twice a day for about 7 months on the new hair and all over and it seems to have gotten thicker. Don't know if it's from the minox or just transplanted hair naturally getting thicker. My doc suggested I use the minox all over including front, mid, and on the donor area. Seems to be ok. Why would minox make you lose hair? If you shed it should grow back. Starting the foam today just to see the difference and if it's easier to use. I'll post results after a few months. Another transplant coming in month or two. Good luck to all.

[Jcm800]

It regrew? I'm wondering what'd happen If I quit Minox? I'm thinking I'd be even worse off tho as some hairs are prob dependant on it..

[Maradona]

Yeah I used and still use it on hairline and temples.

I hear what you're saying, my hairloss has been very slow over a long period. As soon as I started Minox foam it accelerated very quickly. Too much of a coincidence for
me..

My center hairline regrew after quitting minox, I raise my eyebrow and the highest wrinkle above my forehead is covered by some hair.

But after quitting fin I experienced accelerated shedding all over so there is really no point in having low hairline.

[Jcm800]

Yeah I used and still use it on hairline and temples.

I hear what you're saying, my hairloss has been very slow over a long period. As soon as I started Minox foam it accelerated very quickly. Too much of a coincidence for
me..

[perrier]

No, within 4-6 weeks of using it I had rapid hairline loss and no regrowth 14 months later.

Does that mean you used it for receding hairline and not for temple hair loss?

I'm starting to use it on Monday and was just wondering what would be the consequences if I'm not one of the lucky ones to experience the regrowth after the 4-6 months.

PS. It's important to note that a there would be some hair loss during the 14 months you've used it which may be the "rapid" loss you're talking about. Basically I'm trying to say that maybe it was just at the point it would have been if the treatment hasn't started at all. I'm not trying to defend it, merely trying to make sure you're taking these details into consideration.

[Jcm800]

The big question here is: The medication didn't work for you, but did you experience the shedding that goes together with it and if so did it grow back again?

Maybe Tracy can give more details here too.

No, within 4-6 weeks of using it I had rapid hairline loss and no regrowth 14 months later.

[perrier]

14 months in and my hairline has suffered since applying Minox foam there. Tracy will probably chip in and say I'm most likely using it incorrectly. I haven't been. Anyway it works for some, hasn't for me. it's a chance you take..

The big question here is: The medication didn't work for you, but did you experience the shedding that goes together with it and if so did it grow back again?

Maybe Tracy can give more details here too.

[Tracy C]

It can happen. It probably won't but it can happen. If you do not have thinning in your vertex or mid-anterior, Rogaine is not appropriate for you.

[lucrio]

OK one last question. If I only apply rogaine to the vertex and mid anterior areas would any of its effects shedding/growth migrate to areas where it is not applied such as the hairline or temples.

[mpb47]

You keep repeating this. Could you refer us to a more in-depth read?

Here you go:

http://www.baldingblog.com/2006/10/06/juvenile-vs-mature-hairline-am-i-going-bald-with-photos/

http://www.baldingblog.com/2007/01/12/maturization-of-a-hairline-moving-from-juvenile-to-mature-with-photos/

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-mature-hairline.htm

Just do a google search if you want more.

[Tracy C]

You keep repeating this. Could you refer us to a more in-depth read?

Literally every competent hair restoration doctor is very well aware of this. Many of whom have mentioned it on multiple occasions and in multiple threads throughout this forum. It has been talked about during the broadcast, even as recently as last week. You can open up any high school year book and see it. You go walking around out and about in the real world and see it everywhere around you... Do you actually need to be able to read about it - in depth?

[BaldinLikeBaldwin]

Males are genetically programmed to loose their temple hair and develop an adult mature male hair line.

You keep repeating this. Could you refer us to a more in-depth read?

[Tracy C]

Does anyone know if rogaine will have any effect at all towards the hairline or would I be wasting it if I applied it there, or possibly even making my hairline loss worse somehow?

The FDA approved medications for treating hereditary hair loss in males are most effective in the vertex and mid-anterior areas. Males are genetically programmed to loose their temple hair and develop an adult mature male hair line. Some males are able to regrow some of their hair line and temple hair with medications but most males cannot. It is possible that you can make the problem worse, if you stop using the medicine abruptly. However, If you do not have thinning in your vertex and/or mid-anterior areas, Rogaine is not likely to be appropriate for you.

Dr, Bauman in Florida has experimented with Latisse/Lumigan (bimatoprost 0.3&#37 in the temples and hair line of some willing patients. Some of those young men did regrow some of their temple hair. At this time it is not known if this off-label use of this medication is any more effective than Rogaine.

http://www.baumanmedical.com/Default.aspx?tabid=59