Rogaine once a day?

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  • The Prestige
    Member
    • Sep 2012
    • 74

    Rogaine once a day?

    Is it effective? I hear mixed thoughts and no results or numbers to back up either claim
  • fred970
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2009
    • 922

    #2
    If you suffer from male pattern baldness, there's no reason why you shouldn't use it. It's a treatment every hair loss sufferers should take to maximize his chances.

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    • The Prestige
      Member
      • Sep 2012
      • 74

      #3
      Originally posted by fred970
      If you suffer from male pattern baldness, there's no reason why you shouldn't use it. It's a treatment every hair loss sufferers should take to maximize his chances.
      But is once a day a waste.

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      • fred970
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2009
        • 922

        #4
        No, I use it once a day and it still allows me to have more hair than if I had never used it.

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        • Notcoolanymore
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2013
          • 2246

          #5
          Using it once/day might also reduce the dry scalp that it can cause. I use it twice a day and the battle with dandruff is constant.

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          • ravegrover
            Senior Member
            • Jan 2011
            • 262

            #6
            Since I did not want to apply it in the morning, I use it once a day only and before bedtime. I was encouraged by the following results of once a day application on Dr. Bernstein's website.

            Before & after photo results of patients who use Propecia and/or Rogaine to treat hair loss. Click to see photos of more than 100 patients.


            Sadly I have not seen much improvement but I doubt if twice a day application would have made much difference for me.

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            • macster
              Member
              • Aug 2013
              • 91

              #7
              Once a day is good and probably about the equivalent of putting on 5% minox once a day and then putting on 2.5% minox on the second time of the day. The half life of minox on the scalp is about 12 hours, so after 12 hours there is still some potency to the minox on your head, half the potency or so. This means it is like having about 2.5% minox on your head for the second 12 hours of the day. 2% is the strength they used to sell for minox and that they still sell for women, so it does have some effectiveness, just not as much as 5% twice a day.

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              • 35YrsAfter
                Doctor Representative
                • Aug 2012
                • 1418

                #8
                Originally posted by macster
                Once a day is good and probably about the equivalent of putting on 5% minox once a day and then putting on 2.5% minox on the second time of the day. The half life of minox on the scalp is about 12 hours, so after 12 hours there is still some potency to the minox on your head, half the potency or so. This means it is like having about 2.5% minox on your head for the second 12 hours of the day. 2% is the strength they used to sell for minox and that they still sell for women, so it does have some effectiveness, just not as much as 5% twice a day.
                I have posted this elsewhere... A patient of ours mentioned to me, he had a great result using a dermaroller with Rogaine. I plan to try this myself and I think I will first try a .5 needle length.

                A doctor has a video warning of the increased absorption of any cream, ointment, medicine, etc., when micro needling. Personally, I'll go easy at first.

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