Wrinkles and Minoxidil/Foam

[goldbondmafia]

Assuming wrinkles occur due to minoxidil/foam usage, do they go away once the product is discontinued?

[fred970]

Minoxidil doesn't cause wrinkles.

[PatientlyWaiting]

I was getting light senile spots or "liver spots" on my frontal part of the head where I was applying liquid minoxidil. I was overdosing, once I took normal dosage they went away.

[PatientlyWaiting]

Minoxidil reduces collagen, it has been studied before. I was very young, 23 when this happened. Surely at 23, you're not supposed to get senile spots on your skin, specifically where you are applying something that is known to reduce collagen? And the way I was using it, 2ML twice a day, that's 4ML, twice the recommended dosage. I can see how maybe on an older person minoxidil can age the skin faster.

[fred970]

Minoxidil inhibits collagen, that's true, but it has never been proved to cause wrinkles.

Age spots have nothing to do with collagen synthesis.

I don't say that enough: stop scaring the newbies.

[goldbondmafia]

Heard it causes wrinkles and rings around the eyes due to something in the product...

[fred970]

Yes that's right, you "heard".

Once an idea is implanted in people's mind, they start to see things.

If a study said minoxidil might cause tinnitus because it inhibits this or that, I'm sure that in no time, there would be posts of people claiming minoxidil has ruined their hearing.

[akai]

Minoxidil inhibits collagen, that's true, but it has never been proved to cause wrinkles.

Age spots have nothing to do with collagen synthesis.

I don't say that enough: stop scaring the newbies.

I don't know much about minoxidil (never have used it) but inhibiting collagen production can cause wrinkles..

[mpb47]

Assuming wrinkles occur due to minoxidil/foam usage, do they go away once the product is discontinued?

One of the first guys I ever saw mention this said yes, but it took a long time- like 2 years to get back to mostly normal. I have heard others say they saw some results in 3-6 months.

Because I was having to overdose to hold off crown growth, I got what I thought may be signs - not so much wrinkles, but loose , extra skin in places. Also some age spots.

I am on propecia now and it's working without any sides, so I stopped minox about 4+ months ago.

I already do see some mild improvements with the skin, so it was worth it to me.

My impression is some never have a problem and some like me only have a problem at high doses.

[fred970]

One of my closest friends is 24 years old, in the space of a few years, he developed a lot of wrinkles, especially around his eyes.

Yet he has a full head of hair and isn't on minoxidil.

That's why that kind of topic disturbs me, as soon as this "minoxidil inhibits collagen" was plastered everywhere on the hair loss forums in like 2004-2005, people have been blaming minoxidil for wrinkles that would have naturally occurred with age.

People had been using minoxidil for hair loss since 1988, yet no one has ever complained until recently. Make the connection.