Can Minoxidil stop male pattren baldness?

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Im 25 and suffer depression from hair loss. i can see that im at early stages of going bald (Stage II).Can 5% Topical Minoxidil stop my hairloss without any side effects??. Please help me out.

I never noticed any side effects. If it works for you, you will keep your hair follicles from going into the resting phase, so that all or almost all of your follicles that have not succumbed to male pattern baldness (yet) will be growing hairs.

After about a year or two, the effect wears off.

It's hard to say if you continue to benefit after that.