Fake Kirkland Signature Minoxidil?

[mcqueen99]

I am definitely sure there are fake minoxidil on ebay. I was down to my last Costco store bought bottle so I ordered a 6 pack from ebay. Upon receiving it I cracked open one and used it and immediately noticed I did not get the itch or redness that I normally experience...I had to be sure so I tried the store bought one and sure enough I felt the itch and noticed the redness on my scalp. I tried the other 5 bottles and got the result as the first. I'm sure the ebay stuff is fake. It kind of irks me because this is not the first time I've ordered from ebay, I may have been getting scammed for a couple of years already. If it wasn't for the side by side comparison I may not have noticed.

[mcqueen99]

Update:
I ordered the Member's Mark brand minoxidil (Sam's Club) from ebay, it arrived today. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but these are made in the same outfit as the Kirkland brand. So I suspect these are either totally fake or severely watered down, either way they're a waste of money. Both brand are made in Israel with identical bottle marking, label and the date and batch font is also identical. I tried the Member's Mark and it also did not induce itching and scalp redness like the original Kirkland stuff made in Canada. FYI...Israel is among the top ten countries for counterfeit drug manufacturing. Whoever said Minoxidil is not worth faking is wrong...30 bucks for 6 bottles of alcohol and perfume is a good scam. I think in the meantime the only way to be sure is to buy the foam that's made in the USA, it's more expensive but at least we can be sure it will work like the original stuff. If you have a source for a brand of generic made somewhere (that's not fake) else please let me know.

[jolanruan]

Dear all,
I have the same problem as yours and I decided to contact Perrigo.
After giving them the pictures and lot Number of my bottles, I got the answer from Senior Support Product Specialist - ESM of Perrigo:

Thank you for providing the pictures of the product. According to the lot number on the bottle this product was manufactured for Costco. Unfortunately since you did not purchase it from Costco we are not able to authenticate the product. We can only guarantee our products that are purchased directly from store in which they are manufactured for. Since this was purchased from a third party seller we do not have a way to guarantee the product. Although, I can confirm that the label does match the labeling that is on the Costco bottle. I did not notice any deviations on the bottle that you have. Should you have any additional questions feel free to contact us back.

Therefore, there are no problems with the label. That's just their new labelling.


FYI
Hope this helps.

[leoshueh]

Dear all,
I have the same problem as yours and I decided to contact Perrigo.
After giving them the pictures and lot Number of my bottles, I got the answer from Senior Support Product Specialist - ESM of Perrigo:

Therefore, there are no problems with the label. That's just their new labelling.

FYI
Hope this helps.

Can you show us a picture of your label? Tks.

[ncdm]

I doubt fake minoxidil is frequent. I read it was cheap to manufacture. Also, maybe buying some real minoxidil for reselling is probably easier than creating fake minoxidil with a good looking outfit.

I ordered some minoxidil on ebay, and it seems to be effective (even for unwanted facial hairs). (doesn't proove anything I know)

But I also would like to be able to check if it is fake.

I know nothing about chemistry, but as kirkland signature minoxidil normally only contains alcool, propylene glycol, water and minoxidil, maybe (tell me if it is a dumb idea) one could do a half-check like this (I haven't tried):
-let a drop of minoxidil 5% liquid evaporate on a plate (the alcool, propylene glycol and water should evaporate).
-observe if some remaining crystals are forming.
-(I am unsure of this step because in the link, it seems minoxidil is in alcool only) observe if the shape of these crystals are similar to the ones pictured in the pdf (or the page itself) found on this page https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2014122436A1/en. (probably page 19, 20 and 21 for the pdf version)

[smileythegee]

Hey guys, I recently started using minoxidil about 4 weeks ago and by the second week of use i noticed my hair stopped falling out as much when i was in the shower I also notices the redness and slight burning when using this brand of minoxidil. After it dried my hair would feel dry and stiff, Well i ran ran out of this particular brand which is the more expensive brand here in Mexico where i live and decided to the kirkland route, well when i started to use it i noticed that i no longer had the burning sensation and the redness stopped also after drying my hair stayed normal no more stiffness and i now notice more hairs in my hands while washing my hair could i have entered the sheddinhg phase? I hadnt before i started on the kirkland brand I also saw a couple of videos on youtube the supposedly show you how to differentiate a fake kirkland minoxidil and a real one and it seems to have passed those tests although i really dont know how reliable those tests are should i continue using this kirkland brand or should I go back to the more expensive brand I dont want to lose the hair i have left using a maybe fake minoxidil. Has anyone tried this new kirkland minoxidil for more than 3 months ?

[dracraft]

Hi, I just received an ebay order, price was okey, shipping a bit expensive, 12 bottle for 52 USD.

But the bottles weren't sealed, and I don't remember if usually they tend to come with a small paper cap under the plastic cap.

I'll do the drop test to see if I can noticed anything, except that the experiment seems to be with a microscope.

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Kirkland-5-E...53.m2749.l2649

Thanks

[LarryC]

In the UK lots of ebay sellers are disappearing, contacted a couple I had been ordering from and one replied saying fakes had ruined their business, their listings are being removed by ebay. I am trying their site their labels seem genuine, smells ok, no skin issues for me anyway. So might be fakes or the fear of people buying fakes have been the end of Kirk on ebay. I tried the sellers site, Buy-Minoxidil.com will see how that goes, again the label looks ok, smells ok. Time will tell.