Capixyl

[Thinning@30]

Tracy, you disappoint me. I have been a member of this forum for some time now, and having read a number of your posts on other topics, I normally respect your opinions and consider you a valuable resource to the community, but I feel your last post crosses a line into paranoia. Accusing longstanding forum members of being shills simply because their experiences and opinions differ from yours accomplishes nothing and only prevents the community from openly discussing and debating issues.

If you've had success with minoxidil, then good for you, by all means continue to use it. It is after all, the only FDA approved topical hair loss treatment. It didn't work for me, and I feel it may have contributed to the scalp irritation I now have, which has been verified by three separate dermatologists. Scalp irritation is an acknowledged side effect of minoxidil, it is even mentioned on the packaging, and even the Project Norma researchers discuss it in their blog here:

http://www.hairloss-research.com/hai...nts/minoxidil/

Furthermore, if you read my posts on this topic, Capixyl, nowhere am I advocating that anyone buy the stuff. I am in fact quite skeptical of new products, but for several reasons I am not yet prepared to dismiss this one out of hand. I bumped this thread because I became aware that the product was now on the market, and I was hoping that forum members, especially those with medical/scientific backgrounds, could opine on the product's claims and supposed mechanisms of action. If you have nothing more to contribute on the topic at hand, then I respectfully request that you not clutter this thread with meaningless posts accusing me of shilling.