Oral Minoxidil

Experience Details

Internal minoxidil produced lots of hair growth.

2.5 mg daily: too much; caused heart side effects, wrinkled forearms, extra fat below the ears, under the arms, under the chin, and puffy eyelids.

1.67 mg daily: heart felt okay, but wrinkled forearms and fat effects remained; good hair growth.

1.25 mg daily: wrinkles and fat effects were going away; hair was slightly better than external use only.

Vegetable smoothies seemed to block effectiveness. Lots of cheese sandwiches also caused heart problems.