Bumping this thread - for those on oral Minoxidil, what is your dosage?

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been on it for 8 months or so. Yes, all my hair grows in thick and fast, wanted and unwanted: eyebrows, eyelashes, nose, etc. But the hair on my head has never looked so good and my eyelashes have never been this long. No plans to stop ever!

Awesome - what dosage are you taking and how long was your initial shed phase?

I’ve been on it for 8 months or so. Yes, all my hair grows in thick and fast, wanted and unwanted: eyebrows, eyelashes, nose, etc. But the hair on my head has never looked so good and my eyelashes have never been this long. No plans to stop ever!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm interested in this answer too. I've been on oral for 30 days and still lots of shedding. I'll post an update when it slows down.

Circling back to say at the 2-month mark, shedding has stopped. Hard to assess the thickness/growth as my hair is just a frizzy ponytail mess right now with the weather.

me again. I'm now at almost 3 months of using minoxidil/dutasteride pill. My hair has grown 1.5" in length and I have lots of new hair at the scalp and around my temple. I initially thought it was fly-away hairs that I was trying to tame, but I can now see it is short hairs, about 1.5" long along my face and part, that are growing in.

Anonymous wrote:oral will kill your sex drive.

THat’s finasteride. Oral minoxidil does not have this side effect.

Get back to us when you've been on it at least 2-3 years.

Commentary means -nothing- unless the person's on the drug a number of years, to know the lasting effects and lasting side effects.

Anonymous wrote:Also, my eyebrows have filled in, and, in an unexpected turn, my nose hairs are growing like weeds. 😩

\\how about head hairs?

ya, it has very bad affect on sex drive so it's give and take. MY DH stopped using it because he had no desire for sex for like 6-8 weeks.

oral will kill your sex drive.

Been on it for about 6 months and hair seems to be slowly growing in.
For recent special occasions, I had my makeup done twice. Both times the MUA commented on my long eyelashes. I usually don’t use mascara and hadn’t noticed.

Also, my eyebrows have filled in, and, in an unexpected turn, my nose hairs are growing like weeds. 😩

Anonymous wrote:I'm interested in this answer too. I've been on oral for 30 days and still lots of shedding. I'll post an update when it slows down.

Circling back to say at the 2-month mark, shedding has stopped. Hard to assess the thickness/growth as my hair is just a frizzy ponytail mess right now with the weather.

Half- full pill made my ankles swell

What is the minoxidil dose that you are taking? Are you taking a whole pill or spliting them?

How bad was your hair before it started getting better?