Yesterday, a reader wrote to us to say: “I liked it but I've been using Minoxidil for 6 months and nothing. I'm beginning to doubt that it actually works for anyone.”
This is something we can address quickly enough here: firstly, we’re sorry to hear it hasn’t worked for you! Secondly, minoxidil is so overwhelmingly well-evidenced over more than 50 years, that we can confidently say it works for many people. In fact, its hair-promoting effects are so strong that this was first discovered by accident, in a study about using minoxidil to regulate blood pressure, where it was noted as an adverse side effect that 63% of patients using it consistently suffered hypertrichosis (increased hair growth).
Unfortunately, for all drugs there will be some people who are “non-responders”, and for reasons usually unknown, that drug will simply not work for those people. It seems that this is the case for you with minoxidil.
For you, we might recommend: Top Causes Of Hair Loss & Proven Solutions ← and pick one that’s not minoxidil in your case, of course. Good luck!

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