To ask if anyone has used minoxidil for hair loss?

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I used to have decent hair - it wasn’t the thickest ever and it didn’t hold a curl, but there was quite a bit of it.

Since my second year at uni (I had a horrifically stressful housemate situation), it has got a lot finer. I then lost a huge amount of weight (medicated) and lost a lot more hair. I have had blood tests for hair loss and everything is fine, no deficiencies, and the shedding has stopped. I’ve got some regrowth, but not an awful lot.

I am considering minoxidil, but I know that that then becomes a lifelong commitment and you can’t have pets etc., because of it.

Has anyone used it? Does it work?

I’ve used topical minoxidil and I have pets, it’s never been a problem. I now take a minoxidil Spironolactone combo in tablet form. Topical didn’t help my hair at all but the tablet has significantly slowed my hair fall and has regrown it around my hairline.

i had no idea the two could be taken together in tablet form i have hair loss which i think is androgen related so im looking into this treatment if possible

I'm not sure what I am voting for here. I do not think you are being unreasonable but a word of warning;

Old neighbour of ours was completely bold, I'm not sure what he took but will try to find the name, pill form. Anyway, after 6 weeks he had no signs of growth at all but it turned his eyebrows bright green.