Hair Loss - Rogaine, minoxidil

It's normal for men to lose hair as they age. But men with androgenetic alopecia lose even more hair due to hormones and heredity. Androgenetic alopecia shrinks your hair follicles and shortens the time they grow hair. As a result, your hairs become smaller and finer and lose their color. Eventually, some follicles may stop growing hair altogether. Rogaine works by revitalizing shrunken hair follicles, increasing their size. When you use Rogaine every day, follicles increase in size, and the growing phase becomes longer. This produces longer, thicker hairs.

Rogaine works in your scalp to enlarge your hair follicles and stimulate hair regrowth. Here are two examples of how Rogaine worked for most men with moderate degrees of hereditary hair loss (androgenetic alopecia) who used Rogaine for just 48 weeks in our clinical studies. Remember, individual results with Rogaine vary, although most men respond to its use. You may get better results if you have been losing hair for a shorter period of time or have little hair loss. Be sure to use Rogaine only as directed.

Examples of Regrowth Using
Rogaine For Men Extra Strength
Note: Results not typical

Why you need to stick with Rogaine to see results

Why do you need to use Rogaine for two to four months before seeing results? It's like an exercise program. You don't run 10 miles your first day. It takes time to build muscle. It's the same with your hair.

If your hair is thinning, it's because the hair follicles in your scalp have been shrinking for years. That's where Rogaine works — inside your scalp — to revitalize hair follicles and stimulate hair growth. That's also why you need to stick with it for at least four months. If you use Rogaine twice a day, every day, you should see results by then, or maybe sooner.

Rogaine For Men Extra Strength has helped millions of men treat their hair loss. One reason men choose Rogaine is it's safe enough to use without a prescription.

Rogaine is a topical liquid, not a systemic medication. That means it’s applied to the top of your scalp, instead of taken internally. You'll be relieved to know that Rogaine For Men Extra Strength works without altering male hormones.

A small percentage of users, about 6%, experience scalp irritation. If that happens to you, make sure you wash your hair with a gentle shampoo — like PROGAINE^®. You can also use a mild dandruff shampoo twice a week to help keep your scalp healthy. If the irritation still doesn't clear up, see your doctor.

Welcome to Rogaine

A large-scale clinical trial involved over 2,300 participants with hair loss carried out by having 1,547 patients apply 1 ml of 2% or 3% minoxidil and 779 patients apply 1 ml of placebo ( no active ingredients, only alcohol and propylene glycol) twice a day to the balding area. Actual counts of vellus hairs, indeterminate hairs, and terminal hairs in an one-inch patch were made before and after treatment. At 4 months, 5% to 8% of patients had moderate to marked hair growth on the balding vertex of the scalp. This figure is statistically no different from the number of men who regrow hair in response to a plcaebo. another 15% to 20% of patients had some growth of vellus hair on the balding area. At 12 months, 39% of patients had moderate to marked hair growth, while 11% of those using placebo reported an increase in hair growth. This result shows that you to used minoxidil for more than 4 months in order to decide whether this hair loss treatment works for you.

Who is the best candidate for this drug? research showed that you have to be:

1) young man (20 to 30 years old), who only recently (within 5 years) had begun to bald

2) not completely bald, and

3) not bald at the temples

This drug works best on small areas of vertex baldness (smaller than 1 square inch). There is no evidence that topical minoxidil could regenerate hair on the receding temple area. Topical minoxidil was as effective at a concentration of 2% as at 3%. A 1% formulation was less effective. Now Rogaine with 5% minoxidil is available for men.


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