Minoxidil is a time tested medicine for treating alopecia. Alopecia is hair loss. Minoxidil is a US-FDA approved medicine for treating hormone related hair loss, what we call as androgenetic alopecia. The discovery of was accidental. Initially it was used as a tablet for treating high blood pressure and we noticed properly who take this medicines had good hair growth. Minoxidil is a wonderful drug Minoxidil works by increasing the blood circulation. it increases the side of the blood vessels and it is called as vasodilator and because of this it was initially used for treating high blood pressure. Minoxidil also increases the growth phase of the hairs. Anny hair does not grow forever, it has a cycle. It grows for sometime and rests for sometime. This process goes on for 4 to 6 months. So it helps in increasing the growth phase. Because of this the thickness of the length increases ad this is clinically seen as a better hair growth. So this is how Minoxidil works. Coming to the various controversies with Minoxidil. It is said that Minoxidil causes hair fall. No it does not cause. Minoxidil pushes your resting follicle to growing phase. When it is passing in this phase it has to shed. So this is physiological. If you are applying medicines regularly and if you are seeing little bit of hair loss, do not panic, it means that Minoxidil is working and it is pushing your resting stage to growing should for you to have a better hair growth. But if you start developing any itching in your scalp, get back to your doctor. Next is once you are using Minoxidil you have to use it forever. Androgenic alopecia or the common badness is because of hormones and we are not able to remove the hormones for the body, so because of this whatever treatment we are starting is to reduce the effect of this hormones and to maintain a better hair growth. Once you start any medicine you have to use it forever. Sometimes the hair fall what we eohase after any major surgery or any major illness like dengue, typhoid, or because of stress or crash diet. These are completely reversible and it usually recovers in 4 to 6 months whereas hormone induced hairfall like baldness is continuous and it requires a complete cure. Minoxidil sometimes causes lot of irritation in the scalp. Whenever a person has dandruff, it is an inflammation in the skin and whenever there is a reaction in the skin you put some medicine that increases the blood circulation, naturally the inflammation increases. So whenever people with dandruff the itching increases and this itching increases hair fall. If you are prone for dandruff please don’t use Minoxidil, please consult your dermatologist. First get your dandruff problem fixed and then use Minoxidil. Apart from this why they have high blood pressure and they are using Minoxidil. People to get increased hair faster, they apply Minoxidil in large quantities and this causes increased blood circulation in the head and there is a drop in blood pressure. This effect gets exaggerated in high blood pressure. So people may get simple attacks, people may feel giddy or heavy headedness. So you have to be very careful and stick to the dosage suggested by thee dermatologist. Do not be over enthusiastic about the medicine. The Minoxidil preparations are alcohol based. So when you apply Minoxidil solution in the scalp we will see toughness of the scalp and dryness of scalp. In these situation you are permitted to apply oil. Coconut oil is the best oil. On top of the Minoxidil solution you can also apply peptide solution. This is the best way to reduce the dryness due to Minoxidil.

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