What is Minoxidil?

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What is Minoxidil
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What is Minoxidil?

• There is just so much misinformation about
  Minoxidil that the perpetual question on
  everybodys lips seems to be What is
  Minoxidil?. So here goes.
• Minoxidil is a drug used to bring in hair growth
  in the treatment of male pattern baldness (MPB).
  It is used extensively in the hair growth of
  people of both sexes suffering from androgenic
  alopecia. However its effect on people suffering
  from alopecia areata is not confirmed.
• Minoxidil has also been successfully used to
  treat disorders like scarring alopecia and hair
  shaft disorders. It has also been used to enhance
  hair growth in the eyebrows and beard.

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Uses of Minoxidil

• Minoxidil is applied in the form of a serum or
  foam, it increases blood flow to your scalp. By
  increasing blood flow, more oxygen and nutrients
  are able to be transported into each hair
  follicle, promoting hair re-growth and hair
  health. This might also cause temporary loss of
  hair as the weaker hair are shed, but continued
  use is required for the newer, stronger follicles
  to grow. If its use is discontinued hair loss
  happens within a matter of months.
• Minoxidil Side Effects
• There are also a list of common side-effects
  like
• Nausea or vomiting
• Breast pain
• Rashes
• changes in the tone, texture and length of your
  body and facial hair.