I experienced the same thing when starting Spironolactone and with each dose increase I would break out for a few weeks and then it would calm down.
I've gone to two dermatologists now and both told me they recommend rogaine whenever there is a hair issue - both of them said that was the first...
Thanks for your kind words. I have been slowly thinning for a few years but it sped up - A LOT in the last 2 years. Moreso in the last year and...
Last summer when I was shedding boat loads I ordered an Enchantop human hair topper. I didn't wear it other than just to play with it and tool...
Well . . I have gone / going through the same thing -- 6 months in and still losing short hairs, sometimes not as many, sometimes way more. But,...
And, that was my next question if you had a bigger shed / extra thinning when going off it!! This rogaine thing is so confusing!! Technically,...
When you stopped the rogaine before at 6 months, did your hair improve after stopping? Did it fill back in some? I know. It's so hard to know...
Hi, Please do not feel bad or second guess your decision to start rogaine based on your ferritin not yet being at optimal levels. Ferritin above...
Hi Ruth, I agree with all you said. I feel much the same way. And, I went about it the same way. First I got my ferritin where it needed to be...
The same thing is happening with me Ruth and I'm almost at 24 weeks. Losing a lot of the shorter hairs as well as longer hairs. I asked my derm...
Please keep us posted how weaning off it goes. All the literature says if it's not helping then you shouldn't have a big shed but, yeah, what...
Hi, Have you stopped using it now? Did you ever see any "normal" regrowth with it? I mean hairs that weren't short, fuzzy hairs?
Even on treatments, it's normal for your shed to fluctuate as hair cycles. I really don't think you have anything to worry about. Glad it seems...
Are you still shedding with the rogaine or did it just not grow back from your 3 month shed?
Hi, I think that's totally normal. I've read several articles that state rogaine doesn't stop your normal shed of hair so the fluctuations you...