August 23 2006, 1:31 pm PT | Posted in: Drugs + Female Hair Loss
I am 42 yrs (female) and have been experiencing hair loss at the front of my head to the middle I’m of african descent with natural hair. I try all products that encourage re-growth with no results. Using rogaine made me gain weight and I also suffer from anxiety. Can you help?
I’ve never had any patient of mine report weight gain as a side effect of Rogaine (minoxidil), but it may be a side effect of your stress. As you are a woman, Rogaine would be the only medication I’d recommend, as it is the only one FDA approved to treat female hair loss.
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Rogaine can make a person gain weight dr.Why are you not telling her the full story? Rogaine cn cause fluid retention thatwill make you look like you have gained weight.You are not an honest man.
Please, David, you didn’t need to attack me just because you misunderstood my answer. Let me spell things out for you very clearly. I said that I haven’t had a patient report this side effect before — I didn’t say it wasn’t possible. It is more likely that her anxiety caused the weight loss, as people tend to eat more when under stress (and fluid retention and stress are also linked). The “full story” is that her treatment choices are limited, as the only FDA approved medication to treat female hair loss is minoxidil, just as I said over a year and a half ago when the original post was made.
Yes,But in my experience alot of you hairloss doctors dont really take peoples complaints seriously and its getting annoying.When someone complains of weight gain from minoxidil you should probably tell them that it is water retention,because it is very common with minoxidil ,but people dont seen to realise it and think they are just getting fat because they ask there doctors who tell them its something else.Just like we all know about the 2% propecia erectile dysfunction side effect myth,Which is probaly really at 30%