October 17 2006, 2:35 pm PT | Posted in: Drugs
hi, i have been using proscar and minoxidil 7% for over 4yrs. while the results have been satisfactory, i have been told that there is no such thing as minoxidol 7%, and i should just use the 5%. I would like to know if i am getting scammed by paying $250 a bottle for 100mls of minoxidil 7%. and should i just go to my pharmacy and buy minoxdil 5% which is so much cheaper? by the way my bottle claims to have retinoic acid 0.01% which is suppose to make a difference. One other thing i was considering having surgery done on the front hairline, as there doesn’t seem to be any other solution. thank you for your insight. i am also 28yrs old male. thank you
I do not know of a minoxidil 7% solution that is commercially sold, but it may be privately labeled. I am more familiar with the standard minoxidil 5% solution. This does not mean the 7% solution does not exist. Moreover, a stronger concentration (such as the 7%) does not necessarily mean you will have more benefit and grow more hair. Higher and higher doses may produce negative side effect such as dizziness, fatigue, and dangerously low blood pressure as your body absorbs more of it into the blood stream. The use of retinoic acid essentially causes irritation to the skin (it is an acid and produces a low burn) which, in theory, is supposed to increase the blood supply to the scalp and hence the absorption of the minoxidil. I am not a proponent of this approach. Producing a burn just does not seem like the right thing to do.
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You are getting ripped off big time for your minoxidil!! I have been going to minoxidil.com for years to get stronger concentrations and have had good results. A bottle of 125ml at 15% (their strongest concentration)is $100.
Hey man,
my guess is that youre on the ashley and martin continuation program or a the advanced hair one perhaps. Im currently with them and have just run out of the minoxidil (coz they didnt explain it properly so i used it to quick which really i s my fault) and god knows how but i lost the proscar. So theyve given me the maintainence program thing and im pretty horrified that they can be chargin as much as they do. total rip. im going to get a prescription for the proscar form a doctor, and even if they charge $60 a pack (which they don’t) you wont be spending more than $180 a year on it. that means $1740 is spent on the minoxidil per year. which is a rip off. see here:
http://www.emedical.com.au/default.asp?pageID=56&itemID=16192&purchaseTypeID=4
for 7%minoxidil with the retinic acid. The thing to remember mate it that their realgrowth is no special formula. Just minoxidil and retinic acid. Anywhere you can find that or higher % of minox would be a fine substitute. That website i just gave you sells its for AUS$89. 7 x that is $623. add that to the 180 (at most) youll be spending on finesteride (proscar) and your still saving $1100 or so. If you were to look around i reckon you could find it cheaper to.
hope that helps mate.