Amazon Basic Care Minoxidil Topical Solution USP, 5 Percent, Hair Regrowth Treatment for Men, Extra Strength, 12 Fluid Ounces

I had thyroid cancer some years ago when I was 27yo, had surgery and went through radiation treatment, and minoxidil 5% has been the only thing that has ever worked to keep hair on my scalp since then. I have tried everything known to men (and women) and nothing else works for me. There are some pretty expensive brands out there for this and I also tried them all. I'm really happy that Amazon now has their own minoxidil 5% because it's much better price and it is better than the big brands. Whenever you start using it, it will make your hair fall like crazy. That is normal and it goes for a month or two. It's making space for new hair to come in. You do have to keep using it for as long as you want to have good hair.

I'm actually a little jealous . There was a mix up in ordering so we got the 5% which is for me so I had to order the 2% for women. My husband had a bald spot in the back of his head (20 years military wearing hats I think was culprit) but he has only used it 2 weeks and bald spot almost gone! I'm not joking and I don't work for amazon. I read for men it's a little faster.

Don't really know how great this product works. Used it for a couple months and temporarily discontinued. Going to start using again. Supposedly comment takes like 6 months to really work. So to be fair, it was not given that time frame for success. You have to be careful not to use too much. That is for health reasons. But, think it's going to go in a spray bottle and that way just a couple spritz should be enough. Instead of trying to spread it around with a brush. There is also a foam version that looks like it might work or apply in an easier way. His recommended one to two times per day, but some say that doing it at night is not the best, because it will just get rubbed off on the pillow. Also, if you're looking for regrowth of hair, you can talk to your doctor about prescribing "Finasteride". If you're not familiar with Finasteride, look it up. Many men use it in combination with this product..... 🤔

It's been many years since I used this for my beard, but it worked. I used this back in 2018, I was in my mid-20's and I could only grow a goatee and mustache, and had some scarce hairs in my cheeks and that was it. Back then, the first generations of minox beard youtubers were coming out with their testimonies and day-to-day progress videos. I watched those videos for a couple of months before finally taking the decision to embark on the same journey myself. I didn't want to grow a Gandalf beard or anything like that, I just wanted a full beard and be able to sport a short beard or a stubble beard, which is exactly what I do now!It's a work of patience and discipline, though. I applied it twice a day, as instructed by the box, every 12 hours, and never skipped a single day. The progress is very slow and very gradual. After 2-3 months, I hadn't noticed anything yet, but people around me started noticing the difference. Back then, using minox for beard wasn't such a widespread "trick", so the comments I started to hear from people around me were like "oh, so you're trying a beard now, nice!", i.e. they thought I used to fully shave before (which I did cause I didn't like how I looked, but obviously only shaved what little I could grow) and now I was trying a new look. Still, I wasn't fully convinced of my progress, it wasn't until 6 months in when I finally started to notice a drastic enough difference to feel like it was working.Following recommendations from youtubers and online forums, I ended up purchasing a couple more 6-month supplies (from different brands, I would purchase the one that I found cheaper, and it made absolutely no difference) and continued the process for a whole year, never skipping a single day. By the end of year 1, I could already grow a full beard. I started to take it easy for the second year, instead of using it twice a day I went down to only once, and the last 3 bottles I started using every other day, and then every few days, as to not just completely stop using it abruptly.Now it's been more than 4 years since the last time I used it, and my beard is still going the same as back then, it really does seem the results on beard are permanent.

I'm trying to find a brand that doesn't irritate my scalp. I don't have sensitive skin nor do I ever have issues with skincare products. This made my scalp itch all day after a week of use. I can't stand it. I might have to pay more for the name brand to get around this issue.