Should Women Use 5% Minoxidil?
March 22nd, 2010 admin
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Rogain for women, which contains 2% minoxidil, is the only FDA-approved medication for the treatment of female hair loss today. The main reason why women should exercise caution when using minoxidil is the fact that it can induce undesired facial hair growth. However, it does not seem to be such a big problem as it does not happen too often and the peach fuzz which sometimes grows tends to disappear once the treatment has been discontinued. Another reason why women are advised to use only 2% minoxidil solutions is the fact that at this concentration minoxidil is easily soluble in ethanol, which makes the solution dry fast and enables women to style their hair as usual. In order to dissolve the larger quantities of …
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