Oral Minoxidil - How Effective Is it REALLY?

If you’ve interested in trying oral minoxidil for hair loss, you’ve come to the right place.

A recent review paper has compiled every single clinical study ever done and reached a conclusion on its efficacy.

And we will tell you all about it in today’s video.

Timestamps
📌0:00 - Intro
📌0:51 - How good is it?
📌4:56 - Side effects
📌5:28 - Another study

Transcription

So guys as you might know, minoxidil was originally developed as an antihypertensive. In other words a drug used to treat high blood pressure.

And when it first hit the market in the 1970s, it was given as a pill.

Which is when some of the patients and treating physicians started reporting unexpected hair growth.

We’ve now had Rogaine on the market for close to 30 years.

But all this time, oral minoxidil has been used off label by doctors around the world to treat hair loss.

It might not be the most popular treatment out there, but it’s still used to this day.

And it actually seems to be prescribed more widely in recent years.

And I’m not talking just about male pattern hair loss. Alopecia areata, telogen effluvium, female pattern hair loss, chemotherapy-related hair loss – you name it.

Basically any type of hair loss you can imagine, oral minoxidil has been tried.

Just like with topical minoxidil.

But exactly how good is it?

Up to this point we didn’t have a systematic review.

Until this paper came out in June:

It’s by a team of researchers out of the US and Brazil.

These guys went through the medical research databases to find all studies where oral minoxidil was prescribed for hair loss.

And they found 10 research papers, which together involved a total of about 19 thousand men and two hundred women.

So let’s see how the results for male pattern hair loss.

There were three major studies that the review identified.

I’ve linked to all of them in the description below.

The biggest one by far came out of Asia and was published 2 years ago:

There were a total of 18,918 men with androgenetic alopecia. So pretty massive sample.

Oral minoxidil was given as part of combination therapy.

You had a twice of 2.5mg oral minoxidil, together with twice daily topical minoxidil, as well as 1mg daily finasteride daily.

The men were also given monthly topical injections with a minoxidil-containing solution.

Treatment lasted at least 6 months.

Now as you’d expect from combining all these treatments, hair regrowth was pretty good.

Remarkable in many cases.

This 21-year-old man for example had diffuse thinning all over the top of the head, and aside from a coin sized spot in the vertex, he restored more or less normal density in the rest of the scalp.

Similarly for this guy who was 33 and had a very similar pattern of hair loss

Now these pictures here are really impressive cause you’re dealing with very advanced hair loss – probably a Norwood 6.

So a very a poor prognosis, at 42 years of age.

And he was able to reverse this with the treatment.

So guys patient satisfaction was at a whopping 96% after 6 months, which dropped to 80% after 12 months.

What about the side effects?

I’m gonna get back to the side effects in a minute, cause they’re one of the biggest challenges with oral minoxidil.

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Disclaimer

This video is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or cure any disease.

[edbredin]

Thanks for that information fella. I'm on finasteride for over a year now and my hair is booming and I'm on minoxidil 10 days and can't wait to see the results of that

[lewis]

I’m 19 years old and throughout my early teens I used to pull my hair out due to stress and anxiety. What do you recommend for regrowth of the hair? Any specific vitamin supplements I should be taking ?

[illimattic]

Just make a 2 in 1 pill that has both finasteride and minoxidil in the same oral capsule.

[Northdallasguy]

I just started oral and my heart rate is been high. I have high blood pressure to begin with, but my high heart rate was never consistently high like it is on the oral minoxidil.

[مصعب-سر]

Please someone tell me where to buy it online from legit online pharmacy

[nazhul]

Think it is very strong but too dangerous. Since Minox Foam is well toleraled and easy to use I do not see why I should switch.

[singhstar]

How come i can't see ingredients on your products? And do your products contain Minoxidil?

[farisctselman]

This channel is vry informative..I used to see their all videos and contact them via mail to resolve my doubts..
I love this team..
I trust them..😍

[raashkakulmiye]

i want to try so are you from south African

[FlavioMarceloSousa]

I read somewhere that oral minoxidil is more effective than oral finasteride, is that correct?

[russellng]

My dermatologist gave me 1mg oral minoxidil daily.Any idea if it’s effective

[bobdillon]

How do you know it wasn't topical that was the major contributor?
Study sounds like a joke!

[gameysf]

Can Oral Minoxidil works on thickening the hairline and turns the vellus hair into terminal hair. I have a number of vellus hair on the hairline but finasteride and topical minoxidil are still not turning the vellus hair into terminal, after 4 months.

[raashkakulmiye]

Hello how are you where are you from am in South African

[BobbyStudentStarphish]

How do I get oral minoxidil?

-> Ima hairy guy anyway, extra hair over my body wont bother me.

[pritampatra]

Sir i am using minoxdil two times per day including 0.5mm derma roller 2 days per week i am using this treatment for 3month now i had my hair fall in a suddenly in 4-6 months maximum hair shedded but it still fallout untill after 2.5 yrs i started this treatment i was having top of my head diffuse thinning a lot but now after using this treatment my hair have thickened but still i am loosing my hair but in small amount, heavy minoxdil shedding didn't occur with me but i noticed some after 2 months of starting, so i want to know will i able to grow back my hair... ?

[dfygoh]

does oral Minoxidil make you shed at first, as the Topical

[jakeschweiss]

Why does the patient satisfaction go down after 6 months?