Rogaine for Women 5% Minoxidil Foam, Growth Treatment for Thinning & Hair Loss, Once-A-Day Unscented Topical Foam, Regrow Fuller Thicker Hair, Dermatologist Recommended, 4-Month Supply, 2 x 2.11 oz

I'm a woman in my late 40s and I'd lost ~1/2 the thickness of my hair gradually over the last 10yrs. I was losing a ball of hair the size of a quarter with every shower. It got to the point where I was only wearing my hair up and I could see my scalp from all angles. I finally tried doing something about it before accepting I'd need to start wearing a wig soon. I don't know which parts of my regimen are playing what role in it's success, but if I had to do it over, I'd probably start with Rogaine alone. The combination that's worked wonders for me is: Rogaine every other night, half the recommended dose of a biotin supplement daily, and Keranique shampoo, conditioner, and lift spray 3x per week. I always try halving things first, and most of the time find it works. I rinse the cap in cold water a few times and fill it ~1/3 full. I generally do this with dry hair an hour before bedtime, but occasionally do it to wet/towel dried hair in the morning. I start in the middle, then part my hair in 1 inch sections with a pointy ended fine toothed comb, working toward each ear. I quickly "paint" each part with a foam soaked Qtip. Then I massage it all in with my fingertips, brush it all in with a boars hair/metal tipped brush, toss the Qtip, rinse the cap, and wash my hands twice. With practice, this takes me 5min total. My hairfall never increased and it stopped completely in <1 month. I'm now 3.5 months in, ~1/2 the hair I'd lost is coming back in, and I can't see my scalp anymore anywhere! If I did this every day as instructed, it might all have come back. I'm thrilled with the results anyway, and hoping sharing this might help a few others. Update: I'm 9 months in, dropped the Biotin supplement months ago, and it's still working just as well. Also, I'm blindly painting 3 parts from the crown 1/2 way down the the back of my head. With the Keranique shampoo and conditioner, I'm using well under the size of a quarter of each, towel drying, then doing 4 squirts of the lift spray into my hand, rubbing my hands together, and pulling them through from roots to tips. It's working great and lasting me months. ~1/2 of my total lost hair has returned and stayed. Except for once when I missed 5 days, my hair fall returned for a few days, then stopped again after returning to my routine. I highly recommend both Rogaine and Keranique and just wish I'd started them sooner! With the having of everything, it's not nearly as time consuming or expensive as I expected it to be. For those fighting wrinkles as well as hair loss, I've tried quite a few things and had the best results with No. 7 products- after cleansing I'm using vitamin c toner every night, alternating nights serum and retinol, followed by damage reversal night and spf 25 day creams daily. I don't care for No. 7's cleanser though, I'm using Neutrogena age defying. If I'm going to get alot of sun, I absolutely love Misha sun milk, soft or waterproof.

I've used Women's Rogaine foam for the past 7 months as a part of my hair restoration treatment plan prescribed by medical and surgical hair restoration doctor. My hair began breaking off, thinning and stopped growing past about five inches long all over my head a few years ago when I was in my early 30s. My hair is color treated and I used to get Brazilian blow out keratin treatments to calm my curly hair. Although the breakage (aka chemical cut) was caused from too many harsh chemical treatments, my hair was not recovering and it was becoming finer, thinner and I had a lot of shedding. When I was in my early 20s, I was a hair model and had long, thick hair so something was definitely wrong with my hair! What caused my hair loss: My doctor determined that a combination of hereditary hair loss (the men in my family have minor hair loss, but it's enough to give me that gene), extreme stress from PTSD and a number of the top life stressors occurring, low iron from being vegetarian for 20+ years (there is an iron range that your hair needs to be in to not have "hair anemia" and most primary care and dermatologist docs won't recognize this), low B12, regular heat styling and changing my curls to straight hair, wearing hair extensions and having insomnia all contributed to the decline of my hair. My treatment plan: I began using Rogaine as a component of my hair restoration regimen along with wearing a LaserCap, eating red meat and shellfish that's high in iron (heme iron is absorbed more effectively than vegetarian non-heme iron), taking iron supplements, taking 200 mg of Spironolactone daily (previously at 100 mg daily when my hair was falling out), receiving B12 injections, resolving the life stressors and effectively managing my PTSD through DBT therapy, using shampoo that has zinc and continued taking all the normal vitamins including biotin and birth control. I removed my hair extensions and I occasionally wear clip in extensions on a night out, but it's not that often. Although my doctor advised not to color treat (I have a lot of premature white hair), heat style and change my hair from curly to straight, I still do, but I heat style only once a week and color every six weeks. My doctor advised me that it would take a year to see results since there's a lot of changes going on under the scalp and in my body. My results: I began seeing regrowth of new hair growth after a couple months and my existing growth became fuller after several months. My friends and hair stylist regularly mention how my hair is fuller now. Currently, I have a new round of hairs about 1" long that are growing in addition to the existing new growth that's continuing. I can't say the regrowth is solely from Rogaine, but I can tell the Rogaine works since I use it on my eyebrows and it's filled them in. The Rogaine unfortunately transfers to one side of my face from my pillow (I use it at night right before bed and I should apply it two hours before I go to bed to avoid the pillow product transfer) and now I have to get that side of my face threaded every so often, but at least it's working. I've posted photos which show some of the new growth, there is much more new hair than can be seen in the photos. My recommendation: I recommend seeing a hair restoration specialist doctor to understand the cause(s) of your hair loss. If that's not possible and you're losing your hair, try the Rogaine consistently for four months to see if it works for you, it's not a huge commitment.