What is the difference between mens and womens rogaine

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You can buy it over the counter as both a liquid spray and an aerosol foam. Minoxidil is the active ingredient in Rogaine, and it works as a vasodilator—a medication that opens up the blood vessels and encourages blood flow.

Minoxidil—the active ingredient in Rogaine—has indeed been shown to be effective in women. It seems to get more moderate results for women. Because of this, Rogaine can be quite useful in partnership with other treatments.

Overall, Rogaine is considered as safe for women as it is for men. One thing for women to consider, however, is that Rogaine is a Category C danger to those who are breastfeeding or pregnant. Unexplained hair loss can be equal parts frustrating and frightening, and it can hurt your self-esteem.

In women, the causes are often more varied and complex than they are for men—and more difficult to diagnose. However, many women have underlying health conditions that are causing their hair loss, and that are very much treatable. The telltale sign of androgenetic alopecia is an overall thinning of your hair. For many women, hair loss happens on the top or the front of the head. Fortunately, minoxidil Rogaine can help stop the hair loss in its tracks. In some cases, it can even help regrow new hair.

But there are disadvantages to using the medication, which comes as a topical lotion or foam, especially for women. Normally, hair grows about half of an inch each month. Each hair grows for up to six years, then it stops growing, rests for a while, and eventually falls out and is replaced by a new hair that grows for six years.

If your hair is growing normally, about 85 percent of it is growing at any given time and 15 percent of it is resting. But if you have female pattern baldness, your hair follicles get smaller and smaller over time, Dr.