r/MinoxidilSideEffects

26M. I’m on 2.5 mg daily. I’ve been dropping weight for a while and went from 280 to 248 last few months. I know my face is still gonna look big but I got suspicious. I pressed my finger hard into my cheek, stopped, and noticed that the skin took a good 2-3 seconds to come back up. I believe that is pitting edema. I usually drink one whole gallon of water daily. Eat two meals a day and try to eat as little salt as I can now.

Has anyone else had this issue? What did you do for it? I’m thinking about diuretics in case I can’t do it on my own. I don’t wanna have to keep putting more stuff into my body though.

I heard some say they reduced their dose but I want the regrowth gain. Topical didn’t work at all for me.

So its been a month+ since i took oral min (5mg) and i had no problem until a 2weeks ago i started to get shortness of breath from it and i lowered my dosage but it didnt really do anything, then i realised my stomach was alot bloated than before so i ate less and started to manually make myself burp and my shortness of breath went away.

if i use 2% tropical minoxidil would it be possible to stop the side effects from appearing, i used to use 5% tropical minoxidil on my eyebrows and loved the results however it affected my blood pressure, my heart etc, i think it’s because the skin around the eyebrows is thin and leads to more systematic absorption, wondering if i lowered the dose my body would handle it better (it’s still likely a lot will go systemic however)

I just want to spread the word because this pisses me off so badly. I don’t understand why there isn’t overt labeling and I’m seeing more pets get harmed by minoxidil.

I use minoxidil and understand the benefits of it, but i do not have any animals living with me. I make sure to wash my hands well before interacting with any cats outside.

I’m hoping when someone googles or researches minoxidil this will pop up.

We need to get companies to be explicit about warning labels.

Here is a change . Org link i found, maybe we all can sign it

Thanks

My dermatologist wants to prescribe me oral minoxidil for TE but i’ve got tachycardia and arrhythmias and am on a blood pressure medication and I’ve read on some other posts that minoxidil has caused heart palpitations and dizziness. I wanted to know if anyone else here has also taken minoxidil with irregular heart rhythms and if it’d be safe to take? I can’t take topical since I’ve got pets but I’m so tired of losing my hair.