Does Minoxidil Really Regrow Hair?
Clinical studies show that minoxidil can regrow hair in about 30% of patients, and even stimulate complete regrowth for 10% of male and female users. 77 In specific types of hair loss, clinical studies and trials demonstrated the following rates of increased hair count:
MINOXIDIL CLINICAL STUDY RESULTS |
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TYPE OF HAIR LOSS |
Male |
Female |
Placebo |
| FEMALE ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA CLINICAL TRIAL30 (256 women ages 17-45 with Female Pattern Hair Loss) |
16% ↑ hair count ↑seen in 63% patients | 6% ↑ hair count ↑seen in 39% patients | |
| FEMALE ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA CLINICAL TRIAL20 (women with Female Pattern Hair Loss using 2% and 5% minoxidil cream for 48 weeks) |
14% ↑ hair count with 2% concentration 18% ↑ hair count with 5% concentration | 7% ↑ hair count | |
| FEMALE ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA CLINICAL TRIAL20 (small study in women with Female Pattern Hair Loss) |
42.5% ↑ hair weight | 1.9% ↑ hair weight | |
| FEMALE ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA CLINICAL TRIAL 217 (randomized, controlled mesotherapy study involving 60 treated women with FPHL and 20 women with normal hair growth as controls) |
Mesotherapy group reduced % of hair in telogen phase by over 42%, reaching almost the same % as the normal control group percentage. The topical treatment group went down by just under 23%.Vellus hair counts went down as well: 17%↓ in topical minoxidil group, 35%↓ in mesotherapy group. |
Untreated control group used to compare % of hair in telogen phase; control group had 10.6% of hair in telogen phase, and only 11.2% of hair was of vellus type (compared to over 30% in FPHL groups). | |
| MALE ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA STUDIES 212 (men with common male balding, with and without micro-inflammation) |
55% of patients with inflammation had hair regrowth and 77% of those without experienced regrowth | N/A | |
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