Minoxidil is currently widely used to treat baldness and hair loss.

Minoxidil was firs discovered before 1980's but it wasn't used to treat hair loss or baldness. It was used to treat high blood pressure, during that time that users discovered a weird side effect which was hair growth. After the 1980's a few companies created a topical solution with Minoxidil. The topical solutions normally contained 2 Minoxidil for women and 5 Minoxidil for men.

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Today the most common medical usage of Minoxidil is to treat thinning hair and hair loss.

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Topical minoxidil can have bad effects on the skin. My face bears the scars of minoxidil use. Black rings formed around my eyes and the skin took on a pock marked texture. These effects persist despite stopping the treatment over 2 years ago.

minoxidil destroyed my brothers face in less than 10 months. He went from being a fresh faced 21 year old non smoker into a haggard aged mess who looked 40. It happened slowly and he was pleased with the hair regroth. But the damage is done and he wants to kill himself. All medications have side effects but this is obscene.

I have to admit minoxidil is effective and even restored my hairline in front (even though its not designed for it), but my skin was really affected. My forehead looks "pock marked" and a fraction of the elasticity it used to have. Plus I have dark circles under my eyes.The minoxidil is a double-edged sword. My forehead looks slightly bloated and plus I think I'm developing forehead wrinkles I never had before and its been 5 months since I've been using this.

Minoxidil is very bad for skin it will age you and give you black rings around your eyes.

I had to have a eye lift to counteract wrinkles caused by topical Minoxidil. I'm 26

it gives you old man eyes

Topical minoxidil will damage your skin ( black rings, enlarged pores and wrinkles) and propecia will damage sex drive and give you man boobs It's pathetic there will be a cure for Aids before baldness

minoxidil 5 did a lot of damage to my face and skin. How can one little bottle wreck a life? People will sue

These black rings around my eyes are anoying! When will they go? It's been 6 months since I came off this shit

The list of possible side effects should include disfiguring skin changes.

Minoxidil is skin wrinkling and makes skin look haggard.

I used Minoxidil for 9 months but stopped because of the affect on my skin. It gave me black rings under my eyes and wrinkles. It enlarged pores but my Dr thought it was not Minoxidil. But there are studies showing how it inhibits collogen production and causes skin thickening. It's so effective they feel it could help with wound contraction to reduce scaring. This should be listed in the instructions so people can make informed choices.

Acromegaly is an endocrine disorder caused by chronic excessive growth hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary gland. Significant disfiguring changes occur as a result of bone, cartilage, and soft tissue hypertrophy, including the thickening of the skin, coarsening of facial features, and cutis verticis gyrata. Pseudoacromegaly, on the other hand, is the presence of similar acromegaloid features in the absence of elevated growth hormone or insulin-like growth factor levels. We present a patient with pseudoacromegaly that resulted from the long-term use of minoxidil at an unusually high dose. This is the first case report of pseudoacromegaly as a side effect of minoxidil use.

Am I risking with permanent dark circles and wrinkles under eyes that won't go away after stopping the drug while taking minoxidil and finasteride?I haven't taken Propecia yet, but have been using Regaine 5 for two years and have very f***ed up eye surroundings. Is it possible that I have made the furrows permanent by using the drug so long or is there still a point in stopping it and never trying Propecia?I have read people complaining about very long lasting dark circles and wrinkles around eyes after quitting the drug.Thanks!

I used Minoxidil three and a half years ago for 9 months. I stopped because of wrinkles, enlarged pores and black rings around my eyes. Only recently have some of these effects started to subside and im finaly seeing the back of the heavy smoker look people complain of. I have never smoked and the bottle of Rogiaine did not list these problems as side effects. I lost nearly three years of my life to this shite with comments about how old I looked and how haggard my face was. I HATE MINOXIDIL!!

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