Topical Minoxidil: Hair Growth Agent

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Topical Minoxidil: Hair Growth Agent

High Dose Minoxidil is more Effective for Both Men & Women

In women with female pattern hair loss, a minoxidil solution of 1-2% in concentration is recommended to avoid the side effect of thickening of body hair. However, a minoxidil solution in low concentration is less effective.

Honestly speaking, women can use 5% minoxidil solution from the beginning. The concentration of a minoxidil solution can be increase up to 15% gradually. High concentration minoxidil solution works better than low concentration minoxidil in women too.

Even if body hair may become thicker, there are many ways to deal with it. Thickening of scalp hair is more important than body hair thickness.

If you use minoxidil foam, single usage of minoxidil foam can be increased to double or triple dose.

Many women will give priority to thick hair. Anyway, thickening of body hair is reversible after discontinuation of minoxidil.

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Kuniyoshi YAGYU, MD

General Manager, Ginza HS Clinic (current position) | Director, Ginza HS Clinic (current position) | Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Medical School.
Doctor of Medicine.

The 24th President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), a Board of Governors of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons (AAHRS), a Fellow of the ISHRS, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS).

He has received many awards for his outstanding achievements in hair transplantation, including “Research Award” and “Special Achievement Award” from the ISHRS, “Mediterranean Award”, “Tiberio Award” and “Caesar Award” from the Italian Society for Hair Science and Restoration, and “Hirayama Award” from the Japan Society of Clinical Hair Restoration.

He is a certified registered physician of the Japan Surgical Society, an Honorary Fellow of cardiovascular surgery of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, a Fellow of the Japanese Circulation Society, and a Fellow of the Japanese Respiratory Society.

He served as a director of cardiovascular surgery at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Medical School. He studied at the Hannover Medical School in the Federal Republic of Germany on a scholarship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Kuniyoshi Yagyu, MD, FISHRS. He served as the President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery from 2015 to 2016. He is a board member of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and a Winner of the ISHRS Research Award in 2010, and ISHRS Poster Award in 2014. He has authored more than 53 research and clinical publications in books and journals. He had been specialized in cardiac surgery for 22 years. He has been practicing hair transplantation for about 20 years in Tokyo, Japan.