Rogaine is one of the only proven hair loss medications approved by the FDA for treating hair loss. Minoxidil, is Rogaine’s active ingredient, was initially created as a drug for treating high blood pressure.

It was soon discovered that one of its side affects of this was growing hair. Minoxidil was then tested for use as a topical application for re-growing hair. The results were remarkable enough that the FDA approved it as a treatment for hair loss.

Rogaine is a clear alcohol-based liquid and should be applied to a person’s thinning area with its supplied dropper or spray twice a day. You must apply Rogaine to your scalp twice a day for life to get and maintain any benefits. Research shows that using Rogaine only once a day is ineffective. If you stop taking using Rogaine you will loose whatever hair you preserved or regrew within 2 to 4 months.

It works by invigorating wasted hair follicles. When you use Rogaine every day, your follicles will increase in size, and the growing phase may be longer. You can then grow longer, thicker hair.

Rogaine (minoxidil) only regrows hair in a minority of men and women. In most cases, the best case scenario for hair growth with these treatments is a thin coverage of thin hair.

The best benefits of Rogaine (minoxidil) is helping to keep what hair you have or slowing your thinning. Rogaine’s success ultimately depends on how advanced your hair loss is.

It’s important to note that Rogaine (minoxidil) will not cure baldness and scientists have been unable to determine exactly how it works. What is known is that Rogaine increases the blood flow to the areas of the scalp that surround these balding areas. Some researchers believe that it works by opening the hair follicle’s potassium channels located in the cells. It’s theorized that these channels, when opened, may control hair growth.