4 SIDE EFFECTS I GOT FROM ORAL MINOXIDIL

I'm Dr Parissis I am a Hair Specialist and Hair Transplant Surgeon from London, UK in partnership with Feller & Bloxham Medical in Great Neck, New York. I posts videos dedicated to help you with your hair loss. In this video, I discuss the 4 side effects I got from trialling Oral Minoxidil for Hair Loss and how these have forced me to STOP taking Oral Minoxidil.
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[@miamicolman]

Thanks for the video very informative. I know of someone with similar side effects and they stopped for 6 months then began with lower dose and had no issues since .

[@faarhaannkhan-kb3vh]

Thanks Doc for sharing with us

[@juansan7532]

thank you for the honesty doctor

[@artbrutnewyork]

Thanks for taking the time to give this valuable information. Do you plan to take topical minoxidil?

[@Jasper1364G]

All the best

[@davidomeara4704]

Very interesting. Thank you for your update. Can you please update us with a video if your rash goes away? Can I also ask you what type of doctor you are?

[@DrParissis]

Sure. I’m a General Medical Doctor currently working in A&E.

[@zhyloNN]

Hi, I took Oral Minoxidil in 2022, 2.5 mg for 3 weeks and it gave me very bad sides: it definitely lowers your blood pressure and if you have normal to low blood pressure to start with it may contribute to dizziness. I also had reflex tachycardia and soon after stopping I had some episodes of rebound hypertension, for me it messes things out in the body. Also had this face puffiness. I reduced to 1 mg afterwards and took it for 2 months, less sides but still noticeable.

[@Number1Centre]

I had side effects after first starting too. Specifically water retention and swelling . Dropped to 2.25 then stopped for a few weeks . Started up at 1.25 separated by 12hrs. Noticed nothing then. 6 months later I'm back at 2.5 at once

[@rosiey172]

My face is a little puffy and wider, as you say, just from using topical minoxidil.

[@darius8717]

I get heart palpitations from OM when I stay awake for more than 20+ hours and smoke a pack of cigs a day. When my sleep is good and don’t smoke that much I’m honestly fine. I noticed that topical made my face swell up, OM not that much

[@iskaykandarkar]

I’ve been oral minoxidil for nearly 2 years coming to 3 yrs. from 2.5mg to daily 5mg. I lived with back pain and eyelid swelling and facial swelling and nose swelling. So this year on march I completely stopped taking it. The swelling and back pain completely stopped. Omg so yesterday I started taking 2.5mg at night and today I woke up with a tight and pain full Left lower back pain. And I could feel my eyelids feeling heavy. I know pretty sure it’s connected with oral minoxidil. Even my lips started feeling puffy. The back pain is annoying. Today at work my colleagues asked why one of my eyes are bigger then the other. Oral minoxidil works very well in terms of hair perspectives even at the smallest dosages like 1.25mg but the side effects on my body is to annoying to bare. Even in pictures I looked like I’ve been getting some sparring looking swelling pillow face. Sucks 😢

[@eugenegaylord438]

Hi thank you for sharing. I have been taking oral minoxidil for two years I haven't had any side effects and I am really happy with it. I would stop it though if I thought it had a negative affect on my health.

[@Lamb02]

What’s your dose?

[@eugenegaylord438]

@@Lamb02 My dose is 2.5mg.

[@DOCFIT_09]

​@@eugenegaylord438 are you taking any dht blocker with it like finas or dutas?

[@Scrax96]

What do you think about the rise of pge2 with minoxidil? Isn’t it a factor of skin aging and collagen inhibition?

[@xeneizerg3751]

I recently started taking it and after 4 doses I was so happy my hair was looking thicker 2.5mg y only side effect was swollen eyes but after the 1 weeks I started getting swollen knees and ankles , water retention , like one day I would weight 142lbs next day 146lbs all this I could deal with . Until one week past buy and I get to the point that I was gonna faint started trembling and rapid heart rate and got very nervous , which at this point I almost got an exited attack , literally though I was gonna die lol , somehow I was able to calm down , and I immiadltly stopped the medication , in my opinion I dont think its worth it , yes it helping for the hair but not worth all the side effects especially the heart ones , I hope this helps people looking at this video , I am gonna try the topical version and micro needling and see how it goes , and question for you doctor do you think its possible to do topical once a day and take .25 of the oral ? I might try but I think oral is not good

[@Awhless]

I just bumped up my dose to 5mg from 3mg and I’m a week into that switch. I noticed for the last few days my face has had a numb tingling sensation only on the left side. It’s kinda scary and I’ve never heard of that side effect before. I think I may go back to 3mg and see if it stops.

[@user-rk6ro7zu4u]

1.25mg oral minoxidil gives me dizziness and im laying down on my bed for it my heart beats are very fast at that time. so i stopped and switching back again with topical. i don't take risk of my life for just hair

[@gerocal1298]

I tried the topical minoxidil it gave me heart palpitations bad headaches and i felt very depressed.

[@princejoseph8280]

I had palpitations for the first few weeks but it went away after that. Did you have palpitations after the first few weeks ?

[@davidomeara4704]

Are you going back on topical minoxidil?

[@Oduibh100]

You have rosacea?

[@TheRevaknight]

Sorry to hear about the rash, Id stop if I had that too. I got the puffy face but was taking a higher dosage back in the day and not sure if I would still have that if I restarted on 1.25mg. but after being on OM for a few years and coming off I can say that the extra hair stays. Are you going to try topical?

[@muhanedmiftaroski2097]

Taking very low dose 0,625mg.. first 3 weeks no side effects at all. Last days I notice chest tenderness here and there and back tenderness.. and woke up with palpitations a few times while sleeping, had them also rarely before being on oral minoxidil.. Don’t know if I should continue, using it now for almost 5 weeks.

[@80erman1]

try 0,25, 0,3125mg or 05mg

[@marior.4839]

Will 5 mg taken every two days give the same results?

[@hunterking4045]

I love it 💗 I have body hair like an ape now.

[@RRReviews10X]

I started TRT and shortly before I started oral minoxidil - over the time I have gained some water weight, quickly, and thats kind of a known thing with TRT - but also just found out oral minoxidil does this too, so I'm like holy crap - no wonder I look like an oily balloon. I stopped the minoxidil 2 days ago now. I threw it out, not worth it tbh.

[@DrParissis]

@@RRReviews10X it should be used with caution that’s for sure

[@marcusmm4128]

Not sure why your not using sublingual minoxidil as the side effect profile is lessened due to it bypassing the liver. I am on 7.95% sublingual min with no sides. To be honest mate you have enough hair (more hair than any male scalp I have seen) so just take finasteride and move on.

[@user-dx5pp3eu3n]

Skin ageing

[@asheeshdabral5939]

I also got palpitations ,i could not sleep, Also my heat beat stopped for some time while sleeping , suddenly i woke up n i took a deep breath 😢

[@Altoids101]

Does oral minoxidil cause skin aging?

[@DrParissis]

Not something I have seen with my patients - and nothing convincing in the literature either about this.

[@Altoids101]

@@DrParissis Thank you for letting me know

[@ned9344]

Sorry it didn't work for your body.. at the end of the day all you gotta do is try it and if it isn't for you just stop it.. the risk of losing my hair is much more worse than POTENTIALLY getting side effects everyone is different

[@chimkinNuggz]

I agree with you.

[@ned9344]

@@chimkinNuggz I'm 4 months in on min and fin now and no sides so far

[@MultiDringus]

You should have never started with that level of hair

[@DrParissis]

This is a common point made by many people but much of the ground I have is due to transplanted hair (prev videos). Unfortunately hair loss still continues after a hair transplant and this trial was to combat the continued loss.

[@MultiDringus]

@@DrParissis Oh, sorry, I didn't know that you had had a transplant.

[@BirdNerdNation]

@@DrParissis But shouldn't Minoxidil regrow hair and Finasterid stop hair loss? So why regrow hair if you already have full hair?

[@coomodus2592]

@@BirdNerdNationyou can still lose on fin. There is no cure. AT BEST one should hope for a slow down, a miracle is hair regrowth.

[@purplelove3666]

​@@DrParissiswait,hair loss continues even after hair transplant ? Are you serious???

[@desmomotodesmomoto2033]

Don't do it guys.

[@kevinlimpert8523]

@desmomotodesmomoto2033 I did it for 3 and a half years now .I do both topical with a pre of tretinoin and the oral .yes I got a little side effects but nothing major

[@Lamb02]

@@kevinlimpert8523what sides? did you do topical or oral first

[@desmomotodesmomoto2033]

@@TC-zf1ji Oral menox

[@gadigadigadigadi]

I would question why this so called doctor even taking minoxidil and fin lol. Look at his hair

[@broederbond60]

Oral minoxidil is really no big deal. I know a woman who's been on it for 11 months and it's restored her magnificent mane.

[@AB-kq9xm]

Unless you get side effects and autoimmune symptoms