All prices include packaging and worldwide delivery. Hair regrowth takes time, at least 4 months' treatment is usually necessary. Regaine is non-greasy and unscented and will not colour your hair. Regaine is a topical solution containing the active ingredient Studies have shown that solutions of minoxidil are effective in promoting hair growth in individuals with male pattern baldness. Evidence suggests that minoxidil promotes hair growth by increasing matrix cell proliferation and by prolonging the alagen phase.
Higher concentrations appear to be more effective in promoting hair growth.
Minoxidil was originally developed to treat high blood pressure. It is use for teating thinning hair was originally discovered when it was noted to cause increased hair growth as a side effect of this treatment. Topical Minoxidil is now the most widely recommended treatment for androgenetic alopecia. How minoxidil works to grow hair is somewhat of a mystery. Since it was originally a blood-pressure pill and because it is a vasodilator it was thought that it worked by increasing the amount of blood to the hair follicles.