Oral Minoxidil and Its Effects on Skin and Edema

Oral minoxidil goes through first pass in the liver. The simple transferase enzyme is expressed at high levels, hypothetically. So there can be side effects both ways. It can increase your prolactin. Yes, it can cause edema. Sometimes there's a second or kind of like third contributing cause too. And we see this in studies where they compare justmicroneedling to microneedling plus treton no one using improvement in hair growth in both cases.

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