dfahey mentioned Rogaine growing body hair, which is true, but be careful, as Rogaine gets absorbed into your body through the skin and affects your blood pressure (that was its original intention, but people noticed an added side effect of minimal scalp hair regrowth.

Since I started applying Rogaine to my scalp to regrow head hair, I also grew tiny forehead hair, longer eyelashes, longer eyebrow hair and possibly faster beard growth. The reason Rogaine does this is because it gets absorbed into the bloodstream and possibly also because some of it could rub on your pillow and then onto your face if you sleep right after applying it (which I do not do).

http://jefffsbeardboard.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/862

Anyway, the above is an incredibly timewasting but entertaining and possibly useful thread where people apply Rogaine (primarily to their faces) to get more facial hair and look older. As they say, "the grass is always greener on the other side".

Look at the middle of page 394 (!) for recent pictures of one guy who had success.

Coincidence! I stumbled onto this unusually long Rogaine thread yesterday. After reading people claiming positive results, I ordered "Rogaine foam" 3 months supply online. I have lost 2/3 of my scalp hair, however I am reserving Rogaine to experimentally use on a few bald patches on my arms and hands. Since the area is relatively small compared to scalp area, I don't expect it stimulate other body hair, eyebrow, eyelash, forehead hair etc. growth. By the way, I already have fairly long eyebrows and eyelashes. How bad can it go wrong? I am curious to see the results.

Oh, when I click on the link I can only see 199 pages. How many posts do you view on a page?

I've just noticed that they also talk about a drug called "Xandrax". It may be a more potent type of Rogaine.

rsuryase:
I don't think hair transplants on body looks natural. Just an opinion. As 'lagirl' said, it also does not sound practical to me.

Its strange that I also see 199 pages now. However, some of the posters mention that they don't want to read 397 pages, and on page 397 (that I read yesterday), someone mentioned the pictures on page 394. Something strange going on!

I don't think anything will work since the bulb is dead, the drug will not revitalize the dead bulb. It'll just make the existing surrounding hair grow more but not the dead hair. Laser hair removal is permanent. Maybe it's time to leave your arm hair alone, it doesn't look bad, it looks normal.

Is there a lotion or powder to make a shaved arm or leg look less shiny?

Do you have hair follicles so thick that when you pluck it, it bleeds?

rsuryase:
I think, we can't be sure if there are any dormant follicles under the skin, so I' giving it a try.

There are a lot of cosmetic products out there to help shininess. I think ladies can help us out here.

Do I have hair follicles bleeds when plucked? Only on beard. Sometimes it is so tightly attached to the skin, when I pluck, the pore is filled a little spot of blood. But, it can easily be rubbed off.


Today, in the morning, I received my "Rogaine Foam". I applied it onto bald patches on my wrists and hands. In the instructions, we are told not to use it on body. It is only allowed to be used on scalp. I don't think they put this warning because it may have much more adverse effects when used on body. It seems to me they didn't conduct sufficient clinical research on body. So, it's better and convenient for them to leave the body off.

Since the areas I applied Rogaine is very small compared to scalp area, I expect side-effects to occur less likely. I don't know about the earlier "Rogaine minoxidil %5 topical solution", but I can say this "Rogaine Foam" is convenient to apply and have a decent deodorant smell. However, the foam melts down in a few seconds and the product transforms into high viscosity liquid. So, you have to be swift to spread onto intended areas. It is also fascinatingly absorbed by the skin.

Even it only causes vellus hairs to appear, I will consider the experiment to be successful. I am expecting to see the first results within 3-4 weeks. Just a reminder for those who are not familiar with my history; I am applying "Rogaine Foam" to an area which is treated with Laser Hair Removal for a couple of times. The area is on wrists and hands, and only have sparsely spaced coarse and some fine hairs.

Some photos I took today. These are the areas I am applying the Rogaine for. This is day #1.

Left hand:




Right hand:

Good luck but remember to give up when it's not successful, your arm looks normal. You shouldn't be messing with it anymore. Laser is permanent.

Vklepil - Dude, you look fine, who cares about the patches, your thinking way too much - I would say your done - Why use Rogaine??? Once you stop it falls out anyways, are you going to put rogaine on your arms for the rest of your life???

I say - Call it a Success, accept the way you are now and move on...

Curious tho, you said you've lost 2/3 of your scalp hair..

Did you have a full head of hair before starting laser hair removal??

curious if Laser hair removal has anything to do with hair thinning on your scalp?

Anyone experience this?