I’m Thinning on the Sides and Back of the Head, Where I Don’t Even Use Rogaine!

Although you stated in your answer to the question entitled “I Had No Hair Loss, But Tried Rogaine and Now My Hair Is Different”, I believe that I am experiencing the same thing. I started using Rogaine after experiencing telogen effluvium on the recommendation of my doctor. He recommended I try it for a few months saying that it might jumpstart me out of that cycle. Anyhow, my hair has been getting thinner and ive continued to have hair loss. While it appears for the most part to be in a typical male pattern loss (crown and top of the head thinning), I’m also thinning on the sides and back, where i dont even put the rogaine. I also have a larger mixture of thin and thick hairs now, which I never really had before trying the rogaine. My question is if the rogaine causes normal hair and hair densities to thin to a new “normal”, thinner density. Hope that makes sense…

Rogaine (minoxidil) should not impact normal hair and there is no evidence that it makes hair thin when applied.