Monistat... dare we start this again

[monsterna]

I do.
3+ years
Yes, You shed hair.
What do you mean by adapt??

I think they mean, does your scalp get so used to it that hair growth rate tapers off into normal and not so accelerated patterns after a certain point.

I would think that wouldn't be the case. Maybe the growth rate may slow a little after some time, but I would think, if it's been working for someone since they began it, their rate would always be faster than if they weren't using the MN.

[JuneBride]

After a month of use, I found that MN really <significantly> did accelerate my hair growth…I got about an inch in a month which is about half an inch more than without MN.

But then I took a break because MN got expensive and I got busy with life.

I also got a trim on November 1, 2010. I seemed to only have lost the MN growth which worked out well!!! Now that my hair is back to health, I am vowing trims only once every 6 months (I can’t seem to go longer because of split ends due probably to heat styling which I have reduces, but still do…UGH!).

So now here I am thinking, hey it worked, let’s do it again! Soooo….As an early New Year’s Resolution type thing I am going to start using MN again because, well…I would love to achieve my goal before I attend a very important friend’s wedding this coming mid-May 2011.

So my new plan, starting today, is to try to integrate into my busy life some time to apply MN 3x a week. Once a week I am going to buy the 3-pack of pre-filled 4&#37; applicators…and apply one full applicator per application. If I get the same growth rate and am consistent in application, I should see a good 4 to 5 inches of growth by May 1st…which is my next appointment for a small trim. If I lose an inch as a result of the trim, I will still have a lot of nice growth in a relatively short period of time and it will look beautiful for the wedding!!! (but may not make me achieve my BSL goal…but maybe I can reach that by the end of 2011…and that would be fine too!)

[monsterna]

So my new plan, starting today, is to try to integrate into my busy life some time to apply MN 3x a week. Once a week I am going to buy the 3-pack of pre-filled 4% applicators…and apply one full applicator per application.

Have you already been using the 4% or 2%? I'm on 2% now but I may want to boost it to 4.

[JuneBride]

Have you already been using the 4% or 2%? I'm on 2% now but I may want to boost it to 4.

If you go back in this thread to about October 2010 you will see my initial daily posts regarding my progress of the first trial. I started out using 2% diluted with water in a spray bottle and graduated up to 4% straight, there were head aches involved but it was worth it. I hadn't put a drop of MN on my head for almost 4 weeks now and I put a mix of 2 and 4 on my head today. No headache to report. I only mix the 2 and the 4 because one pre-filled applicator of 4% isn't enough to cover my whole head...i am generous and it works well for me. Let me know if I can help you further, if i explained myself or not...did you check out the webpage suicides eve made...that is a cool way to start out and there is a youtube video or two, too.

[summergame]

Unfortunally i think that it doesnt work for me..I had used Kruidvat anti-schimmelcr&#233;me ( a Dutch brand). Should Dactarin works better then or is it just the same?

[Ana-Laura]

I have been using Daktarin for three weeks now, once a week. I don't know if its growing any it or did you just keep on trying? I really need my hair to grow out of this horrible face in wich everething I do looks horrible!!

[summergame]

Well i've got a growtht of 1.5cm (0.59 inch) this month,don't think it works..But i gonna give it another try for this month now.

[monsterna]

If you go back in this thread to about October 2010 you will see my initial daily posts regarding my progress of the first trial. I started out using 2% diluted with water in a spray bottle and graduated up to 4% straight, there were head aches involved but it was worth it. I hadn't put a drop of MN on my head for almost 4 weeks now and I put a mix of 2 and 4 on my head today. No headache to report. I only mix the 2 and the 4 because one pre-filled applicator of 4% isn't enough to cover my whole head...i am generous and it works well for me. Let me know if I can help you further, if i explained myself or not...did you check out the webpage suicides eve made...that is a cool way to start out and there is a youtube video or two, too.

Thank you. I understood what you were saying. Yes, I've seen suisideseve page and her videos. I started just putting the MN on my head with my fingertips, but I ended up using a few inch-long strips. Now I've been using the pointed bottle method and only using one inch-long strip in about 2 tbs of water. Hopefully it's enough for now.

My fear is just that I'm not using enough for it to work, and that it might turn me off it, when all I really need is to use more/higher concentration of it. We'll see how it goes!

[JuneBride]

Thank you. I understood what you were saying. Yes, I've seen suisideseve page and her videos. I started just putting the MN on my head with my fingertips, but I ended up using a few inch-long strips. Now I've been using the pointed bottle method and only using one inch-long strip in about 2 tbs of water. Hopefully it's enough for now.

My fear is just that I'm not using enough for it to work, and that it might turn me off it, when all I really need is to use more/higher concentration of it. We'll see how it goes!

That is why I am heavy-handed and it works for me. I say the more, the beter!!!

[jenjen10]

I've read through the tutorial & MANY pages of this thread, but I have a question I haven't found the answer to yet. . .

I use henndigo. Has henna-head or henndigo-head experienced bleaching or any other color changes with the MN? I really don't want to screw up my color. Especially if it's going to go crazy green or something.

Thanks.

I have used both henna and henndigo along with the monistat over the years and NEVER had an issue with my color changing. Hope that helps!