Just sharing my holy grails. I have SO many baby hairs. I suffered with telogen effluvium and personally adding in a protein shake a day helped tremendously, I didn’t realize how packed full of vitamins they were. I used TOPICAL minox and had an elevated heart rate Treatment 1/5/2024
The user experienced an elevated heart rate from using topical Minoxidil and discontinued its use. They found that adding a daily protein shake helped with telogen effluvium.
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