AJamericanDiva said:From the time I started my hairgrowing challenge in 2003 until now, I've never heard anything so "extreme"... however, SpicedTee, you raise some valid points. California, don't feel reluctant to post... even if one person is helped, then it was well worth it.
miracle said:I know folks are going to do whatever they want with their heads anyway, but I'd strongly urge talking to a physician or pharmacist before concocting this "experiment" to make sure that you're not taking any medicines, vitamins or herbs than can negatively interact with the Miconazole Nitrate.
California said:Like I told that girl who had no edges she neeeed some Monistat mixed with MTG and a dose of MSM.
Pookie25 said:Can you imagine how crazy the physician would look at you if you told him if it was o.k. to rub monistat 7 on your scalp to make it grow. He probably would write you a prescription for Prozac.
nita4 said:I saw that show. The lady on Oprah worked for a dermatologist who told her to use a vaginal cream on her face because she was concerned about her extremely dry skin. He told her it was the best thing for dry skin. If you can put in on your face, I doubt that it would bother your scalp.
miracle said:Okay, I'm going to add my two new shinny pennies on this one........this is NOT a good idea!!!!!! Monistat 7 contains Miconazole Nitrate which can cause drug interactions and serious adverse reactions if used for anything other than it's intened purpose (External Anti-Fungal). Although it is an FDA approved OTC product, it's still a DRUG and mixing it with other components, such as hair pomade/grease can change the chemical compound and do harm to the scalp/skin.
Nizoral Shampoo contains a similar anti-fungal to treat dandruff, but of course, it's washed out. This stuff is not meant to "sit" on the scalp.
I know folks are going to do whatever they want with their heads anyway, but I'd strongly urge talking to a physician or pharmacist before concocting this "experiment" to make sure that you're not taking any medicines, vitamins or herbs than can negatively interact with the Miconazole Nitrate.
ravensunshine said:California, and All Ladies of this Board,
There are plenty of us here who appreciate your insight. I am here to learn how to take care of my hair and what works for others and what doesn't. I know a little about pharmacology and understand that Docs suggest off label uses for all kinds of meds. I think its just the packaging that scares people since it reads use in the HaHa then people tend to think that's all they can use it for. Packaging and name brands are there to entice us to buy their product. And, the packaging while it helps us know what to use the product for, fail to tell us other uses for the same product. Hence, we will buy to or three items sold under different name brands but have the same active ingredients. So we help them (the manufacturer) get richer. I have a persistant fungus rash on my thigh (too much info I know) that I use a prescribbed anti fungal cream to treat. I didn't think about Monostat until this thread- and guess what? It has the same active ingredient! The money I could have saved! I could just buy an inexpensive over the counter HaHa cream to do the same thing.
As for hair loss, excess DHT can cause hair loss in men and in some women- as luck would have it I happen to be one of them. So, should I return to the Doc and let him prescribe me clotrinazole (or the like) or just buy the Monostat and save big money?
I have really enjoyed exchanging information with everyone, and look forward each evening to laughing and learning with each of you.
SpicedTee said:I went to Rite-Aid last night and was laughing and shaking my head at the same time. You are right, Ravensunshine, Miconazole was on 3 or 4 different aisles, with different packaging for different uses. It was in Monistat on the feminine products aisle, it was in some jock itch stuff somewhere else, it was in the firstaid aisle for ringworm. All different packaging all same stuff. Interestingly enough, why should one spend $15.99 on Monistat, when on the first aid aisle there is straight 2% miconazole nitrate cream--but says "cures athletes foot"?
Also, I take a multitude of vitamins and other supplements, none of which is FDA-approved for certain usage. The FDA is not the say-all-end-all for the efficacy of drugs, they approved Vioxx and look what's happening now. Anyway, I am not a doctor or a pharmacist. I'm just a crazy lady with internet access! I wanted to see if there was any "science" behind these claims and it led ME---please read ME, ME, ME, and only ME--to this conclusion: some members of the imadizole family of drugs treat various anti-fungal infections and are also anti-androgenetic--->>anti-androgen products block DHT in the hair follicle, where male and female pattern baldness starts--->>miconazole, clotrimazole, and ketoconozole increase the diameter of the hair shaft thus increasing the diameter of the hair strand--->>since I already have active scalp flora for which I am using Nizoral, I don't see miconazole or clotrimazole cream hurting me.
Everything I have found out is not my own imagination, and I am not even the one who started the thread. Anyone can go to www.pubmed.com, type any of these ingredients in the search field, and FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF. The same studies that led me to the same conclusion. It may not lead YOU there, and that is okay, and I won't call anyone (or even silently think to myself) a "desperate-Black-woman-trying-to-grow-hair" for the MULTITUDES of other products that people jump on (but that's another thread that we may be waiting on). Go to any forum discussing hair loss and the same information is right there. I have been a member here for what, 2 years...Lord knows I don't say much and there is a reason for that. I advocate one thing, and one thing only, that is KNOW FOR YOURSELF.
ETA: It's bananas! I was thinking, can we move away from calling this "Monistat for the hair"? Because really, although the OP was talking about Monistat, we have since found that the active ingredient of miconazole nitrate, which is just an anti-fungal agent, is in a bunch of other products too. So maybe we need to talk about if ANTI-FUNGALS aid in hair growth (like...um...MTG) and see if maybe we are on to something. What do you all think?
Mestiza said:I see that there's quite an interest in this thread! It has 17,139 views and 194 replies. Someone is buying up the Monistat and the generic versions. I went to Wal-mart and wanted to read the packaging, but, they had SOLD OUT!!! Alright, do tell! Who is in the closet trying it? LOL!
SpicedTee said:It's a cold, cold world out here all alone.
SecretDiamond I love your Wentworth Miller avatar. Good looking guysecretdiamond said:you ladies are hilarious!
mscolwhite said:I've seen a woman on Oprah who put Monistat on her face for wrinkles. At first the audience moaned "yuck" but when she told her age everyone was amazed she was almost 70, but she looked in her 40’s. She lived in Southern California and she was very pale and susceptible to wrinkles. Her dermatologist told her to moisturize every morning with this cream. Her skin is phenomenal.
Cali thanks for posting that there are other uses for this cream. The only thing that makes this cream for the "punnany" is the packaging. Now you guys can all laugh at the fact that people are putting "punnany" cream on their faces. But this woman’s results were no joke.