7 Lessons
I wish I learned After WASTING
 2 YEARS on Minoxidil
 for My PCOS Hair Loss

7 Lessons
I wish I learned After WASTING
 2 YEARS on Minoxidil
 for My PCOS Hair Loss

7 Lessons
I wish I learned After WASTING
 2 YEARS on Minoxidil
 for My PCOS Hair Loss

By Candice Belvin (3 Minute read)

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Last Updated September 23

How I went from hiding my PCOS thinning to confidently wearing my hair down at my best friend's wedding!

I used to rehearse excuses for why I couldn't go to events.

 

'Sorry, I have a work thing.' 'I'm not feeling well.' 'Maybe next time.'

 

The truth?

 

I couldn't bear the thought of people noticing my PCOS hair under those bright restaurant lights.

 

Or worse  running into someone who knew me before my diagnosis and watching their eyes drift up to my thinning hairline.

 

For 2 years, I thought Minoxidil was my answer. 

 

Every PCOS forum recommended it. 

 

My doctor prescribed it.

 

I applied it religiously, twice a day, spending $30 a month on hope in a bottle.

 

But what nobody told me is this: with PCOS, Minoxidil doesn’t treat the real problem.

 

And learning that one fact changed everything.

 

These are the 7 lessons that changed everything for me and might save you years of frustration!

Lesson #1 Minoxidil Doesn't Fix PCOS Hormones It Just Masks the Problem..

I thought Minoxidil would fix my PCOS hair loss like it fixes regular hair loss.

 

WRONG.

 

Here's what I didn't understand: PCOS hair loss isn't like genetic balding or stress shedding.

 

It's hormonal warfare. My ovaries were pumping out excess androgens 24/7, creating DHT that was actively poisoning my follicles.

 

Minoxidil? It just forces blood flow to try to grow hair DESPITE the hormonal attack. 

 

It's like watering a plant that's being poisoned  sure, it might stay alive, but it'll never thrive.

 

Month 10: I went on vacation and forgot my Minoxidil. 

 

Within 2 weeks, I was shedding more than before I started.

 

Why? Because my PCOS hormones were still raging.

 

The second I stopped forcing growth, the hormones won.

 

I was never healing my PCOS hair loss.  

Lesson 2: "The 'Dread Shed' Is 10x Worse When You Have PCOS"

Everyone warns about the “dread shed” when you start Minoxidil

 that first wave of shedding before new growth kicks in.

 

But with PCOS, it wasn’t a few extra strands… it was clumps. My shower drain clogged.

 

 I pulled out what looked like a small animal made of my own hair.

 

Here’s why: PCOS makes our follicles fragile to begin with.

 

They’re already weak, already hanging on by a thread. When Minoxidil forces them all to shed at once, many just don’t come back.

 

For me, it wasn’t a “restart.”

 

 It was a reset that erased months of progress in a matter of weeks — and erased what little confidence I had left.

Lesson #3 “The Real Culprit of hairloss: DHT"

This was the lesson that made me furious at every doctor who handed me Minoxidil.

 

Women with PCOS produce 2–3x more DHT than women without it. 

 

DHT (dihydrotestosterone) is basically poison for your hair follicles. 

 

It shrinks them until they can only grow thin, weak hairs… or nothing at all.

 

And here’s the kicker: Minoxidil does nothing to stop DHT. 

 

Zero. 

 

It doesn’t lower androgens. It doesn’t block DHT. 

 

It just tries to force growth while the poison keeps flowing.

 

Imagine trying to grow flowers while someone pours weed killer on the soil every single day.

 

That’s what using Minoxidil with PCOS is like.

 

Once I learned this, everything clicked. 

 

No wonder the baby hairs I saw at Month 3 never grew past an inch. 

 

They were trying to survive in a DHT warzone

Lesson 4: Minoxidil Made My PCOS Even Worse

Here’s something nobody on the forums warned me about:

 

Minoxidil didn’t just fail my hair 

 

 it also made my other PCOS symptoms worse.

 

At first, I thought it was just me. But within a few months, I noticed:

 

1. My facial hair exploded. What used to be a few chin hairs turned into a daily battle with tweezers and wax strips.

 

2. My acne flared. Painful breakouts I hadn’t seen since my teens suddenly came roaring back.

 

3. My heart raced. I even felt palpitations some nights — which is terrifying when you already live with PCOS.

 

And on top of that, my weight and bloating got worse from the water retention.

 

It was like I was trying to fix one PCOS symptom (hair loss)

 

 while making five others spiral out of control.

 

That was the moment I sat back and thought:

 

 How is this helping me? I wasn’t healing. I was just trading one PCOS struggle for another

Lesson 5: Natural DHT Blockers Actually Address PCOS Hair Loss at the Source

Month 20: a fellow “cyster” in my support group asked me one

 

 question that changed everything:

 

“Why are you trying to grow hair when PCOS is still killing it from the inside?”

 

That’s when I discovered natural DHT blockers  ingredients that actually go after the hormone imbalance causing the loss.

 

Pumpkin Seed Oil: helps block the enzyme that creates DHT, the “hair poison.”

 

Saw Palmetto: works alongside it to cut DHT even further.

For the first time, I wasn’t forcing my follicles to grow despite PCOS. 

 

I was finally addressing the real cause.

 

Unlike Minoxidil, these don’t just mask the problem  they calm the hormones that trigger the loss in the first place.

 

By Month 24, my hair looked fuller than it had since before my diagnosis. 

 

And the best part?

 

 If I missed a day, my progress didn’t vanish!

 

For once, I wasn’t just growing hair. I was growing back my confidence.

Lesson 6: “PCOS Hair Loss Needs PCOS Solutions Not Generic Fixes”

This was my biggest takeaway:

 

Stop treating PCOS hair loss like regular hair loss.

 

We don’t have “regular” hair loss. PCOS is a hormonal disorder that attacks our follicles from the inside.

 

Minoxidil was designed for age related thinning and male balding not for women whose ovaries are producing androgen levels high enough to shrink follicles.

 

And it hit me: every PCOS symptom needs its own approach.

 

We don’t take just any pill  we take birth control designed for PCOS.

 

We don’t treat PCOS insulin resistance like regular diabetes  we need specific support.

 

So why would hair be any different?

 

Once I switched to a PCOS-specific solution that actually addressed my excess androgens and DHT, everything changed.

 

 Not just my hair  but the way I felt when I walked into a room

Lesson 7: My Personal PCOS Hair Loss Fix 💜(What I really wish I took 6 months ago)

After years of trial and error, here’s what finally worked for me:'

 

I started taking a simple supplement that combines pumpkin seed oil + saw palmetto.


Two natural DHT blockers that go after the root cause of PCOS hair loss.

 

The difference?

 

My shedding slowed!

 

My baby hairs actually kept growing!

 

And for the first time in years, I felt confident wearing my hair down at dinners, weddings, even just running errands.

 

Now, every morning, I just take two capsules with breakfast.


No sticky foams. No panic if I miss a day. Just something that works with my body instead of against it.

 

If you’ve tried all the quick fixes and felt let down  I was in your shoes.


This is what finally gave me back my hair… and my confidence.

 

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See the Supplement I Personally Use
With Pumkin seed and Saw Palmetto!

P.S. I still have my old bottles of Minoxidil under the bathroom sink. 

 

Sometimes I look at them and remember how desperate I felt  clinging to something that was never made for women like us with PCOS. 

 

I felt misled and lied too. 

 

If you’re there right now, please know this: you’re not broken.


You don’t need to keep hiding or canceling plans because of your hair.

 

This was the first thing that actually worked with my body instead of against it.


And it gave me more than just hair  it gave me back my confidence. 💜

 

 I WISH YOU THE BEST LUCK IN YOUR JOURNEY AND KNOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO FIX IT!!

I LOVE YOU ALL PCOS GIRLS!

 

See the Supplement I Personally Use  I hope it helps you too, like it helped me! 💜

By Candice Belvin 

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