Thanks Sue, Zen , and Jesse!

My friend M has trusts the Buffistas more than the reviews at Amazon!

I ws particularly interested in the "for men" and "for women" difference-- she said the men's was a foam and the women's was a liquid?

she said the men's was a foam and the women's was a liquid?

Foam is easier to use than liquid. The liquid runs down yer face and it's difficult to get it to stay where it ought to be. But you can just "pat" it into place with your fingers. The foam will make your hair spiky, though. Be sure to wash your hands after using it. It won't grow hair on your fingertips, but it is a potassium channel blocker so you probably shouldn't be ingesting it. Plus, it tastes just awful.

I think liquid versus foam effectiveness for a person also comes down to hair length. Foam gets on my hair. If I need something on my scalp anywhere but immediately on a hairline, I need a liquid.

Post-chemo, P uses the nioxin shampoo and stuff and swears by it. Although looking at their site, the only thing that looks science-y is the stopping breakage.

I prefer the liquid too, for the same reasons. If my hair were really short, the foam would be better.

I had a friend who used the nioxin hair care stuff. She had a lot of hair, but she never really was losing any. It kept it healthy, though, I guess.

it is a potassium channel blocker

That's how its effectiveness as a hair-growth dealie was discovered -- it was prescribed as an oral medication for (IIRC) angina, or some cardiac thing, and one of the side effects was notable hair growth.

I think the eyelash drug happened the same way -- it's a glaucoma drug with a side effect of making your eyelashes awesome.

t /Cliff Clavin

Ok, now who wants to make me a promise about no more expensive vet visits? I'd ask for house repairs, but I'd be cursing someone to expensive repairs. I've got to deal with my porch and mini-porch roofs. Am seriously contemplating costing repairing the slate roof myself. It's basic carpentry, the stickler is just the slate part. And I don't want to go shingles. Bah. And my carpenter who did my door moved to the Eastern Shore.

I think the eyelash drug happened the same way -- it's a glaucoma drug with a side effect of making your eyelashes awesome.

Yep. And it works. Grows back eyebrows too, FYI. I would be using it on my hairline but it's too expensive.

Is that eyelash stuff OTC or prescription?

it's a glaucoma drug with a side effect of making your eyelashes awesome.

Man, that stuff totally works. I can't use it too far into allergy season because my eyes are so irritated by THE WORLD, but if I start using it before it totally helps. One assumes by having lashes catch plant sex goo before it flies into my eyes and makes me sad. Also? Really makes my lashes look fantastic.

Ok, now who wants to make me a promise about no more expensive vet visits?

Me? Me! Please, me.

DEAL!