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I've mentioned before that when topical minoxidil comes into direct contact with your eyes it can cause CRVO (Central Retinal Vein occlusion) which is a thrombosis inside your eye.
Hence why even putting minoxidil on your eyebrows is risky. The minoxidil can still run down, past your eyelashes and enter your eye.
But even if Minoxidil does not come into direct contact with the surface of the eyeball, it can still cause severe issues.
Minoxidil causes angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels). An abnormal amount of blood vessels are thus created in your eye which can trigger CRVO even if the minoxidil wasnt applied directly on the eyelids.
All this applies both to oral and topical minoxidil.
When using topical minoxidil make sure to not apply it on your eyebrows, the gains are not worth going blind.
Further reading:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hence why even putting minoxidil on your eyebrows is risky. The minoxidil can still run down, past your eyelashes and enter your eye.
But even if Minoxidil does not come into direct contact with the surface of the eyeball, it can still cause severe issues.
Minoxidil causes angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels). An abnormal amount of blood vessels are thus created in your eye which can trigger CRVO even if the minoxidil wasnt applied directly on the eyelids.
All this applies both to oral and topical minoxidil.
When using topical minoxidil make sure to not apply it on your eyebrows, the gains are not worth going blind.
Further reading:
From Hair Loss to Vision Loss: Minoxidil-Associated CRVO in a Young Female - PMC
Central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) is a common retinal vascular disorder that is most often seen in older adults and individuals with vascular risk factors. We report a case of CRVO with cystoid macular edema (CME) in a young, otherwise healthy ...
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Retinal artery occlusion as a probable idiosyncratic reaction to topical minoxidil: a case report - PubMed
Though there is no definite cause-outcome relationship between topical minoxidil use and retinal artery occlusion development, this possibility should be kept in mind when observing retinal vascular occlusion cases with concurrent use of topical minoxidil.
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