![Just found this. I will make a doctors appointment tomorrow. I've been using minoxidil for a year for female pattern baldness. Is this a side effect? It is this Alopecia Areata? : Just found this. I will make a doctors appointment tomorrow. I've been using minoxidil for a year for female pattern baldness. Is this a side effect? It is this Alopecia Areata? :](https://preview.redd.it/x0aa27bak1m01.jpg?auto=webp&s=200d27ce365c62713972ee28bf4dcb7a55fb2a74)
Just found this. I will make a doctors appointment tomorrow. I've been using minoxidil for a year for female pattern baldness. Is this a side effect? It is this Alopecia Areata? :
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