Black Women Are Using This Unusual Male Product to Regrow Their 'Edges'

Some Black women have fully embraced minoxidil as a reliable way to regrow hair around the edges they’ve lost to braided styles and wig glue.

For a Black woman, laying your edges is like putting icing on a cake – the finishing touch to your ‘do and a way to show off your style. But those who experience hair loss around the edges due to alopecia or protective styles like braids and wigs, are trying new ways to bring life back to the area, using a treatment drug that was originally marketed to men.

Originally developed as a drug to treat high blood pressure, minoxidil (aka Rogaine) was approved by the FDA in 1988 as a hair loss treatment. The drug stimulates hair growth by increasing blood flow to the scalp and sending more oxygen, blood, and nutrients to the hair follicles.

Some Black women have fully embraced minoxidil as a reliable way to regrow hair around the edges they’ve lost to braided styles and wig glue. We’ve rounded up some before and after pictures of those who’ve shared their amazing hairline transformations online.