Most people concerned with hair loss have by now heard about the newest hair loss product to hit the shelves - Regaine Foam. Heavily advertised in the press, the product’s selling point is the fact that it takes form as a foam, similar to a hair mousse, and can be applied easily over balding areas of hair.

So is Regaine’s new product worth the added expense?

Because of its form, Regaine foam can be dispensed into the cap and applied to specific areas of hair loss with the user’s finger. Regaine Foam might therefore be especially beneficial to those who wish to target a ‘widow’s peak’ or perhaps excessive thinning at the back of the head.

For those who are using Regaine Foam but have thick hair in some areas, it might not be worth it as a lot will be absorbed into the hair and will therefore be wasted. If Regaine is not absorbed into the scalp and hair follicles, it will not work to prevent hair loss.

For those with large areas of thick hair, but some areas of thinning, a combination of both minoxidil liquid and foam might be beneficial (ensuring only a half-dose of each is applied). This will give you the best of both worlds. You can use a minoxidil solution to get to the areas that are not as easy to reach as other, and a foam for the areas where the product will be able to penetrate the scalp.

It is our final decision that Regaine Foam is more of a hype than a genuinely improved product. Unfortunately we feel more of the liquid will be absorbed into the hair than the scalp, making it less likely to have a positive effect compared to a liquid. The difference between a liquid and a foam is that in the likely even that some of the product is blocked by the hair, a liquid will drip onto the scalp whereas a foam won’t.