Minoxidil Topical Aerosol, 5% (Foam) Hair Regrowth Treatment for Women (2018 formulation) safety rating

Minoxidil Topical Aerosol, 5% (Foam) Hair Regrowth Treatment for Women (2018 formulation) safety rating | Greenlens

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Ingredient safety

A 58-point gap between the two loudest voices.

30EU Harmonised Classification (CLP Annex VI)Government

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88Greenlens Tolerance ScreenIndependent

050100

All 2780 cleaner options, safest first We show the best 12, including the strongest on each axis.

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58 pts apart

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Recognized on a safer-ingredients list: US EPA Safer Choice recognizes 50% of ingredients as safer choices — a marker, never a score.

Also screened, nothing found: EU Microplastics Restriction

Coverage & match quality

6 ratings · 1 of 4 axes

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Fewer raters reach smaller-brand products, so a missing rating is not a clean bill of health, only a gap.

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Ingredient safety1.0×

Environmentalno rating

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Laborno rating

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Packagingno rating

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Data availability

Robust11 of 12 characterized

Our sources have reference data on 11 of 12 listed ingredients; 1 is uncharacterized in our data — a gap, not a clean bill.

Worth a look (6)

BUTANEpropellantraters disagree
EU harmonised CMR (cat. 1)flagged by 3 of 9 lists →
ISOBUTANEpropellantraters disagree

No flags in our sources (5)

No data in our sources (1)

Not a verdict — our authorities simply have no reference for these.

What these ingredient tags mean (1)

These describe what an ingredient is, not whether it is a problem. The stance marks above are the ratings; these are not.

exfoliating acidLACTIC ACID
- LACTIC ACID: An alpha hydroxy acid that loosens surface skin cells; it also makes skin more sun-sensitive while you use it. FDA, "Guidance for Industry: Labeling for Topically Applied Cosmetic Products Containing Alpha Hydroxy Acids as Ingredients" (announced at 70 FR 1721, 10 January 2005; FDA web pages title it "Labeling for Cosmetics Containing Alpha Hydroxy Acids"), which names this acid and recommends the statement "Sunburn Alert: This product contains an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that may increase your skin's sensitivity to the sun and particularly the possibility of sunburn."