Methodology

Plain rules, applied to every provider.

Sources

Every price comes from the provider's own public web page and links to it, with the date we checked it. We never estimate a price and never copy prices or discount codes from other comparison sites.

Which price we show

For each product we record every pack the provider lists. The pack price is the smallest pack. The per month price is the lowest monthly cost across the packs with a fixed supply length: daily tablets (28 tablets or 4 weeks count as one month), packs the provider labels with a supply length, and 60ml bottles or 73ml cans of 5% minoxidil used at the labelled dose. Where a provider lists a size without a clear supply length, we show the pack price only.

Consultation fees

We show a consultation fee only when the provider publishes one, or says the consultation is included or free. Otherwise the table says no separate fee is shown.

Verified, from search and awaiting

A provider is Verified when we read its prices on its own pages on the date shown. From search means we could only read the provider's own words in search results; those prices are never marked as verified. Providers we could not check stay listed as Awaiting, with no prices, until we can. Currently awaiting: Numan, Boots Online Doctor, Manual, Sons, Superdrug Online Doctor, Asda Online Doctor, Zava, Simple Online Pharmacy, Pharmacy2U, Oxford Online Pharmacy, The Independent Pharmacy, Dr Fox, Treated.

Stock

Packs shown as out of stock on the provider's page are listed but never marked as the lowest price.

Freshness

Verified prices older than 30 days stop the site from publishing until they are checked again.

Ordering

Verified first, then lowest monthly price. Paid placement, if ever offered, will be labelled "Sponsored" and kept outside the price order.

No medical advice

We compare prices and published facts only. We do not say which treatment works best; a licensed prescriber decides what is suitable for you.