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    How bad is getting off minoxidil really?

    This seems contrary to what @Ausgebombt was saying about how you can't "get worse" after quitting minoxidil compared to what your baseline was beforehand. I'm so confused. People who were NW3 before minoxidil are not going to become NW2 with just minoxidil unless they are a hyper-responder...
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    How bad is getting off minoxidil really?

    This is what scares me - what do you mean exactly by "bald areas are going to increase"?
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    How bad is getting off minoxidil really?

    This is going to reveal my ignorance... after that "pretty shocking shed 2 to 3 months after cessation"... Assuming we do NOT return to using minoxidil, will those shedded hairs still return to their natural anagen phase and regrow to at least the density and thickness they were pre-minoxidil...
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    How bad is getting off minoxidil really?

    Hey all, I'm pretty new to attacking hair loss. I've been taking 1g Finasteride daily for 3 months (no sides so far). I'm NW2/3 with diffuse thinning. The newbie stack seems to always be finasteride+min, but I've watched a couple videos of guys who had horrific sheds after stopping minoxidil. I'm...
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