This means the non-minoxidil dependent hairs continue to shed at that rate as in balding continues-- and not the ones that are now minoxidil dependent for the rest of your life? I'm confused.Bryan said:Brokenwall said:not to sound silly but on the side of the minoxidil case it says regrowth dosent last more than 48 weeks aka less than one year , this completely contradicts what ive been reading here...
Well, I think that's actually TRUE, but you have to understand the scientific context in which that statement is made. If the "offset of growth" theory of topical minoxidil is correct, then once you achieve the peak of regrowth after about a year or so, balding then continues and haircounts start going down again at about the same general rate that they were going down prior to starting minoxidil. So in that very specific sense, yes, I think they are correct in saying that regrowth doesn't last more than 48 weeks for the average user.
needs_help9245 said:I'm still a little bit confused about minoxidil effectiveness over time. If I grew substantial minoxidil hairs in 1 year would I expect to keep this 'minoxidil hair' if I continued to apply minoxidil over the years?
Bryan said:needs_help9245 said:I'm still a little bit confused about minoxidil effectiveness over time. If I grew substantial minoxidil hairs in 1 year would I expect to keep this 'minoxidil hair' if I continued to apply minoxidil over the years?
Depends on your rate of balding. If you're balding fast, you'll obviously lose that extra "offset" sooner than if you're balding slowly.
asa846 said:I never knew about this. So minoxidil will only work for 1 year only and then the hairs will fall out? Why is it so popular if this is the case? I presumed that people could be taking minoxidil years from now and still maintain minoxidil hairs - or does it mean that you won't grow any 'new' minoxidil hairs after a year? Apologies if I've got some of this info wrong I'm new to this and trying to work out which products to start using.
chino20 said:'48 week rule'! You scare me with that kinda talk!
So I went and researched, and no, it says that 'hair regrowth has not been shown to last longer than 48 weeks in large clinical trials', and I researched that and yeah, the trial conducted was 48 weeks long, that's all it means, they can't claim its longer as theyre not allowed. Really can hear a lot of scary crap on this forum lol.