Beneficial to miss applications?

[JayB]

Ive been on minoxidil for around 2 and a half years now. Around the 2nd year, my fantastic results seem to taper off. Ive noticed the caliber of my hair is not what it was after the first year of minoxidil. Im not back to baseline, but id estimate im kinda close to it.

I believe breaks from minoxidil are beneficial to results. Someone once told me that if i missed a few applications, it was good for the hair in that it would prevent it from getting "used to" the minoxidil.

I noticed that the results seem to taper off when i stopped missing apps here and there, and went months and months with diligent twice a day apps. I think that taking a break for a few days every few weeks was what kept up the good results and kept my scalp from getting used to the minoxidil thus improving its efficiency.

 

[treeshrew]

Interesting theory.

Instead of skipping apps I'd suggest doing 1 app a day - 2 always seemed like overkill to me.

 

[optimus prime]

I am very random with mine. Most of the time its once a day. Sometimes twice. The second application i do whenever i feel like it. I also do it at random times.

 

[hair_tomorrow]

Dr. Pickart once stated that it s advisable to skip your topicals for at least 1 day per month - (paraphasing here) " . . . to give your scalp a break".

(or maybe it was one weekend per month. sorry, don't remember :innocent: ).

Bottom line, a bit of a break from topicals is supposed to be a good thing.

 

[Defenton]

just out of interest, when you say 'second year', do you mean after 2 whole years or the period between your 1st and second anniversary?

 

[otis]

Follow the directions as with any drug

 

[JayB]

just out of interest, when you say 'second year', do you mean after 2 whole years or the period between your 1st and second anniversary?

nah i mean after 2 whole years. From the day i started till some months after my two year anniversary with minoxidil (that sounds so pathetic) is when results seemed to taper off

 

[Defenton]

ok thanks xx