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Hey, Georgie here. Back for more annoying questions.
I’ve been doing some reading about people who find they build up tolerance to minoxidil, Propecia, dutas etc, and end up having very little positive effects from these treatments over time.
I read a post about how the body naturally needs to remain in a constant state of hormonal flux and feedback to maintain a healthy, functional balance of metabolic/hormonal processes. Obviously this includes hair growth. Since there really ARE a lot of people who find after a year, 2 years, however long, they reap no benefits from their treatments, I think the concept of taking cyclic “breaks” from drugs, say maybe a few days each month, a week every few months, or a few weeks a year, holds some credibility, insomuch as it could
allow the body to become reactive once more to drugs by giving it just long enough to replenish new cells and slightly alter hormonal feedback, without causing shedding. You wouldn’t go any longer than maybe 2 weeks.
I find this really interesting given that I seem to be prone to this sort of “tolerance” build up over time.
With this, I aim to take a 1-2 week break from oral minoxidil every 6 months to see if I can’t break the cycle of hair synchronisation. I may also do this with my avodart and daro.
Wondering if anyone else would like to test the theory with me?
I’ve been doing some reading about people who find they build up tolerance to minoxidil, Propecia, dutas etc, and end up having very little positive effects from these treatments over time.
I read a post about how the body naturally needs to remain in a constant state of hormonal flux and feedback to maintain a healthy, functional balance of metabolic/hormonal processes. Obviously this includes hair growth. Since there really ARE a lot of people who find after a year, 2 years, however long, they reap no benefits from their treatments, I think the concept of taking cyclic “breaks” from drugs, say maybe a few days each month, a week every few months, or a few weeks a year, holds some credibility, insomuch as it could
allow the body to become reactive once more to drugs by giving it just long enough to replenish new cells and slightly alter hormonal feedback, without causing shedding. You wouldn’t go any longer than maybe 2 weeks.
I find this really interesting given that I seem to be prone to this sort of “tolerance” build up over time.
With this, I aim to take a 1-2 week break from oral minoxidil every 6 months to see if I can’t break the cycle of hair synchronisation. I may also do this with my avodart and daro.
Wondering if anyone else would like to test the theory with me?
