Discontinuing use of minoxidil prior to hair transplant

baldsucks

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Has anybody heard of dicontinuing use of minoxidil 2 months prior to hair transplant surgery ? Most surgeons have told me anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks prior to surgery to discontinue minoxidil 5%. However one told me that they require 2 months of being off minoxidil. prior to surgery. I wander why the big discrepency. Won't 2 months cause some fallout loss? And, how would I prevent it?
 

fifty

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2 months seems like a long time. I think by 2 months there would be fallout. I was told 2 weeks.
 
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Baldsucks,

You probably are getting a more conservative response with the two month period of stopping. Most I have known stopped 7 - 10 days pre-op with no complications.
 
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