Is it possible to use hair created with minoxidil as donor hair for hair transplant?

Hairstani

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If it is the case, someone could just regrow hair in their donor area with minoxidil and microneedling and have an unlimited amount of grafts for their future transplant. Am I missing something?
 

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minoxidil essentially revives inactive follicles, and there’s nothing to revive or re-grow in the donor area once follicles are removed
 

Redgate

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If it is the case, someone could just regrow hair in their donor area with minoxidil and microneedling and have an unlimited amount of grafts for their future transplant. Am I missing something?
Minoxidil doesn't create new follicles and when you move a follicle from the donor area, the place where that follicle was becomes scarred so you can't create new follicles there.
 
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