Minoxidil: Cold turkey vs. tapering off (same result?)

[mbach07]

Hey all!

Quick question:

What difference does it make qutting minoxidil cold turkey vs. tapering off of it? Is it only that the shed will be more significant/faster cold turkey, whereas tapering off will give a slower shedding?

In the end though, you will achieve the same result (same hair amount), regardless of your method of quitting, right?

 

[midoan]

I guess it will make no difference to the end result .. Yet , lots are favoring the gradual tapering of the dose but this method is actually boring to those who wanna end using minoxidil ..

 

[eire_245]

Can i ask why you are coming off minoxidil? i only say it as i came off minoxidil for around 4-6 months due to getting cocky and thinking finasteride would maintain the results i had achieved, i was actually shocked by the results as my hair loss progressed to the point where i wasnt far off the point of shaving my head.

I jumped back on minoxidil aggresively and have managed to gain back most of what i lost thankfully but i will never ever come off it again.....its mechanism of action is totally different to finasteride and it seems all my hair was minoxidil dependent

So i would just urge a word of caution in that respect! but in terms of coming off it dosent matter the end result will be the same

 

[resu]

Can i ask why you are coming off minoxidil? i only say it as i came off minoxidil for around 4-6 months due to getting cocky and thinking finasteride would maintain the results i had achieved, i was actually shocked by the results as my hair loss progressed to the point where i wasnt far off the point of shaving my head.

I jumped back on minoxidil aggresively and have managed to gain back most of what i lost thankfully but i will never ever come off it again.....its mechanism of action is totally different to finasteride and it seems all my hair was minoxidil dependent

So i would just urge a word of caution in that respect! but in terms of coming off it dosent matter the end result will be the same

That's because those hairs were miniaturizing.