Minoxidil Question about long term efficacy

[juststarting]

Since Minoxidil doesn't stop the *damage* being done by DHT to follicles, will it eventually stop working since the follicles it is stimulating are being attacked by the autoimmune response of the body?

Therefore, eventually it will have nothing left to stimulate?

 

[stax]

For some people minoxidil can be strong enough to hold your hair, but for most i think DHT will overpower minoxidil. It will slow down your hairloss if you just take minoxidil alone. It just depends on how sensitive your hair follicles are to DHT. But lets say you take minoxidil and finasteride, whatever hair follicles minoxidil helped to recruit it will work forever to keep them and i think if you use a 15% minoxidil you only need one application per day for maintenance.

 

[juststarting]

Thanks, that is what I suspected...

I have a friend on just minoxidil. I am trying to encourage him to do finasteride instead, but (like I was originally) he is hestitant to take anything into his body.

 

[stax]

I wouldnt't recommend he do finasteride instead but to add finasteride to his regimen.

 

[juststarting]

True. But, I think doing one treatment at a time at first is better. I was actually surprised he started Rogaine, as to me that is such a pain in the butt to do every day. finasteride, swallow pill...done )

 

[GeminiX]

I think most GPs will recommend changing one thing at a time, so as he's already on Min, it's probably best to stay on it and add the finasteride to the regimen (Though I completely agree about minoxidil being a pain, lol).

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