Quitting minoxidil after 2.5 weeks

[berkshire192]

Hello all, I'm 20 and have been taking finasteride for a full year now, happy with it so far - halted hairline recession, or at least slowed it down to a snail's pace.

Just over weeks ago however I stubbornly decided to start taking minoxidil to fill my the empty temples (norwood 2 maybe), before doing any research on whether it would actually have any effect. Obviously I found out that it doesn't regrow hair in completely hairless areas and furthermore isn't proven to work on the hairline/temples, so I would be doing nothing good and was only likely to get side effects. My mistake is... I also applied it on the entire hairline from left to right temple, twice a day.

Basically if I stop using it now cold turkey, will I get shedding? I've read some horror stories of people getting terrible hair shedding that never comes back after taking minoxidil for short periods of time and it scared me. I do plan on continuing finasteride 1mg everyday and keto shampoo.

Would appreciate any replies, thanks!

 

[resu]

It's not enough time for minoxidil to have done much so you won't shed but if you were on it longer like for example 6 months then yeah you would shed.

 

[shulk]

because it is not proven / officialy tested in trails, does not mean it doesn't work. Search some user images. Some get a bit of regrowth and extra maintenence is always welcome. Just switch to applying it once a day. What sides are you worrying about?