RU + Oral Minoxidil - Small hairs shedding

potatopirate

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So, I started RU 2 months ago, oral min 1 month ago (originally used topical now I use both)
I noticed my hair looks overall darker/thicker, I originally was on just
finasteride/Topical Min, which helped me regrow alot of hair/maintain, but I was noticing a slight loss in ground, where this was from a seasons shed etc I wouldn't know, heck it could of been from stress but it happend fast, like in 2 weeks so I decided to add extra layers of prevention/protection.
- RU dramatically reduced my hair shed
- Oral hasn't been long but I was already on topical, but I am noticing ALOT of hairs popping in on my body/face etc, scalp looks thicker but I can't really look for "new hairs" because my hair line is fine.
However, I am shedding around 5-10 hairs whenever I apply minoxidil to my head, maybe 5 when I shower aswell, those numbers aren't alarming, but my question is, literally ALL the hairs I shed aren't the same length as my other hairs, they are shorter, does this mean the oral min is clearing syncing stuff in, or that the RU is strengthing hairs to drop the weaker ones? Cosmetically my hair looks better, so I am trying to figure out why I am only shedding very short hairs. (My hair is short, but these are even shorter)
 

Norwoody

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So, I started RU 2 months ago, oral min 1 month ago (originally used topical now I use both)
I noticed my hair looks overall darker/thicker, I originally was on just
finasteride/Topical Min, which helped me regrow alot of hair/maintain, but I was noticing a slight loss in ground, where this was from a seasons shed etc I wouldn't know, heck it could of been from stress but it happend fast, like in 2 weeks so I decided to add extra layers of prevention/protection.
- RU dramatically reduced my hair shed
- Oral hasn't been long but I was already on topical, but I am noticing ALOT of hairs popping in on my body/face etc, scalp looks thicker but I can't really look for "new hairs" because my hair line is fine.
However, I am shedding around 5-10 hairs whenever I apply minoxidil to my head, maybe 5 when I shower aswell, those numbers aren't alarming, but my question is, literally ALL the hairs I shed aren't the same length as my other hairs, they are shorter, does this mean the oral min is clearing syncing stuff in, or that the RU is strengthing hairs to drop the weaker ones? Cosmetically my hair looks better, so I am trying to figure out why I am only shedding very short hairs. (My hair is short, but these are even shorter)
Minoxidil is probably pushing the miniaturized hair into a new growing phase where there hairs can grow thicker and longer.
 

potatopirate

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Minoxidil is probably pushing the miniaturized hair into a new growing phase where there hairs can grow thicker and longer.
Most likely, but I guess its weird because I already had results from using topical for like 2 years
 
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