someone explain minoxidil dependecy
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BodyDysmorphic
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tough question
and i dont think you can get an straight answer with this one
some speculate that only "regrown" hair are dependent on continuous use of minoxidil
and will fall out/miniaturize after discontinuing use
others say that other "native existing hair" will become dependent on using minoxidil aswell
meaning if you were to quit
you would loose more hair than if you would have never started minoxidil
does that make sense
my personal opinion is that obviously any regrown hair with minoxidil is dependent on it's use
i also think your other native hair gets used to the vasodilating properties of minoxidil and may get shocked if minoxidil is discontinued
and i dont think you can get an straight answer with this one
some speculate that only "regrown" hair are dependent on continuous use of minoxidil
and will fall out/miniaturize after discontinuing use
others say that other "native existing hair" will become dependent on using minoxidil aswell
meaning if you were to quit
you would loose more hair than if you would have never started minoxidil
does that make sense
my personal opinion is that obviously any regrown hair with minoxidil is dependent on it's use
i also think your other native hair gets used to the vasodilating properties of minoxidil and may get shocked if minoxidil is discontinued
from first hand experience i happen to think minoxidil makes your hair very dependant on it. i think if you stop you can lose even more hair than you "gained" which is risky business.
Think about it. Hair follicles get used to minoxidil. Take it away and its very possible that they completely bolt even if they wouldnt have bolted so quick alone.
Think about it. Hair follicles get used to minoxidil. Take it away and its very possible that they completely bolt even if they wouldnt have bolted so quick alone.
rcom440 said:
Exactly - its all speculation. I do think it makes sense though that hair that didn't really need it as much still became dependant on it and then when being starved of it made it wrong than it would have been. The logic is there.
As i said - speculation. Clearly minoxidil was doing more for me than i thought - more as a maintainer than a regrowth though
rcom440
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Colin297 said:awesome, i didn't know that!
without going back on minoxidil?
i went back on it, couldn't handle the intensity of the shed unfortunately
Yes without the monox. The hair that you shed while on minoxidil don't necessarily have to be dependent on minoxidil. Most likely you will lose the hair that you gained by using minoxidil.
Well.. I think I know how to answer this best:
Im a diffuse thinner
Before starting minoxidil.. my hair was at 60%
6 months after starting I grew to 80% I stopped
My hair then dropped to about 35%
It never grew back.
I restarted minoxidil... my hair came back to about 75%
Im a diffuse thinner
Before starting minoxidil.. my hair was at 60%
6 months after starting I grew to 80% I stopped
My hair then dropped to about 35%
It never grew back.
I restarted minoxidil... my hair came back to about 75%
^ likewise
IMO if your hair follicles get accustomed to minoxidil, when you stop there's a good chance they'll be worse off than they otherwise would be. Makes sense to me. The body is a funny thing - once it gets reliant on something it does crap like this when you later stave it off this stuff
IMO if your hair follicles get accustomed to minoxidil, when you stop there's a good chance they'll be worse off than they otherwise would be. Makes sense to me. The body is a funny thing - once it gets reliant on something it does crap like this when you later stave it off this stuff