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I am 6-year, once-per-day user of minoxidil, one-year user of propecia. I have never taken a break from the product longer than a day. Such lapses are rare, perhaps once per year.
Over that time, my hair density has gradually worsened in some areas, improved in others. Still at the point where no one notices I have a problem.
I shed quite a bit in showers generally and shed a lot during application.
I have recently discovered that the body can become temporarily "tolerant" to minoxidil, where one is somewhat immune to exposure. Source: http://www.hairIosslearningcenter.org/c ... oxidil.asp
I am therefore taking a one-week break from minoxidil, and during this time, I have seen MUCH LESS shedding than usual. My hair looks thicker, fuller and healthier.
I am convinced this regrowth is related to the weight of the medication or perhaps its function, both of which give ill effects. This, without seeing any positive effects because, as indicated, I might have grown too tolerant to the medication. Actually, I only develop "sparse patches" on my head in areas that I apply it with the greatest care and repetition.
Questions:
If I have become immune to minoxidil, has it been having ZERO effect over the past X number of years? Would I therefore be better off quitting entirely--do I now qualify as a non-user who will not lose any further hair with a total cessation of minoxidil (because it's had no effect for so long)?
If this is the case, and I CONTINUE USAGE ANYWAY, will I enter into a new, much-harsher-than-before shedding pattern? Now, I was already shedding a fair amount with minoxidil. I guess the question here is, if I am really in an immune state, gaining little benefit from the medication, would whatever it is that causes the shedding for a new user affect me if I restarted after my week-long break no longer "immune" to the product, or am I simply past early shedding troubles considering I've been on it for so long?
Thanks to any and all for the help!
Over that time, my hair density has gradually worsened in some areas, improved in others. Still at the point where no one notices I have a problem.
I shed quite a bit in showers generally and shed a lot during application.
I have recently discovered that the body can become temporarily "tolerant" to minoxidil, where one is somewhat immune to exposure. Source: http://www.hairIosslearningcenter.org/c ... oxidil.asp
I am therefore taking a one-week break from minoxidil, and during this time, I have seen MUCH LESS shedding than usual. My hair looks thicker, fuller and healthier.
I am convinced this regrowth is related to the weight of the medication or perhaps its function, both of which give ill effects. This, without seeing any positive effects because, as indicated, I might have grown too tolerant to the medication. Actually, I only develop "sparse patches" on my head in areas that I apply it with the greatest care and repetition.
Questions:
If I have become immune to minoxidil, has it been having ZERO effect over the past X number of years? Would I therefore be better off quitting entirely--do I now qualify as a non-user who will not lose any further hair with a total cessation of minoxidil (because it's had no effect for so long)?
If this is the case, and I CONTINUE USAGE ANYWAY, will I enter into a new, much-harsher-than-before shedding pattern? Now, I was already shedding a fair amount with minoxidil. I guess the question here is, if I am really in an immune state, gaining little benefit from the medication, would whatever it is that causes the shedding for a new user affect me if I restarted after my week-long break no longer "immune" to the product, or am I simply past early shedding troubles considering I've been on it for so long?
Thanks to any and all for the help!
