Will finasteride keep gains made by minoxidil after cessation of minoxidil?

[staples]

Hi guys,
I'm a 25 year old male who's been on finasteride for about 8 months with slight improvement to my slightly thinning temples. Although I have had no loss, I would love to thicken up my hair and am considering minoxidil in addition to the finasteride. My question today is - if I use minoxidil for a while, until I experience satisfactory gains, can I then discontinue and let finasteride keep hold of the new hair? Does it work like this?

Cheers

 

[pazguato]

No. Once you stop the minoxidil you will shed in 6 months to the point below of baseline only to recover months later.
You need to apply minoxidil to keep the results.

 

[TheGrayMan2001]

Not really. It's theoretically possible, however, from every example we've ever seen on here any gains made by minoxidil are sustained only through minoxidil.