Using Minoxidil post transplant

[GiveMeMoreHair]

I had been using minoxidil for 7 years. I'm now 7 weeks post transplant and was told to restart minoxidil after 2 weeks. On the 15 th day, I restarted minoxidil only to see quite a few hairs on my pillow the next morning! I stopped using it again and my pillow had minimal hairs on it the following mornings. I gave it another week and tried using minoxidil again only to see more hairs again on the pillows the next morning! Alarmed, I stopped using it until after 6 weeks. I gave it a try again a few days ago and noticed the same results on my pillows the next morning.

 

I know minoxidil is supposed to help but I'm not sure if it's doing more harm than good. I gave it 3 tries and now I'm thinking of completely stopping it. Has anyone else had a similar experience with minoxidil after their transplant?

[1978matt]

I had been using minoxidil for 7 years. I'm now 7 weeks post transplant and was told to restart minoxidil after 2 weeks. On the 15 th day, I restarted minoxidil only to see quite a few hairs on my pillow the next morning! I stopped using it again and my pillow had minimal hairs on it the following mornings. I gave it another week and tried using minoxidil again only to see more hairs again on the pillows the next morning! Alarmed, I stopped using it until after 6 weeks. I gave it a try again a few days ago and noticed the same results on my pillows the next morning.

 

I know minoxidil is supposed to help but I'm not sure if it's doing more harm than good. I gave it 3 tries and now I'm thinking of completely stopping it. Has anyone else had a similar experience with minoxidil after their transplant?

 

You should go with the doctor's recommendations really. The instructions I have been sent say that Minox should be used 7 days after, once per day until the hairs start growing.

 

A shed of transplanted or existing hair sounds normal as we all know this is what minox does initially