Minoxidil post op

[Scorpian]

If you use minoxidil post op twice a day for a year, then once a day for another year, would you still need to use it during your third year and beyond? My concern is that the hairs could become dependent on the minoxidil and may thin out if I just stop using it. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks.

[Scorpian]

If you use minoxidil post op twice a day for a year, then once a day for another year, would you still need to use it during your third year and beyond? My concern is that the hairs could become dependent on the minoxidil and may thin out if I just stop using it. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks.

[El Nino]

I used minoxidil post op and I believe it did help my HT grow in quicker. I stopped using it 13 months post op and my hair never changed. Like spex says it's the native hair which could become dependent on it and not HT hair.

 

P.S. You don't have to apply it to your native hair, just your HT recipient area.

[Scorpian]

Well, by applying it to your native hair, aren't you helping combat MPB?

[El Nino]

Originally posted by Scorpian:

Well, by applying it to your native hair, aren't you helping combat MPB?

 

Yes, but you will have to use it forever if it is helping. I only used it to help my HT grow in quicker and only applied it to my crown.