Has anyone quit minoxidil a few months prior to HT?

[taimishu]

So if you look at my post history you will see that I have been obsessing over the usage of minoxidil and its impact. 

My question is: has anyone successfully quit minoxidil prior to a hair transplant and been happy with the results after the transplant? 

 

I have quite a bit of hair where I've applied minoxidil (hairline and midscalp only). I'm scared that quitting min 7 days before and 2 weeks after will shed those (+ shock loss damage as well) anyways, so why not quit now, and get grafts where they would have fallen?

[UnbaldEagle]

What I did during my first HT was dropping topical minoxidil, and upping on oral a little bit (from 5 mg to 10). I think it worked equally well, in fact, I was one of those rare non-shedders (well, around 60-70% of my transplanted hair never fell out and kept growing - albeit a lot slower than native hair).