Does stopping minox lead to permanent loss?

[RTC]

As the title says.. if you start minoxodil then stop, does this cause permanent hair loss? Heard conflicting things

[Curious25]

I think the general consensus is that you lose your minoxidil ‘gains’. 
 

So any hair follicles that you have either regrown or strengthened through minoxidil, will re-miniaturise and eventually go, upon discontinuing the medication. 

[Curious25]

You have a field of a variety of different crops - and some of those crops only grow with a certain food source. 
 

Cut that particular food source, and the crops reliant on it will die. 

[Nw7HPE]

Mine got thinner after discontinuation and I am talking about the donor .Way Thinner than baseline .  

[RTC]

14 minutes ago, Curious25 said:

I think the general consensus is that you lose your minoxidil ‘gains’. 
 

So any hair follicles that you have either regrown or strengthened through minoxidil, will re-miniaturise and eventually go, upon discontinuing the medication. 

I see - so it's only the follicles that were using minoxodil in the first place to stay alive that will go

[RTC]

Just now, Kashnw7hope said:

Mine got thinner after discontinuation and I am talking about the donor .Way Thinner than baseline .  

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[Curious25]

13 minutes ago, Aslitarcan sucks said:

I see - so it's only the follicles that were using minoxodil in the first place to stay alive that will go

Thats the theory. 

 

[Eugenix Hair Sciences]

2 hours ago, Aslitarcan sucks said:

As the title says.. if you start minoxodil then stop, does this cause permanent hair loss? Heard conflicting things

The hair growing due to Minoxidil will fall off. The hair thickening due to Minoxidil will start miniaturizing. Also some native hair may go through temporary shedding. If Minoxidil is stopped suddenly.

[RTC]

Thank you^

[LaserCaps]

Wish we had a hair crystal ball to tell us what our loss would be like.  

This is true for all the meds.  If you stop them, you will resume losing hair.  Further, you will lose what you would have lost had you not been on the medication(s). 

Something curious about Min.  Most believe, after 7 years, it loses some of its effectiveness. So, some may see some shedding.  The key here is not to stop the med and continue its use.  

[Mike10]

For most Minox will lose effectiveness after just a few years