Some frightening stories exist online describing a never ending shedding process once starting minoxidil. As someone looking into the treatment and who is yet to have noticeable hair loss (as of yet), this all sounds discouraging. I've also heard claims of frequent periods of shedding due to minoxidil's synchronization of hair follicles, whereby all hair follicles under the drug's effect come to form, grow, and subsequently die together (all at once). What are your thoughts on these claims?
November 8, 2017
Answer: Minoxidil Shedding Patient can experience hair shedding in the early stages of using minoxidil, normally around 6-8 weeks of use. Is this permanent? As a rule no it isn't and the hairs would make way for new hairs to grow through. The use of Minoxidil is for Hair Loss, so patient using it are suffering with MPB and so if hair loss continues then it may be that the Minoxidil simply didn't work for them.
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November 8, 2017
Answer: Minoxidil Shedding Patient can experience hair shedding in the early stages of using minoxidil, normally around 6-8 weeks of use. Is this permanent? As a rule no it isn't and the hairs would make way for new hairs to grow through. The use of Minoxidil is for Hair Loss, so patient using it are suffering with MPB and so if hair loss continues then it may be that the Minoxidil simply didn't work for them.
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March 29, 2019
Answer: Minoxidil (Rogaine) and shedding Minoxidil can cause shedding in some users over the first 6-8 weeks. The dormant hairs are shed to prepare for new hairs to come in. Is it possible for someone to use minoxidil, get a shed and then wind up with thinner hair than before they started? Yes, it is. But fortunately it is not all that commonMinoxidil does not help everyone. Genetic hair loss can still move along at whatever speed it was intending to go regardless of whether minoxidil was appliedIf a person is a "non responder" to minoxidil (Rogaine) and has active genetic hair loss (meaning it is in an active phase of shedding and miniaturization, then yes - the individual may end up with less hair than they started. It is not common and most nonresponders regrow shed hair and find they look the same 6 months later
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March 29, 2019
Answer: Minoxidil (Rogaine) and shedding Minoxidil can cause shedding in some users over the first 6-8 weeks. The dormant hairs are shed to prepare for new hairs to come in. Is it possible for someone to use minoxidil, get a shed and then wind up with thinner hair than before they started? Yes, it is. But fortunately it is not all that commonMinoxidil does not help everyone. Genetic hair loss can still move along at whatever speed it was intending to go regardless of whether minoxidil was appliedIf a person is a "non responder" to minoxidil (Rogaine) and has active genetic hair loss (meaning it is in an active phase of shedding and miniaturization, then yes - the individual may end up with less hair than they started. It is not common and most nonresponders regrow shed hair and find they look the same 6 months later
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