Can hair not sensitive to DHT become minoxidil dependent?

November 8, 2017
Asked By:deepan.kohli in Dallas, TX

Can minoxidil make the healthy hair surrounding the miniaturized/thinning hair dependent? If i were to stop using minoxidil would the non DHT sensitive hairs fallout?  Also, can DHT resistant hairs which are genetically immune to balding become dependent on minoxidil if minoxidil is applied to them?

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