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Hair loss is a life long process. If you are responding to treatment this is great as a small percentage respond to topical therapy. The hairs that have grown with the use of minoxidil will be shed once you discontinue its use.
If you see good results with minoxidil but wan to stop using it, the results you gained will not last. You have to use the product indefinitely.
Minoxidil use for men and women with androgenetic hair loss (also called male and female thinning) is meant to be lifelong. If one stops, any benefits that were experienced will disappear and hair loss patterns will return to the way they were before treatment.
You are in the 15% of people who get good results from this drug. If you stop minoxidil, the gains will reverse as the new hair is usually minoxidil dependent.
If you had traumatic hair loss and nothing has grown back in several months, it may never grow back. It may take up to a year to see growth.
Thinning Hair -- Rogaine, Propecia, Viviscal, Progesterone, PRPIf you have thinning hair you really need an evaluation to see if it is genetic or from another cause like stress or autoimmune. If it is determined to be genetic there are many options and traditional treatments like rogaine foam...
If it has been over a year and your eyebrow has now grown back, then it probably will not grow back. See a doctor for a possible hair transplant surgery.
If you have dandruff and want treatment you can start with anti-dandruff shampoo. It seems your doctor gave you that option.
You had a bad reaction to a medication. You need to see a doctor for treatment. The best help is going to come from your doctor who can examine you and treat you. Doctors on the Internet are not your doctors and cannot treat your medical condition.
Based on the photo you may end up with a Norwood 5 or 6 pattern as you age. If you think otherwise, you can see a doctor for a proper exam.
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