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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.
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.
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.