Minoxidil for beard growth? How to induce "terminalisation" of vellus hair? (photo)

March 13, 2017
Asked By:Adambeard in London, GB

terminalisation isn't a technical term but hoped someone could help. I have used minoxidil for 11 months to stimulate facial hair growth. Now i am aware that what i have done is not generally recommended and is merely at this point a state of self induced hypertricosis. I know of several people personally who managed to retain the hairs upon cessation due to the hairs being terminal. A large majority of mine are still vellus. Is it a case of waiting it out? Or are there steps i could take?

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