When can I stop using minoxidil?

Can I stop use minoxidil after the treatment effect has stabilized? Doctors generally recommend daily use to ensure results, but stopping too soon may cause hair loss to flourish again. This is mainly because minoxidil is only a drug that promotes hair follicle development, and it does not address the underlying causes of hereditary hair loss, seborrheic alopecia, and androgenic alopecia.

The drug mechanism of minoxidil is to combine with the “yellow transaminase” in the scalp and hair follicles to form minoxidil sulfate, thereby prolongs the growth cycle of hair follicles, makes the development of tiny hair follicles increase, and has the effect of dilating blood vessels.

It can effectively regulate the vascular cell growth factor of dermal papilla cells, and maintain the growth of hair follicles and the formation and function of blood vessels of dermal papilla through the stimulation of cytokines, thus playing a role in the treatment of hair loss.

So minoxidil will play a role in promoting hair growth after taking the drug, but it does not permanently inhibit the androgen effect. Hair loss after stop use is not associate with drug dependence.

Will hair loss occur again after you stop using minoxidil?

Discontinuation of minoxidil does exist the possibility of relapse! Because minoxidil is not to remove the cause of hair loss, but to stimulate hair growth. Once the stimulation stops and the internal cause still exists, the possibility of hair loss after stopping the drug is still very high!

Whether to recover or not is also related to the individual’s hair loss status, physical condition, age, gender and other factors. Everyone’s situation is different, and what happens is different

How to stop minoxidil scientifically to reduce the risk of recurrence?

Step by step, reduce the amount by reducing the number of times, for example, you can reduce 2 times a day to 1 time a day, and then gradually reduce to 1 time /2 days -1 time /3 days, and finally 1 time /7 days. Finally, stop using within four months to give the hair time to adjust, and gradually reduce the hair follicle to avoid sudden loss of drug support and emergency reaction hair loss.

In addition, find a reasonable physical way to replace minoxidil to improve blood circulation in the head, which has a good effect on the initial hair loss.

Change living habits, eating habits, from their own conditioning to solve the root cause of hair loss to reduce the occurrence of hair loss, rather than relying only on drugs to reduce hair loss.

Finally, to remind everyone that there are risks to stop using minoxidil, please decide whether it is appropriate to stop using according to your hair loss condition. If hair loss occurs again when you reduce the frequency of use, it is best to stick to it. If the underlying causes of hair loss are not alleviated, hair loss is likely to occur again.