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If you’ve ever tried minoxidil to regrow your scalp hair, then you’ve probably experienced the minoxidil shed. But if you haven’t tried minoxidil, you’re likely to be incredibly shocked and disgusted at the sight of handfuls of hair days to weeks after starting minoxidil for the first time. You may even be tempted to immediately stop using it.
Don’t. Keep with it.
Shedding is a normal part of the hair growth cycle. Minoxidil simply accelerates the process. The hairs that were close to shedding prior to using minoxidill are particularly susceptible to shedding in large amounts. Pair this with dormant follicles suddenly being reinvigorated and shedding their miniaturized hairs, and you can see why many people experience a devastating amount of shed hairs at one time.
What’s more, the shedding never stops.
On the contrary, it is an ongoing and fairly consistent pattern for as long as you are using minoxidil: hairs grow in, they shed, and come they back. Rinse and repeat.
Then there is what I like to call the “Big One,” which is where you are cruising with really good growth gains for months and then suddenly without warning, BAM! All your hair just falls out over a ridiculously short period of time.
I’m talking days, not weeks.
It makes you wonder if it’s really worth it.
I’d like to challenge you to stick through it.
Understand that it’s normal and after several “big ones” of your own, you can begin to predict when the next one is coming and take necessary precautions like purchasing a concealing hair fiber like Toppik to add the appearance of hair density while waiting for the shed phase to pass. Or get your favorite hat from out of the closet.
Minoxidil works differently for everyone. But the shedding seems to be the only constant for every guy or girl who uses it. Take comfort in knowing many many other people share in your pain.
-DJ
Don’t. Keep with it.
Shedding is a normal part of the hair growth cycle. Minoxidil simply accelerates the process. The hairs that were close to shedding prior to using minoxidill are particularly susceptible to shedding in large amounts. Pair this with dormant follicles suddenly being reinvigorated and shedding their miniaturized hairs, and you can see why many people experience a devastating amount of shed hairs at one time.
What’s more, the shedding never stops.
On the contrary, it is an ongoing and fairly consistent pattern for as long as you are using minoxidil: hairs grow in, they shed, and come they back. Rinse and repeat.
Then there is what I like to call the “Big One,” which is where you are cruising with really good growth gains for months and then suddenly without warning, BAM! All your hair just falls out over a ridiculously short period of time.
I’m talking days, not weeks.
It makes you wonder if it’s really worth it.
I’d like to challenge you to stick through it.
Understand that it’s normal and after several “big ones” of your own, you can begin to predict when the next one is coming and take necessary precautions like purchasing a concealing hair fiber like Toppik to add the appearance of hair density while waiting for the shed phase to pass. Or get your favorite hat from out of the closet.
Minoxidil works differently for everyone. But the shedding seems to be the only constant for every guy or girl who uses it. Take comfort in knowing many many other people share in your pain.
-DJ
I’ll show you a photo from August last year to yesterday. 6 months worth of loss. It’s a nightmare. My hairline is naturally low. Now it’s really sparse and like 3cm receded. In the next 6 months I absolutely dread to know what I will end up like. I lose easily 200+ hairs a day
