YankeeDoodle
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Hey, Im new to the forum and was looking for some advice from those of you who have been on minoxidil and had to stop.
My story is basically this: About a year and a half ago, I noticed some mild thinning at my hairline (I'm 25 and I was an NW2). My family thought I was crazy when I told them I thought I was losing my hair, but I still went ahead and saw my dermatologist about it, who said he noticed some thinning, but not really that much.
Anyway, he told me my options were basically propecia and/or rogaine, and after doing some research I decided to give rogaine a try since I didn't want to risk the sides with propecia. Since I was a little strapped for cash, I went with the Kirkland 5% brand.
Initially I applied it twice a day pretty consistently and had no side effects other than the occasional minor shed, yet never saw any real benefit or growth. About three months into the treatment, my hair started flaking up like crazy (gave Nizoral a try to combat this but it only led to an allergic reaction), so I began using it only once a day, which helped to an extent.
After several more months I still wasn't noticing any growth or benefit whatsoever, in fact it seemed my hairline was getting a little more eaten up where I was applying the minoxidil. It wasn't necessarily receding more, just becoming thinner at the front. I thought about quitting, but saw that most didn't see results until a year into the treatment so I decided to stick it out till then.
Just before the one year mark (still with no results) I started experiencing an abnormal tight feeling in my chest. My doctor didn't find anything out of the ordinary but said the minoxidil probably wasn't helping my situation, so I finally decided to get off the stuff.
All was going fine until I experienced the dreaded shed about 2 months after I stopped. I used to lose a few hairs anytime I took a shower or combed my hair, but was starting to see clumps and clumps of my hair fall right off just from touching it. Additionally, what was for as long as I can remember just a mildly thin hairline has severely thinned to the point of easily being past an NW3.
So finally here's my question; has anyone who stopped minoxidil, and has stayed off it seen some of their shed hairs come back? Also, how long did the dread shed last? It's been almost 4 months since I stopped yet my hair is still continuing to shed like crazy. Any help would really be appreciated.
My story is basically this: About a year and a half ago, I noticed some mild thinning at my hairline (I'm 25 and I was an NW2). My family thought I was crazy when I told them I thought I was losing my hair, but I still went ahead and saw my dermatologist about it, who said he noticed some thinning, but not really that much.
Anyway, he told me my options were basically propecia and/or rogaine, and after doing some research I decided to give rogaine a try since I didn't want to risk the sides with propecia. Since I was a little strapped for cash, I went with the Kirkland 5% brand.
Initially I applied it twice a day pretty consistently and had no side effects other than the occasional minor shed, yet never saw any real benefit or growth. About three months into the treatment, my hair started flaking up like crazy (gave Nizoral a try to combat this but it only led to an allergic reaction), so I began using it only once a day, which helped to an extent.
After several more months I still wasn't noticing any growth or benefit whatsoever, in fact it seemed my hairline was getting a little more eaten up where I was applying the minoxidil. It wasn't necessarily receding more, just becoming thinner at the front. I thought about quitting, but saw that most didn't see results until a year into the treatment so I decided to stick it out till then.
Just before the one year mark (still with no results) I started experiencing an abnormal tight feeling in my chest. My doctor didn't find anything out of the ordinary but said the minoxidil probably wasn't helping my situation, so I finally decided to get off the stuff.
All was going fine until I experienced the dreaded shed about 2 months after I stopped. I used to lose a few hairs anytime I took a shower or combed my hair, but was starting to see clumps and clumps of my hair fall right off just from touching it. Additionally, what was for as long as I can remember just a mildly thin hairline has severely thinned to the point of easily being past an NW3.
So finally here's my question; has anyone who stopped minoxidil, and has stayed off it seen some of their shed hairs come back? Also, how long did the dread shed last? It's been almost 4 months since I stopped yet my hair is still continuing to shed like crazy. Any help would really be appreciated.
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