Used rogaine once a day for 30 days (on washed scalp) and abruptly stopped. Any negative effects from stopping?

[bluestar99]

Error in title( I meant on a completely UNWASHED scalp for 30 days) I haven't washed my hair once since using it.

I have slight thinning on a a relatively full head of hair. I thought I'd try Rogaine a month ago. I've been applying it once a day for 30 days on a completely on washed scalp. I now decided to abruptly discontinue use.

My question is, would there be any affect or negative affect after stopping from just using it for 30 days on an unwashed scalp?

 

[Micky_007]

It's highly recommended that you wash your hair frequently no matter what topical you use, because there becomes excessive sebum build up on your scalp and DHT can also build up locally on our scalp, so you need to wash your hair frequently.

By not washing your hair, you create a thick layer of sebum which clogs/blocks your pores in your scalp so whatever topical, like Rogaine, you apply to your scalp, won't property absorb into your hair follicle which is in your scalp because the pores are blocked. Rendering the Rogaine ineffective.

Due to you only using Rogaine for such a short time, I doubt you would lose any hair.

For your thinning hair I would recommend you use a Caffeine based Shampoo such as Alpecin C1 Shampoo And Alpecin Caffeine Liquid. It surprisingly is amazing since it's a natural substance and so it doesn't have any side effect.

Yet it has really great results. In a study done, it showed that at the 6 Month point of Alpecin Caffeine Liquid when used twice a day, has essentially the same results as Rogaine when applied twice a day for 6 months. Very impressive, whilst being far cheaper than Rogaine.