If shedding occurs after starting minoxidil and then hair in that area regrows, are those regrown hairs now minoxidil dependent? If minoxidil regrows hair that wasn’t there to start with, i can understand the dependency, but if it sheds hair that was there to start with and then makes those hairs require minoxidil to survive, I have to wonder if its even worth using this stuff.
If there is shedding from minoxidil, it should be complete in 1-2 months and that should not be enough time to build dependencies. This is an educated guess and I am not aware of any study that would back up my opinion here.
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