HOW TO QUIT MINOXIDIL AND KEEP YOUR HAIR REGROWTH RESULTS? HAIR GROWTH EXPERT EXPLAINS

HOW TO QUIT MINOXIDIL AND KEEP YOUR HAIR REGROWTH RESULTS? HAIR GROWTH EXPERT EXPLAINS

00:00 Introduction
00:19 What is Minoxidil
01:17 How to Wean Off over 9 months

Is it feasible to discontinue the use of minoxidil without experiencing significant hair loss? Hello, I'm William Gaunitz, CEO, and founder of Evolution Hair Loss Institute, and a fellow with the World Trichology Society, with over 21 years of experience in helping people regrow hair. Minoxidil, a potent blood pressure drug used orally and topically, is globally recognized as the primary treatment for hair loss, particularly the 5% formulation for both men and women. If you've been on 5% minoxidil, especially twice daily for over 90 days, abruptly stopping can result in hair shedding. Minoxidil acts as a vasodilator, expanding blood flow to hair follicles, synchronizing with hair growth. While it encourages new and thicker growth, it doesn't address the underlying issue.

If considering discontinuation, it's crucial to block the root cause of hair loss. For example, if DHT-related, males may use finasteride or herbal DHT blockers. For nutritional loss, addressing ferritin, iron, vitamin D3, and adjusting the diet for blood type is essential. Achieving a sustained equilibrium allows for a gradual weaning process. If using minoxidil twice daily, transitioning to once daily for 90 days is the initial phase, coupled with internal measures to block the underlying cause. Monitoring shedding and hair changes is crucial. If satisfactory, further reduction to every other day for the next 90 days is recommended, followed by a decrease to every third day or twice a week for an additional 90 days. If after nine months, hair remains healthy and continues to grow, weaning off minoxidil may be considered, indicating a stabilized influence of the drug due to blocking the underlying cause. For additional guidance on hair loss, check out my other video. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments; I'm here to help.

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[NormBuster]

I quit Minoxidil, Finasteride and Ketoconazole and kept my hair. About every 2 years I have a 3-month routine that keeps me good for another 2 years; my research is currently focused on increasing that time interval as well as re growing my temples. I am a 62 year old man that began balding at 16 and was nearly completely bald by my mid-20s. I now have more hair than I had in early teens. It is possible!

[jswong]

I used to do minoxidil twice daily consistently for about a year and watched my hair thickness slowly come back. Then I weaned off it gradually throughout a year and noticed most of the gains were retained. After that I got complacent and stopped totally. After about half a year, I noticed that my hair wasn't as thick as before. Went back to using minoxidil every 2-3 days and it was good enough to bring back some coverage and thickness.

After a couple of years I started incorporating dutasteride. Not only was my receding hairline halted, fine hair even started regrowing at the previously barren areas.

Around half a year after that I started using stamp-type hair needlers with 0.7mm needle depth which was sufficiently deep to pierce the hair bulge while causing acceptably minimal pain and bleeding. The needling was a game changer. Fine hair started growing in between my matured hair.

It's been over 3 years since I incorporated occasional scalp needling (just once every 4-6 weeks). I no longer use dutasteride and I use minoxidil around twice weekly. My hair thickness and density do not seem to be reducing thus far and is actually pretty good. It would appear that permanent reversal of hair thinning was achieved.

[marcusrussell]

Cool how he broke it down really like the advice cause I knew a guy that was takin it orally an to see he went from shaving his head every two or three weeks to actually getting his hair cut by a Barber so I kno it works foreal with out a shadow of a

[adidkjf]

i use minoxidil for like 6 months now.. mair hair got a lot thicker and stronger, overall the density got better... some patchy areas even got darker again, but its not like that my old hair did come back... anyway, what i find really shocking, i didnt lose any hair for months...

i can show, brush through my hair, there is not a single hair falling out again, thats mindblowing... i wish i could keep this :D
i will soon hop on topical finasterid since im planning a hairstransplant this year..

[irene-bzyq]

This video is great. I am a girl and i lost hair because of vitamin d deficiency and stress. Been treating it by taking vitamin d3 and using topical minoxidil 2% twice a day for about 6 months. My vitamin d levels have gotten back to normal and so far, I've see new regrowth but I've been so scared of stopping minoxidil because all of the horror stories I've heard. So, what i gather from this is that as long as i keep my vitamin d at a normal level i can start the process of stopping minoxidle?

[TheSixthSLoT]

Thanks for the info. Didn't know David Spade was a trichologist.

[MariaDiazskn]

Well, I was using topical Minoxidil 5% once a day but broke my right arm and the application was difficult so I stopped completely for 3 months. Didn't notice any change at all. In fact my hair loss reduced significantly. The only thing I changed was taking protein supplements and vitamins to help heal the bone.
Months later I restarted on Minoxidil but just because I was worried that the problem might come back. I also use liquid caffeine and essential oils.
I won't even consider the possibility of taking systemic medication.
My father in law had finasteride for an enlarged prostate and ended up with a bad case of osteoporosis. I prefer to lose my hair to my bones.

[iShrix]

wow a hair doc with nice hair for once.

[nakedreef]

Thanks so much Doc! I appreciated this video.

[josephjohn]

Greatly informative and straightforward. Thanks doc

[artscraftsshorts]

Very useful information which i searching from many years. Thanks

[danleonhart]

Thanks Doc. I'm in the very early stage of male pattern baldness. Bought a one year supply of Minoxidil and been using twice daily for one and a half months in. I was wondering how to stop using Minoxidil after I've achieved my desired results. Will follow your video instructions when the time comes 👍🏻

[j-uk]

I’m coming off this shit! I’ve been having side effects for 2 years and sustained them cause of the results I’m having. But the breathlessness I can’t take anymore! 👍🏼

[jhaberly]

I was on minoxidil for about 3 or 4 months twice a day. Quit cold turkey. Now I'm losing far more hair than I had when I started. Not just losing the gains. What can I do about this? I have well water with high iron and I started taking a daily for men, D3, snd biotin supplement. This week I just started trying out Mielle which has helped with inflammation and irritation. I quit minoxidil in February. Wondering if what I had prior to minoxidil will return? I've also been under a lot of work stress in the last 6 months. Thank you for any input. By the way, I'm a 59-year-old male.

[CameronSWhitelaw]

Never thought I’d be searching ways to get a thicker hairline because all my life I’ve never had the issue. My dad is 56 and has a small forehead with thick hair (also no grey) and his dad is 86 who went grey at 30 and has an even thicker hairline. Mine isn’t bad but I’ve definitely seen changes over the past year.

[KAT-dgel]

62 year old female started because I was getting male pattern baldness mostly on one side. I put it on once to twice a day for a year and it barely grew any hair back. Then my scalp started turning red so I weaned myself off, but then started up again since I had an entire box with five bottles and then my head started itching where I was putting it.

[nicolegina]

My question is that when you state “when you stop taking the drug you will dump hair” so are you losing the new hair that you grew? Or are you losing all the hair on your head, the hair you weren’t losing before you even started the drug

[agaba]

great video doc. i dont like the idea of using min for the rest of eternity. but i still question whether or not dht really is a cause for hairloss and not an additional side effect.
we know T converts to dht in low oxygen environment. i like the tidbit about hair growing in proportion to the blood supply it gets. i just want to increase my bloodflow!

[siddiqasurti]

Thank you. What if a person doesn’t know and cannot know the real reason for their hair loss? Mine may be because of stress but there’s many other reasons and a lot of them cannot be changed unfortunately.

[ramdevsinhsodha]

Please video on Rosemary essential oil.

Please