How Long Can One Safely Take a Break from Minoxidil

[JohnnySeville]

Guys,

Just wondering how long anyone has gone off Minoxidil without a problem. I will be going away for a few days and it will be too much of a hassle to use it. Any ideas, how long is the MAX?

 

[Petchsky]

Longest i have done is a week when i was away at a festival and it was completely unpractical to apply. I had no shed and hair looked great when i started re-applying.

Longest break i have heard of was two weeks without sheding. Personally i feel a week is best.

 

[hair_tomorrow]

I recently went 10 days and underwent a mini shed when resuming on day 11.

So, I agree w/ Petchsky - try and keep it to 1 week.

 

[JohnnySeville]

Thank you guys. I will be going away for 5 days in a few weeks. Will practically be living in the water, fishing, scuba, surfing. I figured it would be tough dealing with minoxidil under those conditions. I will just make sure to use it religiously before and after.

 

[roki]

after being on it for 3 months i took 1 week's break and i lost alot i n that week
five days should be ok and i guess that because you ve been longer then 3 months on it that your even more safe
id still try to squeeze in 2-3 applications in that time and you proboably could

 

[brucen36]

When you guys say you lose a lot or shed after going off of minoxidal for a while, do the losses ever reach a point that goes beyond what you started with before minoxidil, or only what you gained?

 

[roki]

When you guys say you lose a lot or shed after going off of minoxidal for a while, do the losses ever reach a point that goes beyond what you started with before minoxidil, or only what you gained?

i only stopped for a short time and i lost some of the gains but no all
but basicalliy-only what you gaind

 

[JohnnySeville]

after being on it for 3 months i took 1 week's break and i lost alot i n that week
five days should be ok and i guess that because you ve been longer then 3 months on it that your even more safe
id still try to squeeze in 2-3 applications in that time and you proboably could

Thanks Roki, for informing me of your experience, I think maybe I should bring a can along and get it in before bed or something, hate to lose anything, its too hard to come by.

 

[Bryan]

For God's sake, there's no need to have to guess the answers to any of these questions or go by a few personal anecdotes, just take a look at the results of quitting minoxidil that were found in an actual clinical setting in a trial performed by a well-known doctor:

http://www.geocities.com/bryan50001/quitting-minoxidil.htm

Bryan

 

[JohnnySeville]

For God's sake, there's no need to have to guess the answers to any of these questions or go by a few personal anecdotes, just take a look at the results of quitting minoxidil that were found in an actual clinical setting in a trial performed by a well-known doctor:

http://www.geocities.com/bryan50001/quitting-minoxidil.htm

Bryan

Thank you Bryan for offering this information. The time lapse on your chart is based on 6 week intervals. I am sure that stopping for that period of time or a good portion thereof would certainly result in loss, but I was unsure if only a week would result in some type of setback such as a lite shed, so that is why I asked for the experience of members. It is difficult to find any study noting such a small time interval.

 

[Bryan]

Well, interpolating from those 6-week intervals, it's obvious that a lapse of only a week shouldn't amount to much.

 

[I_Hate_DHT]

Guys,

Just wondering how long anyone has gone off Minoxidil without a problem. I will be going away for a few days and it will be too much of a hassle to use it. Any ideas, how long is the MAX?

To be totally safe: max 10 days.

To start being in risk: 10 to 30 days. Depends on each body.

To be at real risk (90% of chances to start losing what you gained): 31 to 60 days.

And I'm talking by self experience. :wink: