How Much Does It Take For Minoxidil's Extra Body Hair To Fade Away?

[YanDjin]

Hello all,
I started minoxidil 4 years ago, and stopped it 2 years ago ( 2 years of use ), i stopped minoxidil because of the side effects, few weeks before stopping minoxidil, i started finasteride 1.25 mg a day, and dutasteride 1 time a week.
today, 2 years after stopping minoxidil, some of the extra hair didn't fade away, it bothers me because there is small black hairs all over my forehead and on the top of my nose.
i would like to know if there are people who stopped minoxidil and got back to normal body hair, and after how long did it occur.
thanks.

 

[MrPortugal]

If you stopped minoxidil 2 years ago and still body hairs...I don't think this is from minoxidil

 

[YanDjin]

i am actually 100% sure they are from minoxidil, they appeared few months after starting minoxidil, and their growth were somehow synchronized with hair cycles on minoxidil.
prior to minoxidil i had very little body hair, and on minoxidil i became very hairy, hair on forehead, cheeks, nose, arms, hands (fingers), shoulders..., after stopping minoxidil, the hair receded progressively over this 2 years period, 70% i will say, but some are still there and i am running out of patience,
the body hair still has strange cycles, where all of them grow thick at the same time, then all stops at the same time.

 

[MrPortugal]

i am actually 100% sure they are from minoxidil, they appeared few months after starting minoxidil, and their growth were somehow synchronized with hair cycles on minoxidil.
prior to minoxidil i had very little body hair, and on minoxidil i became very hairy, hair on forehead, cheeks, nose, arms, hands (fingers), shoulders..., after stopping minoxidil, the hair receded progressively over this 2 years period, 70% i will say, but some are still there and i am running out of patience,
the body hair still has strange cycles, where all of them grow thick at the same time, then all stops at the same time.

Sorry bro, but maybe what can helps you it's Laser hair removal

 

[yetti]

few weeks before stopping minoxidil, i started finasteride 1.25 mg a day, and dutasteride 1 time a week.

Perhaps both minoxidil and finasteride/dutasteride cause you to get these hairs.

 

[YanDjin]

thanks for the replies,
i dont think finasteride can cause you to get more extra body hair, i am sure that minoxidil is what caused them.
i may try laser hair removal but before that, i want to hear the experiences of the ancient minoxidil users who had body hair growth on it, and how much it took this extra hair to fade away, if it eventually goes away.
sorry for bad English, it is not my first language.

 

[Kev123]

While on minoxidil I get these little body/forehead vellus hairs and increased facial hair growth, but when I stop minoxidil the body vellus hairs disappear, the vellus hairs on my forehead/hairline/eyebrows disappear and facial hair growth goes back to being little whiskers (I do not apply on face so idk how my facial hair is being affected, min going systemic maybe?). It doesn't take long either, maybe a couple of months at most. If they are still there after 2 years, I agree that it probably was not minoxidil. Minoxidil effects and side effects are present only as long you use it. Just like hair growth or halted hair loss from minoxidil, only works as long as you use it.

 

[artursco]

I think most of guys are just paranoid... They read to much about side effects...how you can get body hair if you apply it on scalp (topical). Worst, heard about guys who gained none on his head but a lot on his back and arms...how strange