What If You Use minoxidil For 5 Years And Then Switch To Finasteride, Will You Still Lose All Hair

[genetically_cursed]

What if i start using minoxidil for like next 5 years without finasteride, it will dense up my crown and create lots of new hair, but later on, i will switch to finasteride and stop using minoxidil completely. will all minoxidil gained har fall out still even tho on finasteride? what wll be the state of my hair after i quit minoxidil and get on finasteride?

 

[ScaredOfBalding]

Start finasteride and minoxidil and stop crying.

 

[ForeverLacey]

If Finasteride has a 60-70% reduction efficacy then you can expect to lose 30-40% of those gains from Minoxidil post discontinuation shed. Reason being, Minoxidil and Finasteride have different mechanics on how they treat hair loss. Minoxidil is a vasodilator which provides your follicles with more blood, once you cut that supply they'll return to their previous state. Finasteride has very little effect on miniaturized follicles, and can only slow further loss.