Hello,

Is it mandatory to use Minoxidil or something similar after the procedure (to help new hair growing)?
Does it mean from the HT procedure one has to use it for the rest of his life? Or it could be only for some period of time - just to help at the first stage?
And what is the minimum interval of using these things? Should it be every day or once in two days for example..

thanks
Basic

Hey, no one here had a HT?

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Originally posted by basic:
Hey, no one here had a HT?

Nope.

Seriously, though: You can use minoxidil for a limited amount of time shortly after your HT (give it about 10 to 14 days post-op before you start). I wouldn't use it for more than 4 months or so, though. I think you will find that it may help stimulate early growth but that's about it. Of course, you won't actually know if it did anything at all, since you have no baseline to compare it to (e.g. a HT without using minoxidil) but I don't think it will hurt. If you use it, be sure to do so consistently twice a day, every day. If you don't, then you're pretty much wasting your time and money. I mean, you can miss a day here and there just don't go overboard. Start at 2% and if you can handle a bottle of that (about a month's worth) go up to the 5% for the remainder of time. Oh, and if you only plan on using it for a few months after your HT, then refrain from applying it anywhere but the recipient area. You don't want the rest of your hair becoming minoxidil-dependant.

-Robert

Robert,

Thanks a lot for the reply. Yes, I was thinking pretty much the same. So, once the new hair grow they don't really need something like Minoxidil, right? They should stay regardless of the use of any treatment.

Cheers,
Basic

Correct. You should be able to discontinue minoxidil use safely after 3 to 4 months use if you only use it only on the recipient site starting about 2 weeks post-op.

-Robert

Thanks, Robert. Just curious - why are you using all these medications? Have you started long ago before your HT procedure?

Basic

Hair transplant surgery does nothing to combat thinning hair. DHT will still ravage your native hair just like it did before the procedure. This means you will continue to thin behind the transplanted grafts if you don't do anything to inhibit the DHT that kills the follicles. Some guys that started thinning in their 40's or 50's may be able to stay the course without meds but for someone like me that started thinning at 17 or 18 it isn't such a good idea. If it weren't for the meds and the procedures I have had there isn't a doubt in my mind I would be a solid NW5 by now. Hell, I was a NW4 when I started at 25. My brother was a NW6 by the time he was 30. That should go to show you what I was facing and how the meds have helped me. Anyone considering surgery should DEFINITELY look into meds. I think it would be irresponsible not to.

-Robert

Ok - I understand now, thanks!

Basic

hey buddy
i get my ht next month and im on propecia and they advised me to use minox 1ml once a day to help the shock loss 2months before and 2months after