Hair Loss Worse After Rogaine, Part 2

I didn’t understand your point about whether the probability of the rogaine working for me outweighed the risk of continued hair loss. If the shedding from rogaine is temporary, and will grow back, what is the risk of continued hair loss? Will the hair still come back if I discontinue the rogaine (which I have)? Especially since I only used it a handful of times? When should I start seeing some signs of regrowth, if there will be any?

Sincerely,
“Sorry I ever used rogaine”

The original question / answer can be found at: Hair Loss Worse After Rogaine

Minoxidil can cause irritation of the skin and some people get hair loss by the drying effect that they see with minoxidil. I had suggested that you stop using it because the topical effects of the medication will go away within days of stopping it. The question that you are asking, which essentially is how long you have to wait for the process to reverse, is difficult for me to answer. I have no information on the cause of your hair loss, if the process was an acceleration of the genetic process and if this process is continuing. I need to know your diagnosis and get an examination which are two essential elements to getting you where you want to be. With a short run of minoxidil, I would expect that there should be no long term response to this medication, but that is just a guess.