Minoxidil Dependence

I’ve been reading a lot about one’s thinning hair becoming dependent on minoxidil on this blog. How long would one have to use minoxidil to become dependent on it?

Minoxidil dependence only occurs in hair that sees benefits from using the medication. The better the hair gets, the more the dependence upon minoxidil. I would imagine that if there is dependence, stopping it will cause any benefits to disappear and return your hair to its state prior to taking the minoxidil, plus adding whatever hair loss might have occurred from the time minoxidil was started until the time it was stopped. Generally it takes many months for the benefits to be seen, so I would expect that the dependence upon it takes many months as well.