Shedding from Hair Loss Treatment Medication

Dr. Rassman,

I appreciate you answering the last few questions I’ve sent over. But to follow up, when I see hair shedding as a result of minoxidil and/or finasteride, can I read anything into the quality of the hair that is shedding? Does it mean one thing if the hairs are long and dark as opposed to miniaturized and light?

I believe that you are reading too much into the shedding, but I have not examined shed hair so I really do not know what is happening. The shedding appears to be a shifting into another hair cycle, nothing more.