In this time I am going to explain you what can happen if you stop applying minoxidil for beard. And for this question I can give 2 answers, the first one could be that if you stop applying minoxidil the beard can fall out and the second is that it should not fall out after stopping applying minoxidil. In other words, I could give 2 completely opposite answers; yes and no, and I’ll explain why.
How minoxidil works?
To understand this, you have to understand how minoxidil works on the beard. As we have explained in previous videos, minoxidil helps promote blood supply to the follicle, which causes hair to grow and in cases such as beards, helps to create new hair, making people who were previously hairless obtain new hair or achieve cover some gaps in his beard.
This is achieved thanks to the fact that minoxidil accelerates the stages of hair growth, it can make the hair go from its anagen phase to its telogen phase, skipping the catagen phase, thus causing shedding to occur. In a future video we will talk about shedding in more detail. So, for the hair to grow for a longer time, it needs to be in its catagen phase, and this is where I could answer you about what can happen if you stop applying minoxidil to your beard.
The beard could fall out if you stop applying minoxidil
If you have started your applications and stop after 1 to 3 months, it is possible that everything you have achieved will fall out again. Is because you have not allowed the hair to reach its prolonged growth phase, that is, the phases that include the phase catagen and telogen. This is precisely why, because they have not allowed minoxidil to help facial hair go through its growth stages and then it usually stops its progress.
That is why I believe that the hair that grew with the help of minoxidil should continue to be “boosted” with the help of minoxidil until it reaches its next stage of longer growth.
And do not despair, since this is the reason why some people prefer to stop applying because the growth is slow. And it is reasonable because the new hair that needs to forge a resistant root.
The beard should not fall out if stop applying minoxidil
So what happens if you stop using minoxidil ? As I commented at the beginning, for this I had a double answer. The first answered that the beard obtained with minoxidil can fall out, as we explained above, and the second answer refers to the fact that the beard should not fall out. And to understand why it should not fall out, you simply have to observe what was mentioned a moment ago.
The beard obtained with minoxidil does not fall out as long as the minoxidil has taken the facial hair to its final phase, the telogen phase, which This is when the hair begins to grow on its own, without the help of minoxidil. For it to reach this stage they need to spend around 8 to 12 months on average.
Conclusions
As you can see, if you stop applying minoxidil you can lose the beard that you have obtained. As long as the applications have been for a short time, that is, because you did not allow the hair to reach its catagen phase of growth. I mean, if you have 3 months or less applying minoxidil it is possible to lose everything. But if, on the contrary, you allow the hair to reach its longest growth stage, should not be lost.
So far we have reached the end of the publication. Remember that the information contained here is for informational purposes only and before making a decision you should consult an expert.
My name is Emmanuel Hoffmann and I say goodbye wishing you a good day.
