OTC medications and Their Role in Regrowth

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If you’ve been using 5% minoxidil daily—especially twice daily—for over 90 days, don’t stop cold turkey. First, make sure you’ve blocked the underlying reason for the loss (for example: DHT-related loss addressed with finasteride or an herbal DHT blocker; nutritional loss addressed by raising ferritin and iron, increasing vitamin D3, and adjusting diet for your blood type).

If you use minoxidil twice daily:

Twice daily → once daily (90 days)
Assess shedding/changes (hands, brush, pillow, sink).
Once daily → every other day (90 days)
Assess again.
Every other day → every third day / twice weekly (90 days)
That’s about 9 months total from twice daily down to twice weekly.