What usually happens if you stop finasteride and minoxidil after the hair has been stable for a couple years?

Been consistent with finasteride and minoxidil long enough that the loss has stayed mostly flat. Starting to wonder what the typical outcome is if both get stopped after that point.

Does the hair usually stay where it is for a while or does the thinning pick back up fairly quickly once the treatments are gone? Trying to understand the normal pattern instead of just assuming it holds forever.

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echolocation · 2 hours ago

once both are stopped the follicles that were being supported usually start miniaturizing again. the timeline varies but most of the regained or held density begins to slip within a few months. it does not all fall out at once but the areas that needed the treatment tend to thin back toward where they were before

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What usually happens if you stop finasteride and minoxidil after the hair has been stable for a couple years?

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