Topical Minoxidil: Hair Growth Agent

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Topical Minoxidil: Hair Growth Agent

Responsiveness to Minoxidil

Initial Hair Loss & Number of Fallen Hair:

The key points are minoxidil shedding (initial hair loss) and a decreased number of fallen hair.

The first issue is initial hair loss (what is called minoxidil shedding or Rogaine shedding) within a month. If you are a responder to minoxidil, you will notice initial hair loss in 2-3 weeks.

Increased number of fallen hair during the initial 2-3 weeks indicates that you are highly likely a responder to minoxidil.

The second issue is a decreased number of fallen hair over the next 3-6 treatment months. If you continue hair loss treatment with minoxidil, you will notice much smaller number of fallen hair after shampooing after 3-6 months of treatment. It means that hair follicles have responded to minoxidil.

If you notice either one or both of these issues, you are highly likely a responder to minoxidil. Then, new and thicker hair will come out after the treatment with topical minoxidil for 3-6 months.

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Kuniyoshi YAGYU, MD

General Manager, Ginza HS Clinic (current position) | Director, Ginza HS Clinic (current position) | Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Medical School.
Doctor of Medicine.

The 24th President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), a Board of Governors of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons (AAHRS), a Fellow of the ISHRS, and a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery (ABHRS).

He has received many awards for his outstanding achievements in hair transplantation, including “Research Award” and “Special Achievement Award” from the ISHRS, “Mediterranean Award”, “Tiberio Award” and “Caesar Award” from the Italian Society for Hair Science and Restoration, and “Hirayama Award” from the Japan Society of Clinical Hair Restoration.

He is a certified registered physician of the Japan Surgical Society, an Honorary Fellow of cardiovascular surgery of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, a Fellow of the Japanese Circulation Society, and a Fellow of the Japanese Respiratory Society.

He served as a director of cardiovascular surgery at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, Medical School. He studied at the Hannover Medical School in the Federal Republic of Germany on a scholarship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Kuniyoshi Yagyu, MD, FISHRS. He served as the President of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery from 2015 to 2016. He is a board member of the Asian Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Hair Restoration Surgery and a Winner of the ISHRS Research Award in 2010, and ISHRS Poster Award in 2014. He has authored more than 53 research and clinical publications in books and journals. He had been specialized in cardiac surgery for 22 years. He has been practicing hair transplantation for about 20 years in Tokyo, Japan.