Topical Minoxidil: Hair Growth Agent

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Topical Minoxidil: Hair Growth Agent

Initial Hair Loss within a Month

Initial hair loss (minoxidil shedding) is an important issue on the response to minoxidil.

There are some people who experience excessive hair shedding from a few weeks to one month after starting treatment with minoxidil.

Most of the people with minoxidil shedding are surprised at the excessive hair shedding. They are afraid that they might lose all of their hair.

They sometimes get into a panic. Many of them stop using minoxidil. However, it is not a good idea to stop using topical minoxidil.

Excessive hair shedding indicates that many of hair follicles have begun to produce new hair at the hair roots simultaneously. New hair is growing at the hair bulb, and the new hair has pushed out old hair.

Increased number of fallen hair indicates increased number of new hair growth. Minoxidil shedding is a very good sign.
It is very important to keep using topical minoxidil. It should not be stopped.

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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.