Plateau
I’ve been using minoxidil on both my scalp and beard for 5 months now. Quite early on I went through a shedding phase on my head which is expected and now am reaping the benefits.
For my beard, I saw a big positive difference in the patchiness and seeing new fine hairs developing in the gaps which has been a higher focus for me compared to using it on my scalp. Because of my change in focus, I am doing 6 sprays out of 10 on my beard and 4 on my scalp.
Recently I’ve seen a plateau in my beard thickness. It doesn’t seem to be getting any thicker/ growing new hairs. My question is, does a beard go through the same ‘shedding phase’ that hair on your head goes through? And could it be that I’m just going through another shed? I can’t say I noticed any shedding on my beard when I went through this with my head but wondering why I’ve reached a plateau / feeling as if my beard isn’t as full as it was a couple of weeks ago.
I know hair reacts differently compared to where it is on the body for example DHT treatments have different effects depending on scalp vs face but wondered if this is just a stagnant time and I just need to continue doing what I’m doing. TIA