Minoxidil decreases the number of follicles in the resting phase and keeps them in the growing phase, resulting in better, thicker, stronger, and healthier hair.

“allow more blood flow to the region, and thereby extend the anagen phase, which is exactly what happens with minoxidil.”

“Minoxidil works by way of increasing blood flow to the stem cell niche below the hair.”

“Indeed, most people don't realize this, but minoxidil won't just slow the loss of hair from your scalp, it is also effective at slowing the loss of hair elsewhere in your body. How does it do that? Well, you now know one of the major ways it does that. It does that by extending the anagen phase, so it basically makes that phase a bit longer, and does it make it much longer, which is why for most people who are losing their hair quickly or who have already lost their hair, minoxidil alone is not going to be a sufficient treatment.”

“your question was how does minoxidil work it decreases the amount of follicles that are in that resting phase keep them in the growing phase and so you're gonna get better thicker stronger healthier hair from those follicles that could be rejuvenated that are not too far gone”

“and it's the same thing with minoxidil when you apply a topical medication like minoxidil you know it has nothing to do with DHT but you're basically pushing that gas pedal all the way down to the floor trying to push that follicle into the best possible growth”

“essentially what minoxidil does is it keeps the follicle in the growing phase so remember we talked about the antigen which is the growing phase and then of course the catagen telogen those are the resting degeneration phases of phases of the hair follicle and we know that in a certain area of scalp there's going to be about 84 85 percent of the hairs in healthy area 84 85 percent of the hairs are in a growing phase but as you get to a male pattern hair loss or female pattern hair loss situation many many more follicles are in a resting phase than in a growing phase before those ratios change and the hairs spend less time in a growing phase so the antigen phase starts to shore so that's one of the reasons why if you have someone with thinning hair whether it be male pattern hair loss in the hairline or female pattern hair loss let's say in the frontal zone right behind the hairline typically you can make a part with your comb and you can see these very very short kind of spiky hairs mm-hmm that is indicative of miniaturization and if you look at the microscopic level you'll see even shorter thinner weaker wispier hairs than that so yeah so what happens is that when you put somebody on minoxidil resting follicles start to kick into action and grow so you're gonna start to produce more fiber so fewer spikes more the long goes right and the guys who are already growing that may want to turn off too soon are kept in the growing phase so those tho antigens can be delay meaning that the and it's gonna keep going”

“what happens is that when you put somebody on minoxidil resting follicles start to kick into action and grow so you're gonna start to produce more fiber so fewer spikes more the long goes right and the guys who are already growing that may want to turn off too soon are kept in the growing phase so those tho antigens can be delay meaning that the and it's gonna keep going”

“and the longer you keep a follicle and antigen the thicker the fiber becomes over time”