Does tapering off minoxidil reduce permanent loss?

Hi guys, if I want to come off minoxidil but don’t want to lose further than baseline or any permanent loss beyond whatever minoxidil was giving me. Is tapering off down from 5% to 2% and reducing frequency until 0 a good way to achieve this? or is it unavoidable

Tapering may slow down the loss, but eventually, you might go back to baseline or below since min maintains but doesn’t fix the root cause. Dropping from 5% to 2% could help ease the transition, but expect some loss over time.