Treatment And Medications By Hair Loss Clinic For Women

By Diane Kennedy


Hair loss is also referred to as alopecia or commonly known as baldness. It refers to hair deficiency to most parts of the body. The head is the most common part where it occurs. According to some people, this causes psychological distress to a person. The types of this are female and male pattern hair loss, telogen effluvium, and alopecia areata. In telogen effluvium, it becomes very thin.

Alopecia or baldness may involve medications and surgery. Its severity may vary from small areas then up to the entire body. Since this usually happens in women, hair loss clinic for women Delaware is offering some services and medications for these.

For the males, the common cause for this is the combination of dihydrotestosterone which is a male hormone and also their genetics. For the females, its the cause is still unclear. Three medications have been given and have some evidences for treatment of the males. These three are the dutasteride, finasteride, and the minoxidil. These are being used for the prevention of loss than regrown. These are taken together for progressive losses. Another type of medication is the ketoconazole.

Finasteride provides a 30 percent of improvement after 6 months. Its effectiveness only takes place when the drug is consistently taken. This drug may often cause erectile dysfunction, depression, and gynecomastia. And also, it does not have any good evidence for women to use it. The minoxidil is said to be very effective for the improvement of growth after 3 to 6 months for both males and females with androgenic alopecia. The ketoconazole may be a help for the women. A spironolactone may also be used by women, an since it has some side effects for infertility in men, it is not advisable for them. Pregnant women cannot use this medication because it can cause ambiguous genitalia to newborns.

Another popular treatment of this is through transplantation that involves some surgical techniques. The process starts from getting the follicles from some body parts or donor site and transferring it to the part which is bald or recipient site. This is usually the treatment for men. Hair follicles will then be transplanted to bald scalp.

Other people in Delaware believes that there are still unproven treatments. But despite of this, small evidences have been proven for its effectiveness. The treatments include vitamins, minerals, and other dietary supplements for retain and regrown. Another unproven treatment is laser therapy. Laser therapy uses safe lasers and lights.

One dietary supplement which is called the saw palmetto is also used. Saw palmetto is really not recommended. Some have said that this is a tentative benefit for people with mild up to moderate androgenic alopecia. Aloe vera, biotin, bergamot, gingko, and ginseng are some supplements that are used as well.

Deficiency of hair can be prevented or can be slowed with medications while it is still on its early stages. According to some researches, there can be connection between the loss and other health issues. This health issue can be a heart disease.

People often say that it is connected to coronary artery disease, but some articles says that it is not true since it is not yet proven. According to some dermatologists, further studies should be conducted first. Some factors are still being reviewed.




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