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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.

Baldness or known as alopecia may have surgical operations and also some medications. It may be severe in some tiny areas but will later go to the entire body. Hair loss clinic for women Delaware provides the needed medications and treatment for this since it often occurs in them.

For males, common causes of it is the combination of their genetics and male hormone, the dihydrotestosterone. In females, causes are still uncertain. The three medications that have shown some evidences for its treatment for the males include minoxidil, finasteride, and dutasteride. These three have proven to prevent loss. Ketoconazole is another type of medication for this.

The finasteride is proven to have an improvement of 30 percent after 6 months. But it only becomes effective when it is being taken consistently. This drug often causes depression, erectile dysfunction, and gynecomastia. Also, this does not have much good evidences for the women. Minoxidil can be very effective for growth improvement that usually happens within 3 to 6 months for females and males with androgenic alopecia. Ketoconazole may help the women by this problem. Spironolactone is commonly used by women because it has a infertility side effect for men. Women who are pregnant are being avoided to take this because it causes ambiguous genitalia to a newborn.

One treatment for this is transplantation which may involve surgical techniques. This is being done by moving the follicles individually from any part of the body or called as the donor site, to the bald part or the recipient site. This is usually used to treat male baldness. The hair follicles are being transplanted to the bald scalp.

Most of the people in Delaware still believes to some unproven treatments buy may have some evidences. These includes some dietary supplements such as vitamins and minerals. Another treatment which is also unproven is the laser therapy and this is proven safe when used.

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.

Hair deficiency may be prevented or may be slowed if it is treated immediately while in the early stages. In some researches, there is a relation between some health issues and loss. Heart disease may be one of the health issues.

In some articles, it is stated that there is no relation of baldness to coronary artery disease. For the dermatologists, advanced studies about this is needed. Aside from the studies, factors are being reviewed.




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