Treatment And Medications By Hair Loss Clinic For Women

By Diane Kennedy


Hair loss is also called as alopecia or often called as baldness. This refers to the deficiency of hair from any parts of the body. The most common body part involved in this is the head. For some people, it may cause psychological distress. There are many types of this and it includes male or female pattern hair loss, alopecia areata, and telogen effluvium, wherein the it becomes 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.

One treatment that is very common is transplantation which involves surgical techniques. This is done by individually moving the follicles from the donor site or some part of the body to the recipient site or the bald part. This is often operated for men. Hair follicles are then transplanted to the scalp that is bald.

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.

For dietary supplements, one small evidence for saw palmetto is being used, but it is not typically recommended unlike some other dietary supplements. Saw palmetto is said to be tentative benefit for those with only mild to moderate androgenetic alopecia. Other supplements like biotin, aloe vera, gingko, bergamot, and ginseng were also used.

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.

But there are some articles which says that there is really no connection between baldness and coronary artery disease. So according to dermatologists, this must be conducted with further studies. Other factors are also still reviewed.




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