Tuesday, September 27, 2016

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.

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.

In males, the usual cause is the combination of male hormone which is the dihydrotestosterone and genetics. For females, the cause still remains unclear. There are 3 medications that shows the evidence for the treatment for males and these are the finasteride, dutasteride, and minoxidil. These are used for preventing further loss rather than regrown. These are used together if there is a progressive loss. Some other medications include ketoconazole.

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.

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.

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.

Saw palmetto, a small palm leaf which is fan shaped that have sharp tooth stalks, is also one type of a dietary supplement which is not typically recommended. This has an unconfirmed benefit to people who has mild to average androgenic alopecia. Other types supplements used are ginseng, gingko, bergamot, biotin, and aloe vera.

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.

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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