Hair Loss Treatment: Q&A
Ask a QuestionMost Effective Treatment Regime for Female Pattern Hair Loss?
for 25 Year Old diagnosed with scalp biopsy
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Treatment of Hair Loss
There are many different types of hair loss and it is of utmost importance to have a firm diagnosis. This is accomplished by a board certified dermatologist and may or may not require a scalp biopsy. If the diagnosis of androgenetic female alopecia is rendered, treatment options are available. Rogaine is a topical solution that provides benefit in selected patients. Spironolactone, an androgen blocker, is not FDA approved for hair loss but has shown some...
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Female Pattern Baldness
As female pattern baldness is typically a condition that comes with age—a lifetime of hormonal changes—25 seems relatively young to be suffering this condition. There are many reasons for female hair loss, including:
untreated hypothyroidism
pregnancy
drug use
sleep deprivation
malnourishment
vitamin/iron/folic acid deficiency
telogen effluvium
traction alopecia
Sometimes the cure for female hair loss at a young age is...
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Hair loss workup in females
I would first check labs (thyroid, iron, ferritin). Make sure you don't have any medical conditions (ie alopecia aerata). If all albs are ok, and it is clearly a female pattern hair loss, I would consider aldactone. Please see a board certified dermatologist.
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Female baldness.
See an endocrinologist to check hormone levels. If they are normal I would suggest hair additions for now. If you have hair transplants now you may spent a great deal of money and later loose that hair.
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