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Is cupping therapy the new solution to treating androgenetic alopecia?

zlatanJan 8, 2018
i have seen quite few videos where people with baldhead got back a lot of hair after being treated with cupping therapy.there seems to be strong claims about it being able to stop hairfall and regrow hair.is it the treatment the doctors can look onto to cure or slow down effects of androgenetic alopecia?cupping or hijama has been practised in china and in saudi Arabia from the time of prophet Muhammad (pbuh) who rated this treatment very highly as the best remedy of all.

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Dr. Muhammad Jawad, MD
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Answered on Jan 10, 2018
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Dr. William Rassman, MD (retired)
Hair Restoration Surgeon, Board Certified in General Surgery
Answered on Jan 9, 2018
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