I was taking 100 mg/day of Doxycycline to help treat hair loss from LPP and it did seem to be working to some degree. However, I was experiencing some side effects & so had to stop for a few months. If I start to take the Doxycycline again, will it be as effective or help at all? I have read that sometimes treatments for hair loss do not work as well if you stop and then restart them.
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Answer: Doxycyline as antiinflamatory;Englewood cliffs nj
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Jeff Rapaport, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
It's not a simple yes or no answer as several things need to be taken into account. I generally base my decisions and recommendations in collaboration with the patient's urologist as it depends somewhat on the type of varicocoele and the chance of low sperm count from that type of varicocoele. A...
This needs an in-person evaluation. Both may be causing some indentations and/or atrophy. I suggest seeing a hair loss expert now to evaluate and go over your condition and provide you information about your best treatment options. There are great non-invasive options like prp/progesterone ...
Receeding hairline is not a hair loss because of ongoing process of androgenetic alopecia but a simple juvenile type maturing of frontal hair line. That is seen almost every young boys almost between 16-21 that have a very rounded...
