What is your experience treating women with androgenic alopecia using Vagifem?

Dear LeslieAA,

Thank you for your clinical post and this is a very
frustrating common problem with women in my practice that have female pattern
alopecia more rarely women with androgenic alopecia.

The use of Spironolactone, vasodilators such as Rogaine and
low-level light therapy together with plasma rich protein are the mainstays of
non-surgical management of both female pattern hair loss, which is not
androgenic in origin and androgenic female pattern alopecia. Symptoms of menopause can certainly be
improved with the use of Estrogen and Estradiol products such as Vagifem. It’s been my experience that many female
pattern hair loss patients and androgenic female alopecia get a mild
stimulatory effect when on Estrogen. If
you were to stop the Vagifem you may notice some loss of hair, but this is
usually only mild and stabilizes quite rapidly.
You may seek out a dermatologist or knowledgeable non-surgical hair
transplantation physician for other non-hormonal manipulations such as the
aforementioned low-level light therapy, Rogaine or even the addition of
androgen blockers such as Propecia if you truly do have a diagnosis of
androgenic alopecia this may be a reasonable option.

I hope this information has been of some assistance and best
of luck.

For more information, please review the link below.

R. Stephen Mulholland, M.D.

Certified Plastic Surgeon

Yorkville, Toronto

There are no scientific studies that show these products can be helpful for hair growth.  You can continue using minoxidil, you can also try vitamins and low level laser, sometimes they help.