Dealing With Hair Loss And Minoxidil

Balding is a concern for many and one of the most common forms of cosmetic procedures opted by men and women today. The market has witnessed a lot of hair care, cosmetics, laser combs, shampoos, serums to effectively increase the volume of the existing hair, sometimes denser than before.

Other than the widespread use of the hair transplant and hair restoration procedures, there are exceptions of medications, like Minoxidil and Finasteride, which are FDA approved and can help in this condition though with a limited usage but assured benefit.

Interest in hair transplant have probably seen to be increased with the emergence of the modern hair transplantation techniques and the widespread of knowledge regarding the same. Though, till date, the hair transplant remains to be one of the most common treatment choice for many people.

Role Of Minoxodil

Hair transplantation in women can be seen to be one of the most rapidly growing segments of concern nowadays.

Minoxidil is an FDA approved medication both for men and women. While usage of just 5% Minoxidil foam is approved for men and women since 2006 and 2014 respectively as a help to the female pattern hair loss (FPHL).  Infact, a significant amount of changes is seen in the baseline after people have started using 5% of minoxidil.

Androgenetic alopecia as the female pattern hair loss is often known as, is a common form of the alopecia in women, which starts at the onset of the 20’s and effects to the maximum age of survival. Not only is this a major cause of social distress, but can affect the quality of lifestyle that we lead. Though there are a variety of treatments meant for FPHL, starting from the topical treatments, hair transplantation, anti-androgen medications, laser devices which exist in respect to the patient’s preference, extent of hair loss and costing bearing capability.

Typical pattern of hair loss in women

Occurring in almost 50% of the women by 50 years of age, female pattern hair loss starts with an increased amount of hair strands shedding, decrease in hair density and deteriorating size of hair.

This type of hair loss in women mainly occurs due to the aging, genes, hormonal conditions and involves a strong genetic predisposition. The development of androgenic alopecia in women occurs in three main stages. Starting   from the typical pattern of progressive diffuse thinning in the oval pattern from the top of the scalp and the hair line hair loss is usually not considered as much as in men.

The future of hair restoration is exiting, mainly owing to the outcomes, as a matter of fact medical advances which is affecting the condition with great results to look out for.