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Treatment for Hair Loss in Women

A good start towards the treatment for hair loss in women is to have a dermatologist identify the cause of hair loss. This would enable to figure out the best medications and treatments to be followed for the particular hair loss problem. The technical term to refer hair loss is alopecia and in females androgenic alopecia is more common.

Some of the common treatments and medications for different types of hair loss in women are:

Minoxidil:

Minoxidil also referred as Rogaine is a FDA-approved treatment for hair loss in women which helps to enlarge and lengthen their hair follicle. But one must be are to use it only in the required proportion as higher concentrations would result in adverse effects.

Systemic treatment:

This is applied by physicians for hair loss in women that are caused due to an excess of androgen. In this type of treatment physicians prefer medications that are prescribed to be consumed internally.

Tropical treatments:

Topical treatments are given for hair loss in women where they are applied directly to the head scalp and best results are achieved when the problem of hair loss is detected earlier and when treatment is given in the starting stage.

Anti-androgens:

The use of anti-androgens for prolonged hair loss in women helps to prevent hair loss and also contributes towards hair growth. It is vital that the treatment must not be stopped in the middle which will results in resuming of hair loss. One best step to be followed while taking anti-androgens is to maintaining your vitamin and mineral levels by taking good nutritious food as intake.

Oral Contraceptives:

Androgenetic alopecia in women can be controlled by using birth control pills since it reduces the production of ovarian androgens. Care should be taken to use only low androgen index birth control pills for treatment for hair loss in women.

Thus the cause of hair loss in women is different for every woman and treatment also varies as correspondingly with each cause. It is important that each woman must