What treatments for Androgenetic Alopecia Regrow Hair and Which just Stop it from Getting Worse?

Treatments for Androgenetic Hair Loss in Women

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Question

I know there are many treatments for female androgenetic hair loss. I would like to know which treatments come with the chance that it will regrow hair and which just stop it from getting worse? How are these divided

Thank you

Answer

Thanks for the great question.

Every single recognized treatment for androgenetic hair loss comes with the potential to 'regrow hair.' That does not mean that it actually will regrow hair for any given person, but all come with some chance.

Again, it might not do that for every single user, but every treatment has this chance. If it does not, it doesn't work at all! There is no treatment in the world that "just maintains" hair. We do not categorize treatments in terms of “this group is a group that grows hair” and “this group is a group that just maintains it.”

Every single treatment has a certain percent of patients that will regrow some hair, a certain percent that will regrow a lot of hair, a certain percentage that will not regrow all that much but will maintain, and a certain percentage that the product won't help at all and hair loss will occur.

Example with topical minoxidil

For example, consider topical minoxidil:

30%-40% of women using topical minoxidil will regrow some hair with a 15-20% of women will regrow a lot of hair

30% of women using topical minoxidil will not regrow all that much but will still benefit from using the product because it will help maintain density.

30-40 % of women using topical minoxidil won't get much help at all from using the product.

Thanks and I hope this helps.