Posts Tagged ‘hair loss’
Medications for hair loss are not indicated for everyone. Each patient is different, and for some patients, finasteride is simply not their first choice or their only option. But for those who interested in using drugs like finasteride to keep their hair, this study should provide a welcome sigh of relief.
Read MoreA Young Man’s Guide to Hair Loss
By Sara Wasserbauer, MD I see a lot of patients for hair loss – over ten thousand at last count – and I am surprised how everything that is old becomes new again. Young men in particular are confused by the choices for restoring their hair that are hawked on the Internet. I was asked…
Read MoreThe Safety of Finasteride for a Fetus: Separating the Online Myths from the Proven Record
A few years ago I had a patient see me about his hair loss with his wife in consultation. They both wanted him to have more hair, and since his hair loss was early, we started him on finasteride (Also known as Propecia) and minoxidil (Also known as Rogaine) with excellent results. He regrew all…
Read MoreVitamin D – The New Baldness Cure?
New evidence for the benefits of vitamin D supplementation and the risks of having Vitamin D deficiency have been in vogue in the medical literature for the last 2-3 years. Aside from its important role in bone metabolism and calcium absorption, new evidence is showing that the vitamin D receptors in hair follicles have a…
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