Treatments for Women with Androgenetic Alopecia

What really works? Learn about Growth Stimulants, Antiandrogens, and find the products that help.

The three main types of treatments for women with Androgenetic Alopecia and thinning hair, hit hair loss from three main angles. Growth stimulants, Andiandrogens, and Androgen Blockers. Lets read about them now...

Growth Stimulants

Minoxidil, also known as Rogaine, has been around since the 1980's as a growth stimulant for thinning hair in Women. Only recently has the Foam version of this product been tested and released. With an 85% success rate at stimulating new hair growth, it is the most potent product on the market today for women with thinning hair and hair loss. Though it is primarily marketed to men, you can, with the consent of your physician make use of it too.

Tricomin Therapy Spray has got to be the biggest seller on HairlossTalk.com, and for good reason. Its a natural product that showed promising results in FDA clinical trials for thinning hair. More importantly, its cosmetic benefits to thinning hair can be dramatic. Highly popular, and highly recommended by many of our female members, this product uses copper peptides to shorten the resting phase of the follicle, and stimulate new growth.

Nizoral is something you can do today. The only shampoo on earth shown to have slight growth stimulating properties, and shown to help calm the scalp for those with thinning hair. You can get it in your grocery store shampoo aisle. Recommended use is once every 3 days. Allow to soak for the duration of your shower. Nizoral is a mandatory part of any hair loss treatment regimen.

Antiandrogens and Androgen Blockers

Antiandrogens reverse the hormonal activites going on in your body and scalp, which are causing your thinning hair. There are topically applied antiandrogens like Revivogen, and Topical Spironolactone, and there are orally prescribed antiandrogens like Oral Spironolactone, Flutamide, and Finasteride. Antiandrogens are considered to be the best and most targeted treatment if you have a definitive diagnosis of Androgenetic Alopecia. Combined with Growth Stimulants, they can not only stop further hair loss, but encourage new growth.

 

Step 4: Treatments for Women with Thinning Hair

 

If you are experiencing patchy hair loss, or sudden drastic head or body hair loss, we will be publishing guides for you in the coming months as well.

We encourage you to join our Discussion Forums where we have social networking forums just for those of you with conditions like these: Alopecia Areata, Alopecia Totalis, and Alopecia Univesalis.