Treatments for Women with Androgenetic Alopecia

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

There are three main types of treatments for women with thinning hair. Growth stimulants, Antiandrogens, and Anti-inflammatories.

Growth Stimulants

Growth stimulants kickstart new hair growth despite whatever is truly causing your hair loss. Whether you are losing hair because of a thyroid imbalance, recent pregnancy, or any other reason, growth stimulants can work around those causes and stimulate new growth. Pick a growth stimulant that's right for you:

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Antiandrogens and Androgen Blockers

Remember that thinning hair is called Andro-genetic alopecia for a reason. The primary root cause of thinning hair is a sensitivity to the hormone levels in your body. Therefore Anti-androgens work to block or inhibit hormone (androgen) activity in your scalp. Your blood tests will reveal whether something else is the cause, but most women will benefit immensely from Antiandrogen treatments.

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Anti-inflammatories

While Antiandrogens block the hormonal activity in your scalp, Anti-inflammatories play an incredibly important role in calming the *environment* of your scalp. This is imperative for the two treatments (above) to work effectively. Inflammation is an extremely common biproduct of thinning hair, and can literally double the speed at which you lose hair. Calming that inflammation is probably the most important aspect of hair loss treatment.

Combining all Three

Combining a growth stimulant, antiandrogen, and anti-inflammatory shampoo will double your chances of success. You not only kick start new growth, but you also block the cause, and create a non-inflamed environment for the products to work. The three classes of treatments work synergistically, and complement eachother perfectly. So while you are coordinating an appointment with your physician, and obtaining your necessary bloodwork, we encourage you to begin on a treatment regimen immediately.

HerAlopecia is the only site run by consumers for consumers who care about what actually works. As a result, we only present the treatments which have scientific backing to help. This is a commitment we make to you as a web site dedicated to legitimacy and a genuine desire to help.

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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 Universalis.