The best hair growth products are those that nourish the inner parts and surface of the scalp. There are a lot of hair regrowth products on the market that only really deal with the symptoms — you may see some hair regrowth while you’re using them, but when you stop the application, the results stop too. So the best hair regrowth products will not only deal with the symptoms, but also treat the main causes of hair loss.
There are currently no medical hair growth products that are a guaranteed hair loss cure, but there are plenty of natural hair loss remedies (that big pharmaceutical companies can’t patent — which is why they don’t invest in them) that can and do work — if you know how to use them.
There are several medical treatments currently available for alopecia areata/totalis/universalis. No one pretends these medical hair growth products are cures. The aim is to persuade the hair to regrow — but at best, they are only about 30–40% successful.
For less-severe cases, where hair loss is less than 60 per cent of all scalp hair, the following are proven treatments:
• Minoxidil and other vasodilators used topically
• Steroid creams or hair regrowth lotions rubbed onto the affected areas
• Dithranol or Anthralin
• Steroid injections into the scalp (intra-lesion corticosteroids)
For more-severe cases, where the hair loss is more than 60 per cent of all scalp hair, the following may be used as treatments:
• Counter-irritants or contact allergens applied to the affected area to induce an eczema-like response. Examples are dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB), diphencyprone, and Primula extracts combined with systemic steroids by injection (or corticotrophin, a hormone)
• Steroids by mouth
• PUVA therapy
• Immunosuppressive drugs, as used in hair transplant surgery
• Cyclosporine, usually applied topically, in gel form
• Azathioprine, occasionally used orally in cases where other hair loss treatments have failed
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