Hello, I am 23 years old male. I am facing diffuse hair thinning of my scalp. I had no bald patch , just saw some thinning of hair on top of the scalp. I also had little pain on scalp. My hair looks full when shampooed but when it wet i can see the scalps of my top of the head. I have on 3 month of mediation (minoxidil+qsera+biotin capsules) and saw improvement. Recently on second sitting my dermatologist suspected that i have some fungal infection and possibly hereditary hair falls and given (hair4u+grocapix+biotin capsules). i want to know does these medication also treats fungal infection? As i can see hair4u and grocapix both are hair growth stimulator. correct me if i am wrong.
You seem to suffer from androgenetic alopecia, which is genetically programmed thinning of hair and decreased hair density from the crown and vertex part of the scalp along with recession of frontotemporal hair line.
While minoxidil and finasteride are proven to have a role in androgenetic alopecia and are therefore approved by US FDA for androgenetic alopecia, biotin, q-sera serum and grocapix do not have any approval for use in this kind of hair loss. Though there are a few studies which claim that these later products have a beneficial effect in this kind of hair loss.
The medication that you are on, are only for hair fall and not for fungal infection. Probably you have scalp scaling due to minoxidil which has an alcoholic base and therby causes dryness and scaling or may be you have underlying seborrheic dermatitis/dandruff, which your physician refers to as fungal infection. For scalp scaling or dandruff I would suggest that you use a ketoconazole based shampoo thrice weekly in addition to the treatment that you are already taking.
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What Causes Thinning Of Hair?
Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic You seem to suffer from androgenetic alopecia, which is genetically programmed thinning of hair and decreased hair density from the crown and vertex part of the scalp along with recession of frontotemporal hair line. While minoxidil and finasteride are proven to have a role in androgenetic alopecia and are therefore approved by US FDA for androgenetic alopecia, biotin, q-sera serum and grocapix do not have any approval for use in this kind of hair loss. Though there are a few studies which claim that these later products have a beneficial effect in this kind of hair loss. The medication that you are on, are only for hair fall and not for fungal infection. Probably you have scalp scaling due to minoxidil which has an alcoholic base and therby causes dryness and scaling or may be you have underlying seborrheic dermatitis/dandruff, which your physician refers to as fungal infection. For scalp scaling or dandruff I would suggest that you use a ketoconazole based shampoo thrice weekly in addition to the treatment that you are already taking. regards