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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Suggest Treatment For Severe Hair Loss

dear sir for a long time I have been suffering from hair lose problem therefore I use Proscar 1mg in order to control dht that destroys the hairroots.Is using proscar effective way to control dht despite its bad side effects? Do you offer any other drug or herbal pills/tablets? Morever it is claimed that saw palmetto is the other way to surpress dht,is it? would you mind enlighting me about the mentioned subject please? yours sincerly
Tue, 4 Aug 2015
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Hello
I went through your question and understand your concern. Proscar(finasteride) is prescribed only after assessing that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects.Side effects include allergies,liver diseases and prostate cancer.
If you are not happy with the results of oral intake of Proscar; you may consider other modes of hair-loss prevention like Minoxidil(stimulates blood supply thereby providing nutrition to hair)of moderate strength 5% for tropical application.But, use of minoxidil should be continued to for the maintenance of hair orelse you may end up dissatisfied.
Other modes of treatment can be very costly, like follicular transplant and PRP hair-loss treatments and should be done only by experts.
Lastly, remember Proscar and Minoxidil slows or prevent the hair-loss process.Hope your concern is answered.
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Hair Loss

Hello I went through your question and understand your concern. Proscar(finasteride) is prescribed only after assessing that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects.Side effects include allergies,liver diseases and prostate cancer. If you are not happy with the results of oral intake of Proscar; you may consider other modes of hair-loss prevention like Minoxidil(stimulates blood supply thereby providing nutrition to hair)of moderate strength 5% for tropical application.But, use of minoxidil should be continued to for the maintenance of hair orelse you may end up dissatisfied. Other modes of treatment can be very costly, like follicular transplant and PRP hair-loss treatments and should be done only by experts. Lastly, remember Proscar and Minoxidil slows or prevent the hair-loss process.Hope your concern is answered.