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What Medicine Is Good To Treat Hair Loss?

A patch of hair loss on my 13 year old sons head the medicine advisd was cosvate cream . But before cosvate thier was another cream advised for 15 days cannot remmember the name ?? It is a reoccurance after 2 years? Want to know the name if possible of the 1st cream? YYYY@YYYY
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Orthopaedic Surgeon, Joint Replacement 's  Response
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
Beginning in the 1980s, drug therapy has given a very minor improvement option for baldness in both men and women. Minoxidil & its derivatives & Finasteride are still the Gold standard as far as medications go that work even for a male pattern baldness.
Then we have hair transplantation as a tool largely centred around strip grafting & follicular transplant units being grafted & various newer tools like lasers are being used to in effect sharpen the same old procedure.
Stem cell research & Genetics of late have sprung up with few recent developments & a process known as Hair Multiplication (HM) or hair cloning is the recent rage & is being developed by companies in the UK/US & is probably one to watch closely over the next decade.
I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.
Take care
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What Medicine Is Good To Treat Hair Loss?

Hello, Thanks for your query. Beginning in the 1980s, drug therapy has given a very minor improvement option for baldness in both men and women. Minoxidil & its derivatives & Finasteride are still the Gold standard as far as medications go that work even for a male pattern baldness. Then we have hair transplantation as a tool largely centred around strip grafting & follicular transplant units being grafted & various newer tools like lasers are being used to in effect sharpen the same old procedure. Stem cell research & Genetics of late have sprung up with few recent developments & a process known as Hair Multiplication (HM) or hair cloning is the recent rage & is being developed by companies in the UK/US & is probably one to watch closely over the next decade. I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query. Take care