Stopping Or Treating Hair Loss

Your doctor may be able to stop your hair loss or at least treat the problem if the cause can be determined. The best way to find out if your hair loss and be stopped...

Your doctor may be able to stop your hair loss or at least treat the problem if the cause can be determined. The best way to find out if your hair loss and be stopped or treated is to be examined by a doctor for a diagnosis and to determine what is causing your hair loss symptoms.

At the doctor’s office your doctor will examine your scalp, ask for a medical history including your symptoms relating to your hair loss (when you first noticed it and how much hair you have lost), as well as your diet and any mediations you are taking. If you are female, the doctor will also want to know about if you are in menopause, pregnancy history, and information about your recent menstrual cycles. Your doctor may take a small sample of cells from your scalp to examine under a microscope and there may also be blood tests ordered to help with the diagnosis.

The doctor will be able to determine what is causing your hair loss and once the cause or causes are determined the doctor can discuss any treatments that are available with you.

If you were taking a mediation in which a side effect of the medicine caused you to lose hair, the doctor will determine if your medication can be adjusted or changed so that the hair loss an be stopped or at least slowed. A different medication may be available to replace the one that was causing the hair loss so that the reason for which the medicine was prescribed can still be addressed without causing the hair loss.

Sometimes hair loss is the result of an infection such as a fungal scalp infection. There are medications that can be taken to treat the infection. Once the infection is treated, the hair loss should stop.

If the doctor has determined that your hair loss is associated with hormonal imbalance your doctor will determine the best course of action. If the hormonal imbalance is corrected and that was the cause of the hair loss the treatment should also clear up the hair loss.

There are medications that can be used to prevent a condition called, “common baldness”. Medications such as minoxidil which there is a popular brand name of “Rogaine”. You do not need a prescription to use this medication. You place the medication on your scalp. You should know that it might take 6 months of using the medication before you notice any results.

There are other methods of treating hair loss that are non-medicated such as trying a different hairstyle that will cover up the thin or balding spot, using a wig or other hairpiece, using hair weaves or even using artificial hair replacements.

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