Seborrheic alopecia, also known as androgenetic alopecia, can be treated with oral medications, topical medications, surgery, and other methods according to the patient’s condition.
1. Oral medication: for male patients, oral finasteride can be used to improve mild to moderate seborrheic alopecia, which can promote blood circulation and reduce the concentration of androgen in the scalp, so that atrophic hair growth can be restored; for female patients, oral spironolactone and cyproterone can be used to treat the disease.
2. Topical drugs: men can use 5% concentration of minoxidil, female patients can use 2% concentration of minoxidil external coating hair loss areas, can stimulate the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor dermal papilla cells, expanding the blood vessels of the scalp, improve microcirculation, and promote hair growth.
For patients with obvious fat overflow and itchy scalp, selenium sulfide lotion and compound sulfur lotion can also be used to wash the scalp, which can inhibit oil secretion.
3. Surgery: Hair transplantation is a method of extracting hair follicles from non-hair loss areas, processing them, and transplanting them to hair loss or baldness areas, so as to achieve aesthetic appearance.
4. Others: Low energy laser treatment, which can penetrate the skin epidermis through selective photothermal effect and improve the microenvironment around the hair follicles, can be used as an auxiliary means of seborrheic alopecia treatment.
It is recommended that patients go to the hospital in time, and choose the appropriate treatment according to their condition under the guidance of professional doctors. The medication should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, do not self-medication.