Damaged hair follicles without hair growth may be scalp folliculitis, androgenetic alopecia, baldness and other diseases, need to take medication, other treatments, surgical treatment for the cause of the disease.
1. Scalp folliculitis: the common symptom is that there are red pimples at the scalp follicles, and the serious condition will cause scarring, and the damaged follicles do not grow hair. Patients need to follow the doctor’s instructions for local use of mupirocin ointment, fusidic acid ointment and other antibiotic drugs. Those with scarring need to take medication for localized closure therapy, surgical excision, followed by autologous hair transplantation.
2. Androgenetic alopecia: the main symptoms are hair thinning, hair loss, hair thinning and other symptoms after the hair follicles are damaged. Male patients need to follow the medical advice to use finasteride, with the use of 5% minoxidil, female patients follow the medical advice to use spironolactone or cyproterone and other drugs, follow the medical advice of local topical application of 2% minoxidil.
When the condition is stabilized, hair transplantation or other treatments such as laser and microneedle are also taken.
3. Patchy baldness: related to heredity, mental and emotional stress, endocrine disorders, immune inflammation and other factors, may belong to the category of polygenic diseases. When the hair follicle immune mechanism is destroyed, there will be local hair loss and other conditions, which can be manifested as damaged hair follicles do not grow hair.
Patients need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use topical glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone and halometasone, and may also need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use cystine, calcium pantothenate, and vitamin B orally to help hair growth. Local injections of platelet-rich plasma and ultraviolet light irradiation may also be used.
It is recommended that patients with damaged hair follicles and no hair growth go to the hospital and cooperate with the doctor to actively treat the primary disease.