Men can improve their symptoms after spot baldness through general treatment, topical medication, internal medication, local physical therapy and other methods.
1. General treatment: patients are advised to actively search for triggers, eat a balanced diet, actively exercise, avoid staying up late, avoid emotional depression or anxiety, and avoid local scratching.
2. Topical medication: patients with small lesions and in the progressive stage of the disease can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply tretinoin for local injection, or apply medium or strong glucocorticoid drugs, such as halometasone cream, etc.; under the guidance of the doctor, 2% to 5% minoxidil solution can be used externally to promote local blood circulation, improve the micro-environment of hair growth, and promote the growth of hairs.
3. Internal medicine: for multiple baldness, glucocorticoid drugs such as prednisone can be applied systematically under the guidance of doctors; for patients with total baldness and generalized baldness, systematic use of immunosuppressants such as cyclosporine A and azathioprine can be considered.
In addition, if the patient has anxiety, depression or sleep disorder, the psychiatrist can give psychological support and apply diazepam and other drugs to improve the abnormal mental symptoms.
4. Local physical therapy: patients can apply 0.1% methoxsalen topical application and local photochemotherapy under doctor’s guidance. Medium-wave ultraviolet light source can also be used to treat limited baldness, which is safe and well-tolerated, but ineffective for total baldness and generalized baldness, and its therapeutic mechanism is related to inducing T-cell apoptosis.
It is recommended that male patients with pemphigus go to regular hospitals in time and have their doctors make specific treatment plans for better treatment of the disease. The above treatments should be carried out under the guidance of a doctor, do not use on your own, so as not to cause serious adverse consequences.