The treatment of baldness can be systemic or topical depending on the condition and the patient’s needs. The commonly used topical medications include minoxidil solution and hormone, among which minoxidil single topical application is not effective in the progressive stage of baldness and needs to be combined with strong hormone topical application.
Precautions for drug application: 1. Apply the drug once in the morning and once in the evening. It is not necessary to purposely clean the scalp before applying the drug, but only to clean the scalp regularly as usual.
2. If the condition is active, the topical medication should be applied to the hair loss spot area and the surrounding seemingly normal area, and must be applied to the scalp. When the disease is stable or recovering, it can be applied only to the hair loss area.
3, first spray minoxidil solution, let it dry naturally before applying hormones.
4.Only one layer of the drug can be applied, applying more will not enhance the healing effect.
5, in order to prevent unnecessary side effects, pay attention not to apply the drug to the face, if drops into the eyes need to rinse with a lot of water.
It should be noted that the scalp will not feel uncomfortable after applying hormone and minoxidil, if the skin is red and itchy after applying the drug, it means that the patient is allergic to the drug and should stop the drug immediately. Therefore, if any uncomfortable symptoms appear after the application of the drug, you need to see a doctor again to adjust the medication. (To add, if a patient uses capsaicin ointment or tincture of bone marrow, there will be a certain burning sensation after applying the drug because the mechanism of the drug is to stimulate the skin to produce inflammation, which is a normal reaction to the drug. However, if redness and swelling break out, it is necessary to stop the medication and follow up.)