Introduction to the causes and prevention of baldness and androgenic baldness

Androgenetic baldness: Also known as male pattern baldness, female pattern baldness, seborrheic baldness, and commonly known as baldness. It is mostly seen in young and middle-aged males, with increasing incidence with age, and the incidence is higher in European and American populations than in Asian populations. The hairline is receding and M-shaped, often accompanied by dandruff and an itchy feeling. Hair thinning, the rate and extent of hair loss varies from person to person, most of them progress slowly, and our study found that the pathogenesis is mainly related to androgenic and genetic factors.

In female patients, hair loss is mainly on the top of the head, with diffuse thinning of hair, and the pathogenesis may differ from that of men.

In terms of treatment, men are mainly through the external use of minoxidil and oral finasteride tablets, external drug concentration, 5% minoxidil effect is better than 3% minoxidil solution, adhere to the medication is the key, but also through hair transplantation to deal with the newly planted hair will not fall out, unplanted hair will continue to lose hair, for the fourth to fifth degree of hair loss treatment effect is not obvious, women can be used externally minoxidil, not It is not suitable for oral finasteride, which may cause fetal malformation, but you can take oral hair growth granules and spironolactone.

Alopecia areata: also known as “ghost shaving”. The cause is unknown, but may be related to immunity and genetics. Patients often have a sudden appearance of round or oval-shaped hair loss patches on the head, which are non-scarring. Total baldness and alopecia universalis are two special types of baldness, and most of the baldness can be recovered. New hair growth, in the form of fine yellowish-white hairs, gradually becomes thicker and darker until it returns to normal. Treatment can be local injection of tretinoin solution and topical application of minoxidil solution.