Minoxidil is the first product to be used when we start seeing hair loss.
It is a naso vasodilator that revives blood circulation back to the ailing hair follicular unit grafts.
Minoxidil can help regrow your hair and slow further loss if you’re in the earlier stages of hair loss.
Originally tested in the 1960s as an oral medication to treat high blood pressure,
Minoxidil was found to increase hair growth in some patients. While it was first dismissed by
doctors as a harmless side effect, by the late 1980s, a topical formula had been developed to
treat men experiencing hair loss, with women following in 1992. Today, Minoxidil is the only
FDA-approved topical treatment clinically proven to help regrow hair. To understand how
Minoxidil works, it helps to understand what causes hair loss. The most common cause of hair
loss is genetic, a condition known as androgenetic alopecia. This progressive hereditary condition causes hair follicles to shrink, producing thinner, finer hairs over time.
Eventually, the follicle stops producing hair altogether. Hereditary hair loss occurs because of an
inherited hormonal sensitivity passed down from either or both biological parents. For men, it’s
often called male pattern baldness because it follows a pattern of loss at the temples or crown.
For women, hair loss doesn’t always follow a recognizable way. It may be a widening part, patchy hair loss, or thinning. Although the exact mechanism by which Minoxidil works is not fully understood, the treatment is a vasodilator, meaning it widens the blood vessels to deliver more oxygen-rich blood to the hair follicles. Minoxidil also helps increase the size of hair follicles, which promotes the growth of thicker, stronger hairs. In addition, the topical treatment shortens the resting (telogen) phase of hair growth, which means your hair stays in the growth (anagen) phase longer. Eventually, its been seen that when we withdraw the regular usage of Minoxidil hair loss starts again as the blood circulation to the grafts reduces due to the DHT effect, henceforth stand-alone usage of Minoxidil does not help in high levels of DHT effect.
Bio-Integrated FUE hair transplant is the only solution for hair re-growth which need to be done
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Hair transplant surgeons always explain the holistic solutions to be done based on your
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