Hair Loss Questions : For those suffering from hair loss, there are different treatment options to consider. The stage of your hair loss, your overall health, your age, your expectations in regard to restoration, your lifestyle, and your financial means will all effect your decision. The following are the most common hair loss solutions:

FDA Approved medications, such as Rogaine and Propecia
Hair transplant surgery

Hair Loss Questions: How Can Vitamins Help?

Vitamins, such as A, B, B6, B12, C, D, and E can all help reverse hair loss, as they are all essential to hair growth and health. In the earlier stages of hair loss, and for hair loss that is related to preventable factors, like stress (as opposed to genetic causes of hair loss like androgenic alopecia), these vitamins offer a major improvement. Often times, something as simple as improper nourishment or bad blood circulation to the scalp is the reason for hair loss. These causes are easily corrected with regular consumption of the appropriate vitamins.

What Do Rogaine And Propecia Do?

Rogaine and Propecia are the two FDA approved hair loss drugs your doctor can prescribe. They each use a different mechanism to stop hair loss and require different applications. For starters, Rogaine is a minoxidil, applied topically, while Propecia is a finasteride, administered orally. Neither is recommended for use in women or children with hair loss.

What Does Hair Transplant Surgery Entail?

Hair transplant surgery is the extraction and transfer of hair follicles from a donor site on the patient, to his balding recipient site. There have been various hair transplant surgeries practiced throughout history, including:

Punch graft hair transplantation
Temporoparieto-flaps
Strip harvesting hair transplantation
Follicular unit extraction-FUE (sometimes using body hair transplantation-BHT)

Punch graft hair restoration procedures and temporoparieto-flaps are outdated due to the innovations in hair transplant surgery that yield far better results. Strip harvesting hair transplantation is considered the “traditional” method; and while this type of hair transplant is perhaps more affordable than FUE, it undoubtedly results in a linear scar on the back and sides of the patient’s head (the donor area). Follicular unit extraction has taken the lead as the number one form of hair transplant surgery. It is safe, minimally invasive, has a quick recovery time, and proffers the most natural-looking results of them all. Body hair transplantation redefines hair loss and takes FUE a giant leap forward by rendering the donor hair pool virtually limitless.

Dr U discussed common hair loss issues in this american health journal video interview