What are the medications that can treat hair loss

I. Minoxidil

Drug type: topical, over-the-counter. Indications: thinning, male pattern baldness, spot baldness. Usage: 2% minoxidil for women, 5% minoxidil for men, 2 times a day, 1ml each time

Pharmacological effects: can stimulate the differentiation and proliferation of hair follicle epithelial cells, can prolong the hair growth period, at the same time, there is a vasodilating effect, its advantage lies in the side effects of the small, men and women, the effect of the obvious, the use of the simple, is said to be the best treatment of alopecia areata drugs. Second, Finasteride

Drug type: internal, prescription drugs. Indications: male androgenic alopecia. Usage: 1mg (one tablet) once a day. Pharmacological effects: the drug is 5?-reductase inhibitor, can inhibit the scalp hair follicles to become smaller, reverse the process of hair loss, and then achieve the effect of hair regrowth, as early as 1992 the FDA approved 1mg finasteride for the treatment of male androgenetic alopecia in men over the age of 18 years old, it is one of the reliable medications for the treatment of male androgenetic alopecia. Three, spironolactone (Antibiotics)

Type of drug: internal or external, prescription drugs. Indications: female androgenetic alopecia. Usage: spironolactone tablets can be taken orally, and andropause lotion can be used externally. Pharmacological effects: it can play the role of anti-androgen by competing with androgen for receptors, because it can more obviously cause male breast swelling and sexual dysfunction, so it is not suitable for male androgenic alopecia patients. Four, diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP)

Drug type: topical, prescription drugs. Indications: baldness. Method of use: application. Pharmacological effects: through the local antagonism of t-cell immune response to achieve the effect of hair growth, it is currently one of the best drugs for the treatment of baldness. The use of attention to the first week of the first 2% concentration, a small area (the size of a dollar coin) topical, the second week began to the minimum concentration, and then week by week to increase the concentration, until the humidity can be tolerated to cause contact dermatitis, and then to maintain such concentrations. Because of the slightly complicated way of medication, it must be used in accordance with the doctor's instructions. Warm tips, friends, drug treatment for hair loss must be reasonable on the doctor's orders, or may cause unavoidable harm!