Evidence-based guides on hair loss treatments, causes, and care.
The relationship between stress and hair loss is real. But, it is somewhat more complex than often suggested. that Stress does not directly cause the genetic form of hair loss....
Vitamin D deficiency is common — estimated to affect over 1 billion people worldwide. Hair loss is also common. The question of whether these two conditions are connected has at...
Dutasteride treats hair loss through the same fundamental mechanism as finasteride: inhibition of the 5-alpha reductase enzyme that converts testosterone into dihydrotestosteron...
Male pattern hair loss is one of the most studied conditions in dermatology. More than 50% of men experience it by age 50, and closer to 80% by age 70. For decades, the standard...
Every patient starting hair loss treatment asks the same question: when will I see results? The honest answer requires understanding why the timeline is long, what milestones to...
Washing hair frequency is one of the most common questions in scalp health, and it generates more contradictory advice than almost any other grooming topic. The truth is that th...
Both finasteride and dutasteride work by blocking the enzyme that converts testosterone into
For years, finasteride was available only in pill form. As a result, the only way to reduce DHT at the follicle level was to take a systemic drug that reduced DHT throughout the...
Postpartum hair loss is one of the most common and most alarming hair-related experiences a woman can have. Within a few months of giving birth, many women begin to notice drama...
Tretinoin, also known as retinoic acid, is the active form of vitamin A. Its use in hair loss treatment is less mainstream, but the evidence for its role as a complement to mino...
Hair loss in women is meaningfully underreported and undertreated. Most of the clinical language around androgenetic alopecia — the Norwood Scale, DHT, finasteride — was develop...
Platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP)has become one of the most talked-about procedures in hair loss medicine over the past decade. It is offered at clinics worldwide, its prices v...