Treatments for hair loss
Intro
There are hundreds of treatments for hair loss. This website has researched numerous treatments and the one's listed here have been clinically proven to work. Clinically proven means that they have undergone successful clinical trials to prove that they do what the maker says they should do.
All of the treatments discussed on this website don't work for everyone. But by medicine standards these treatments are highly successful, well over a 70% success rate for all of them. But since they don't work for everyone, it means there are still some other causes of hair loss. That is another reason why it is important to go to your doctor for a check up to make sure you don't have something else going on that could be causing the hair loss.
As you learned in my hair loss story, you are able to be on multiple treatments at the same time. Sam was on Propecia, Minoxidil, and the HairMax Laser Comb. What you try is your decision. The only two treatments you shouldn't do at the same time are Propecia and Avodart because both drugs essentially do the same thing.
If you have a treatment that is not listed here it doesn't mean it doesn't work. It just means we didn't list it because it didn't meet our listing criteria or we didn't realize it existed. If you have successfully used a treatment that is not listed here please email us and we will research the treatment.
Treatments for mild to moderate hair loss
Any male is able to get on Propecia and Minoxidil or any other treatment for that matter. But the question remains, does the amount of hair loss determine if a treatment will work? Drug companies give us clues from their actual clinical studies to that question. But the answer is yes; your stage of hair loss determines the best treatment for you.
Most drug studies used participants that had mild to moderate hair loss. Looking at the Norwood Hamilton classification system, most define mild to moderate hair loss as people that are in stages IIa to IV or maybe V. Hair loss beyond those stages doesn't mean these drug treatments can't work, but there has been no studies to confirm or deny that. But based on what we have seen many experts would agree that these drug treatments are only so effective.
The goals of treatments for mild to moderate hair loss are to stop any further hair loss to save what hair you have and to regrow hair in lost areas. These treatments are highly successful and worth your time.
| Mild to Moderate Hair Loss | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prescription treatments: | Off label use prescription treatments: | Over-the-counter treatments: | All natural treatments: |
| Propecia (Finasteride) | Avodart (Dutasteride) | Promox (Minoxidil-based formulations) | Revivogen |
| Proscar (Finasteride) | Hair Max Laser Comb | ||
Treatments for moderate to severe hair loss
The goal of treatments for moderate to severe hair loss are to give those that already lost their hair a second chance at having a full head of hair once again. These treatments are also for those that had no luck with the prescription and non-prescription products. You don't have to be completely bald to use these treatments. For example, you may have a thin head of hair and the prescription and non-prescription treatments didn't help. If that is your situation you may be a great candidate for hair transplants to fill in those thin areas.
| Moderate to Severe Hair Loss | |
|---|---|
| Non-surgical hair replacement with Hair Club |
Hair transplant with Medical Hair Restoration |
Future treatments
Here are treatments that are currently being researched that show great potential. These are treatments that are currently not on the market but hopefully in time will be.
| Future treatments | |
|---|---|
| NEOSH101 | Hair cloning |
