Active agents in hair loss products

1. Active Agents in Hair
Loss Products
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2. Today, many hair loss
products claim that they are
the answers to your
problems on hair loss. They
are flooding the market that
you can no longer
distinguish which one is
right for you. The truth is
most of these products
have two things in common:
(1) the active ingredients
present in them and (2) the
type of hair loss they treat
which is the most common
type of hair loss terrorizing
almost half of the world’s
population –
Androgenic Alopecia.
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3. Active Ingredients
Minoxidil. Minoxidil is an FDA-approved synthetic drug proven to reverse
the progress of baldness. Hair loss products such as Rogaine, Avacor, and
Loniten trade Minoxidil in 2% concentration for men and 5% concentration
for men either as an oral (Loniten) and topical (Avacor) solution.
Only those with Androgenetic Alopecia and Alopecia Areata respond to
Minoxidil treatment. It serves as a vasodilator which means it enlarges the
blood vessels to increase blood supply in the scalp. An increased blood
supply to the hair follicles makes hair restoration possible.
Finasteride. Finasteride is an oral prescription drug that stops hair loss
because of its anti-androgenic properties. In fact, it has always been
prescribed for an enlarged prostate. This drug arrests the main culprit of
pattern baldness which is dihydrotestosterone (DHT) build-up. Specifically,
it blocks Type 1 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme that causes male pattern
baldness. Propecia, one of the hair loss products in the market, trades
Finasteride.
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4. Dutasteride. Dutasteride is another prescription drug present in
some trade names such as Avodart. Dutasteride works on the same
mechanism as Finasteride. Only that Dutasteride is believed to be
more effective because it inhibits the two types of 5-alpha reductase.
Spironolactone. Spironolactone is another oral medication with anti-
androgenic properties. However it is only commonly prescribed to
women because of its potential effects on men (e.g. lower sex drive,
impotence). Physicians often recommend this to those with hyper-
androgenic symptoms present besides scalp hair loss, such as facial and
body hair loss, acne, erratic periods, or excessive skin oiliness.
Saw Palmetto. Saw Palmetto is a natural ingredient which works
similarly as Finasteride. Unlike Finasteride, Saw Palmetto inhibits the
two types of 5-alpha reductase, and thus it is said to treat pattern
baldness more effectively than Finasteride. Saw Palmetto is the active
ingredient on some products for hair loss such as the Leimo Hair
Treatment Pack.
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5. Before you get put off by bad reviews about the hair loss treatment
you thought about buying, you need to understand whether it is
applicable to you in the first place. If you are diagnosed with
Androgenetic Alopecia or Alopecia Areata, then you can choose
among those products above.
Causes of hair loss can vary and so are the treatments; types of
hair loss products can vary and so are the active ingredients present
in them. Therefore, some people may not have the same response
or may not even respond at all to the same treatment.
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