Finasteride for hair loss is the only oral medication that’s FDA-approved to treat hair loss. This drug was originally used to treat a prostate condition called benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). A few years later, it was approved for androgenetic alopecia, the most...
In the last few weeks of December 2022, a new clinical trial for male androgenetic alopecia was announced. This Phase 1B/2A male pattern hair loss trial is sponsored by Dermaliq Therapeutics, Inc., an American spin-off of Novaliq GmbH, a German company that focuses on...
Androgenic alopecia, also known as pattern hair loss, affects 50 percent of men and women. In order to treat this common form of hair loss, men and women can go into hair loss clinics for treatments or use various different types of hair loss products at home, some of...
Minoxidil is a hair loss treatment that works as a vasodilator. This means it increases blood flow to the scalp and in turn, provides more oxygen, blood, and nutrients to the hair follicles. It’s also thought to increase the size of the hair follicle. This allows...
Pyrilutamide, also known as KX-826, is a topical androgen receptor-blocking drug being developed by Kintor Pharmaceutical Ltd. for the treatment of pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia). Pyrilutamide has successfully completed phase II clinical trials in men in...
A hair transplant is a minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat hair loss. Healthy hair follicles are moved from a donor area of the scalp to the balding area using skin grafts. (1) A hair transplant is primarily used for patients with androgenetic alopecia,...
