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How Does Finasteride for Hair Loss Treatment Work
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Youmayhaveheardoffinasteride asPropecia®orProscar®. Propecia is a brand namethat’susedtomarket finasteride sold by thepharmaceuticalcompanyMerck&Co. Originally, finasteride was approved bytheFDA as medication for benignprostatichyperplasia,or BPH -- aform of non-cancerous prostateenlargement--underthebrandnameProscar®. Severalyearslater,itwasapprovedforhairlossandsoldas Propecia.Today,bothversionsoffinasteride-- thehigher-dose version used to treat an enlarged prostate gland and the lower-dose version that’s used for hair loss -- are available as generics under a varietyofbrandnames.
By inhibiting the5 alpha-reductase enzymes,finasteride significantlyreducestheamountofDHTinyourbloodstream, shieldingyourhairfolliclesfromDHT-relateddamage. ResearchshowsthatthetypicaluseoffinasteridelowersserumDHT levels(theamountof DHT in your bloodstream)bymorethan 70 percent.
In onestudy published in theJournalof theAmerican Academyof Dermatology involving two one-year clinicaltrials,researchersfoundthatfinasterideproducedamorethan15percentincreaseinhaircountatthe vertexscalp(thecrown,orareaatthetopofthescalp)inmenwithmalepatternbaldness. AnotherstudyfromJapan,whichcovered10yearsoffinasterideuse,foundthatmorethan90percentofmen withandrogenetichairlosswhousefinasterideexperienceimprovements. Inshort,finasterideworks,withmostmenexperiencingimprovementsintheirhairgrowthanddensitywith treatment.