Combatting female hair loss is tricky, especially when discovering you may not be a candidate for some of the most popular treatments. Both hair restoration surgery and prescription DHT-inhibitors, for example, are often unavailable to female patients. Men are the leading candidates for hair loss transplants for the treatment of androgenic alopecia, or male pattern baldness. Hair transplant physicians use a variety of procedures, including a donor strip from the back of the head or follicular unit extraction (FUE) onto a receding hair line or balding crown. While women can also suffer from androgenic alopecia, the shape by which thinning progresses is more spread out across the scalp and more difficult to target via surgery. Thus, harvesting and donating follicles for regrowth on a female patient is complicated and sometimes discouraged. Unfortunately, women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant cannot use DHT-inhibitors like Finasteride, including Propecia, to prevent the progression of hair loss or prompt regrowth. Because these prescriptions alter your hormonal state, using them while pregnant or trying can lead to fetus deformities and complications.
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