If you notice your hair is starting to thin or fall out, the first thing to do is to go and see your doctor to get a formal diagnosis. Your doctor may refer you to a hair loss specialist, or they may prescribe or recommend a treatment.<\/p>\n
There are a lot of treatments for hair loss now available, but not all of them may be worth the time and money for everyone.<\/p>\n
If you are diagnosed with having less than 50 per cent hair loss, the following treatments may be available to you. Here are their pros and cons:<\/p>\n
Topical Minoxidil <\/strong>(also known as Regaine or Rogaine)<\/p>\n Pro<\/strong>: This medicine has been known to be relatively effective on people with patchy hair loss Corticosteroids<\/strong><\/p>\n Pro<\/strong>: This treatment, administered via lotion, cream or injection, is generally very effective in mild cases of alopecia. If you notice your hair is starting to thin or fall out, the first thing to do is to go and see your …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1584,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions\/1584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCon<\/strong>: It does not normally work for people with alopecia totalis or universalis
\nPro<\/strong>: Although not available on prescription, a 5% solution of this medicine (lasting one month) costs around \u00a320 online
\nCon<\/strong>: Side effects may include scalp irritation, itching or scaling.<\/p>\n
\nCon<\/strong>: If taken for a long time, corticosteroids can lower the body\u2019s ability to fight off infections
\nPro<\/strong>: This medication is available on prescription
\nPro<\/strong>: It takes around 4 to 6 months to show noticeable improvement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"