Why Unusually Severe Female Hair Loss Should Be Diagnosed Before Any Restoration Procedure

A 26-year-old female has tried everything for her hair loss such as hair transplant, PRP, mesotherapy and taking multivitamins, but with no positive results. She wants to know if stem cell therapy is the right treatment for her.

Dr. Amiya Prasad, an oculofacial cosmetic surgeon and hair specialist, explains 95% of hair loss is either male pattern or female pattern hair loss. 30% of women under the age of 50 have female pattern hair loss, while 50% of women over the age of 50 have it. Female pattern hair loss is not widely publicized and is a reason for limited solutions for the problem.

One of the things Dr. Prasad would do first for someone like this woman, if not done so already, is take several biopsy points in the scalp. He then sends the sample to a respected university pathology department who is familiar with hair to ensure a correct diagnosis. Once the diagnosis has been confirmed, he would proceed to options for treatment. The most common diagnosis in hair loss is androgenetic alopecia which is manifested with patients having thick hair progressing to thinner hair.

Dr. Prasad's practice has developed a method of hair loss treatment called Hair Regeneration which he uses for male and female pattern hair loss as well more complex issues like androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata, systemic lupus erythematosus and other immune diagnoses. Hair Regeneration treatment is composed of extracellular matrix designed originally for wound healing, derived from pig bladder, combined with platelet-rich plasma taken from the patient's blood. When used in male pattern hair loss, there is about 99.9% success rate. In female pattern hair loss, success rate is 70%-80%, while in alopecia areata and lupus, there's about 50% success rate. Unfortunately, there are certain conditions that cannot be treated with this stem cell-based therapy which includes the scarring type of alopecia and conditions like lichen planopilaris.

The term stem cell therapy has been overused and abused. A lot of people who offer this are basically offering a questionable treatment for very desperate people. It's very important that patients do their research and understand what it means to have stem cell therapy. There are stem cells derived from plants that are being injected and other people are deriving stem cells after doing liposuction. There is some legitimacy to that - there was a study where placing fat under the scalp derived from liposuction actually helped hair growth. It has to do with the stem cells and growth factors that initiate hair growth, but that's a discussion outside the scope of this question.

Dr. Prasad suggests that she gets a right diagnosis then consider proper treatment. Hair Regeneration is something that she can learn about and then she can decide if this something worth pursuing. She should find a provider that can offer her that that in an area that may be convenient for her.

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