Clinical Efficacy of 2.5mg/Day Finasteride in Female Pattern Hair Loss

January 2015 in “ 프로그램북(구 초록집) ”

Seung-Hee Loh, Yong-Yon Won, Dong-Woo Suh, Bark-Lynn Lew, Woo-Young Sim

finasteride female pattern hair loss FPHL grade I hair loss grade II hair loss Propecia

TLDR 2.5 mg/day finasteride effectively treats female pattern hair loss.

A retrospective study of 544 female pattern hair loss (FPHL) patients evaluated the clinical efficacy of 2.5 mg/day finasteride. Among the 330 patients followed for more than 3 months, 85.15% showed slight improvement and 14.85% showed great improvement based on global photographs. The study found significant clinical improvement in patients with grade I and II hair loss, with better responses in those with a younger age of onset and longer treatment duration. The study concluded that 2.5 mg/day finasteride was effective for treating FPHL.

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