Observing the Clinical Efficacy of Combined Serum Microneedle Therapy for Moderate to Severe Androgenetic Alopecia in Scalp Repair

February 2024 in “ Skin Research and Technology ”

Fan Zhang, Jia Song, Bo Yang, F Li, Jiayu Zhang, Qiuzi Jin, Man Li

serum microneedle therapy androgenetic alopecia AGA scalp repair hair count microneedles 5% minoxidil solution minoxidil microneedling Rogaine

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An essential vasodilator with some anti-androgenic effects

Microneedling →

technique to create small wounds in skin to activate collagen production and hair growth

Studysummary This study found that combining scalp repair serum microneedles with oral and topical medications significantly improved hair regrowth in patients with moderate to severe androgenetic alopecia. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.

The study evaluated the effectiveness of scalp repair serum microneedle combined therapy for moderate to severe androgenetic alopecia (AGA) in 20 patients (4 males and 16 females). The results showed a significant increase in hair count, with an average increase of 42.6 strands and an efficiency rate of 100%. The worse the baseline situation, the better the total improvement. No adverse reactions were observed. The study also found that the efficacy of microneedles combined with a 5% minoxidil solution is significantly better than using microneedles or minoxidil alone. The treatment should not exceed 4 weeks. Male patients had a higher hair count compared to female patients. However, due to the limited sample size, further research is needed.

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