A Systematic Review of Clinical Trials Using Single or Combination Therapy of Oral or Topical Finasteride for Women in Reproductive Age and Postmenopausal Women with Hormonal and Nonhormonal Androgenetic Alopecia

Various medicinal plants like Polygonum multiflorum, Red ginseng extract, and Zizyphus jujuba can potentially treat hair loss, offering benefits like low cost and multiple ways of working. Other effective natural substances include Pygeum africanum, Seneroa, Urtica dioica, and more.

Male pattern hair loss is genetic and influenced by hormones, with treatments like minoxidil and surgery available.

Minoxidil and finasteride are key treatments for hair loss.

Finasteride slightly better long-term, minoxidil faster initial results, but stopping minoxidil may cause hair loss.