Therapeutic Options for Androgenetic Alopecia
January 2011
in “
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
”
TLDR Medication and hair transplantation are effective treatments for hair loss, with PL-FUT and medication being preferred.
The document reviewed therapeutic options for androgenetic alopecia (AGA), highlighting that it was the most common type of hair loss. Treatment options ranged from doing nothing to hair transplantation. Medication could slow AGA progression and was cost-effective in the short (1 year) and intermediate term (10 years). For immediate results, a hairpiece was suggested, while hair transplantation offered a permanent solution over the long term (more than 10 years). The document favored partial longitudinal follicle unit transplantation (PL-FUT) and medicinal treatment due to their advantages over traditional techniques.
