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community Blood work, is it worth to pay for it?

in Treatment 6 upvotes 11 months ago

The user is considering getting blood work to investigate the cause of ongoing hair loss despite using finasteride and dutasteride. Others suggest that while blood tests can provide useful health information, they may not change the hair treatment outcome.

community Blood work after 17 months on fin

in Finasteride/Dutasteride 1 upvotes 1 year ago

The user has been on finasteride for 17 months and recently switched to dutasteride, sharing bloodwork results showing no side effects. They express a wish to have started treatment earlier to save their hair.

community Blood work results concerning ?? Finasteride

1 upvotes 1 year ago

A 23-year-old male experienced nipple sensitivity after taking 0.5 mg finasteride for 2.5 months, with blood tests showing increased testosterone and estrogen levels. He stopped finasteride temporarily and seeks advice to prevent gynecomastia.

community Blood work results in. Can I start finasteride?

in Finasteride/Dutasteride 1 upvotes 1 year ago

The conversation is about starting finasteride for hair loss, with concerns about high free testosterone and potential side effects like gynecomastia. The user plans to address vitamin deficiencies before beginning the treatment.

community Blood work for 3years fin/ DUT

5 upvotes 2 years ago

The user added dutasteride once a week for three months and shared blood work results, noting low vitamin D. Another user mentioned experiencing hair thinning while on the same treatment.

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research LB1040 Machine learning-based predictive model with routine blood work identifies moderate-severe alopecia areata

July 2024 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”

Machine learning can use blood tests to help predict moderate-to-severe alopecia areata.

research New developments in stem cell biology and therapy. meeting report from the working group of the German Society for Hematology and Oncology

5 citations , January 2005 in “Cytotherapy”

This meeting in Heidelberg highlighted diverse contributions on stem cell research, including pre-clinical and clinical applications, but reported no new experimental results.

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learn Scalp Micropigmentation

Will scalp micropigmentation work with gray hair? Scalp micropigmentation works well with gray hair using customized gray-scale pigments.

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How does SCUBE3 work on hair follicles compared to treatments like minoxidil or finasteride? Laboratory research in mice reports that SCUBE3, a protein released by dermal papilla cells, signals dormant follicles to grow through the TGF-β pathway downstream of Hedgehog; minoxidil and finasteride instead work on blood flow to the follicle and on DHT, and unlike SCUBE3 they have decades of human trial data behind them. SCUBE3 has not been tested in human clinical trials and is not available as a medicine.

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Can products that stimulate Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) improve blood flow to hair follicles? Yes, products that stimulate VEGF may improve blood flow to hair follicles.

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Ever wonder why your hair doesn’t grow back thick anymore? Maybe your scalp needs better blood flow: centella could help. There is no clinical trial of centella asiatica for hair loss and no study measuring scalp blood flow in people using it; the only hair-related evidence is a 2017 cell-culture study. Centella products are cosmetics that may soothe an irritated scalp, and the link between scalp circulation and pattern hair loss is itself unproven.

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