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  • Azelaic Acid
25-ScienceDirect: Jrnl of Lipid Res
  • Finasteride

⇒ In a study involving over 4000 participants, subjects reporting the use of finasteride consistently presented lower levels of cholesterol than those not taking the medication. It was also found that the medication was associated with lower LDL and blood glucose.
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8 months

11 months
Siriraj Med Journal
  • Azelaic Acid, topical

⇒ Human trials show that 5% topical Azelaic Acid effective in treating female pattern baldness.

available at HairGrowthMD

12 months
NIH (J Cosmet Dermatol)
  • Minoxidil, oral

⇒ Daily dose of 1mg oral Minoxidil shows no significant improvement over 5% topical Minoxidil in treating pattern hair loss.

available at Dr.U

12 months
Georgetown Med Rev
  • Dutasteride, topical

⇒ Literature suggests that topical Dutasteride produces statistically significant improvement in hair count vs placebo.

available at AlviArmani

1 year
Georgetown Med Rev
  • Dutasteride, Finasteride, oral, oral

⇒ In-depth comparison of Dutasteride vs Finasteride for treating androgenetic alopecia or male pattern baldness.

1 year
NIH: Front Med
  • Prostaglandin, topical

⇒ Analysis of 6 studies involving 683 test subjects shows that 1MG topical Prostaglandin produces the most hair growth, with one study (A. Rossi) showing  that the treatment group exhibited 10 times more hair growth than the control group. 

available at MinoxidilMax

2 years
Dermatology Times
  • Minoxidil, oral

⇒ Low dose oral Minoxidil for hair growth and dose recommendation for maximum efficacy.

available at Dr.U

2 years
Indian Derm Online
  • Minoxidil, oral

⇒ Comprehensive discussion on oral Minoxidil for treating hair loss, including dosage, side effects and more.

available at Dr.U

2 years
NIH (Annals of Derm)
  • Dutasteride, Finasteride, oral, oral

⇒ Dutasteride shows greater effectiveness than Finasteride in treating androgenetic alopecia or male pattern baldness with no significantly higher incidences of adverse effects.

2 years
AAD
  • Minoxidil, oral

⇒ Oral minoxidil for hair growth: safety, and efficacy involving 19218 test patients.

available at Dr.U

3 years
NLM: J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
  • Finasteride, topical

⇒ Important study from a Phase III randomized controlled trial showed that hair regrowth results of Topical Finasteride is comparable to Oral Finasteride with fewer systemic side effects.

topical finasteride available at AlviArmani

3 years
Wiley (JEADV)
  • Finasteride, topical

⇒ Efficacy of 0.25% topical finasteride in the treatment of male pattern baldness.

available at AlviArmani

3 years
NIH (J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol)
  • Minoxidil, oral

⇒ Literature suggests a daily dose of 0.25 to 2.5 mg (for women) or 1.25 to 5 mg (for men) will produce maximal efficacy in treating pattern baldness.

available at Dr.U

4 years
NIH: Avicenna J Phytomed
  • Azelaic Acid, topical

⇒ Azelaic stimulates hair growth by catalase activation and promotes hair growth by upregulating Gli1 and Gli2 mRNA and Shh protein in mice study. 

available at HairGrowthMD

4 years
NIH (Dermatol)
  • Minoxidil, oral

⇒ Study involving 32 test subjects shows that 5mg once daily oral minoxidil produces significant improvement in treatment male pattern hair loss.

available at Dr.U

4 years
NIH: Dermatol Therapy
  • topical, Tretinoin

⇒ Study evaluating the effectiveness of Tretinoin as a hair loss treatment shows that 43% of subjects initially predicted to be non-responders to minoxidil were converted to responders following just 5 days of topical tretinoin application. 

available at MinoxidilMax

6 years
Wiley
  • Finasteride, oral

⇒ 5 year efficacy study of Finasteride in treating men with androgenetic alopecia or male pattern baldness involving 126 patients.

6 years
NLM: J Dermatol
  • Finasteride, oral

⇒ Long term efficacy study of 1mg Finasteride in the treatment of male pattern baldness or androgenetic alopecia showed that the medication is effective even after the patients had been treated with the medication for 5 years or longer. According to the study, out of the total of 126 patients in the trial, 108 (85.7%) showed improvement after 5 years of treatment.

Oral Finasteride available at HIMS

6 years
NLM: J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol .
  • Finasteride, topical

⇒ Study shows that using a topical Finasteride-Minoxidil combination therapy produced superior hair growth than using topical Minoxidil alone. The study involved 40 men with hair loss between the age of 18-60 and lasted over a 24-week period. 0.25% topical Finasteride and 3% topical Minoxidil were used in the study.

topical Finasteride available at AlviArmani

6 years
NIH: J Am Acad Dermatol
  • Dutasteride, oral

⇒ Study involving 914 men with androgenetic alopecia or male pattern hair loss shows that Dutasteride at higher doses produces more hair growth over a 24 weeks period .

available at HappyHead

January 9, 2014
NIH: Am Acad Dermatol
  • Prostaglandin, topical

⇒ A dobule blinded study involving 16 test patients with male pattern hair loss shows that 0.1% topical Latanoprost can cause significant hair growth in as little as 24 weeks. 

available at HairGrowthMD

May 3, 2012
NLM: J Dermatol
  • Finasteride, oral

⇒ Large scale 1 mg oral Finasteride study involving 3177 men with male pattern hair loss or androgenetic alopecia over a three and a half year period. According to the study, “the overall effect of hair growth was seen in 2230 of 2561 men (87.1%), in whom hair greatly (11.1%), moderately (36.5%) and slightly (39.5%) increased. The response rate improved with increasing duration of treatment.”

Oral Finasteride available at Romans

October 10, 2011
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