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I am 23. I was diagnosed with androgenic alopecia a year ago. Since then I have been on topical minoxidil and dutasteride 0.5 mg/day. I experienced good results till 1 month back but now since 1 month I am noticing that density on my crown has drastically gone down, my scalp over the crown is visible. I want to know why?

Dr.Suruchi Puri · Accepted Answer

Health Tips For Control Of Hair Fall -
Hair fall is experienced by most individuals in their lifetime. Most of the time hair fall goes unnoticed if the density of hair is good. Patients experience the hair fall though they are taking good diet and infact water intake is normal and even if they do not have any significant systemic disease.
1.Don't go for hair straightening and vigrous heat treatments if you are having hair fall. Its a myth that straightening would prevent hair fall. 2.Cover your hair when you are taking steam, sauana,or hot water bath 3.Treat your hair as a baby and pamper them. Do not use harsh shampoos and soap instead use a mild medicated shampoo and conditioner and infact wash your hair minimum twice in a week 4. Do not comb the hair when they are wet, let them dry a bit before you comb
5. You can oil the hair 1 hr. Before shampooing or washing, no neec to apply oil overnight. 6.Males And females have different pattern of hair loss and needs seperate consideration and treatment. 7. Wash your hair preferrably with luke warm water, avoid using hard water or underground water for washing them. 8.Hair Fall May expose some areas if your scalp, try to change combing pattern and do not tie your hair very tight. 9. Anti hair fall shampoos and serums may be applied after consultation with the dermatologist 10. With age hair starts thinning, this happens because the body's capacity to absorb nutrients decrease. The hair needs 22 amino acids to grow. Due to lack of amino acids from the diet the hair appears thin. However you can prevent the hair fall due to aging. You need to have soya beans, lean meat, dairy products, fish, eggs and nuts. You can also have fish oil tablets or supplements which is rich in Omega 3 Fatty Acids. Red Grape Seedsand Sprouts also are good along with Pappaya and Carrots  11. Rule out thyroid disorders, Anaemia and other major systemic issues by consulting a good dermatologist 12. Avoid high fat and high sugar diet, like gym anabolic steroids .13. Do not do crash dieting.
Hair fall or loss is a multifactorial problem where hereditary along with environmental factors and diet play an important role. Iron deficiency along with essential things like biotin, vitamin A along with other nutrients have a major role to play. Serums,tablets along with specified shampoos and conditioners can also help. Most of the time, this loss is progressive and may take 4-6 months to respond to treatment. Sooner the treatment is started better are the results. Though it's important to understand that some alopecia problems may not respond to best of the treatment modalities .So it's important to consult a good dermatologist on time . All these treatment definitely need maintenance sessions along with local lotions application under the supervision of dermatologist. Patients need multiple sessions for better outcome along with medical analysis .One can take biotin tablets along with Vitamin A rich diet and lots of red wine grapes with seeds.  Ideally it should be done by dermatologist himself or herself without relying on technicians /nurses for best results. We as the pioneer in hair loss treatment would suggest you to have all this in mind before you go for treatment for hair loss or hair fall. Ofcourse some persistent effort by the patient and its importance in final result can not be ruled out. All centres have their own protocols for the technique but the best results are obtained by the technique which keeps platelets in the solution in their viable form. We have the latest automated technology which is virtually painless for Injection. Prp treatment thus can be done in a very comfortable way with this latest technique. Prp can be done for both females and males and at any age after 18 years. Ofcourse sooner it's started better is the outcome. Maintenance sessions are required and interval may vary from patient to patient as hair loss issue is a continuing process and thus patient may need multiple touch up sessions.

DUTAONE 0.5MG TABLET Health Feed

I have hair fall problem with scalp irritation dandruff and oily scalp. I consult dermatologists she suggest me dutasteride, tricomax tablet, with minoxidil, I also done 2 sitting prp but still daily lot of hair fall occurs I don't know what goes wrong kindly suggest what to do.