Comments on: Treatment of Female Pattern Hair Loss Case Report – Spironolactone and Minoxidil

By: Carmen

Carmen — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 20:57:59 +0000

Pharmacist just called about spironolactone and minoxidil foam for my scalp and she wanted to warn me that there is a strong spell to it—very strong. I asked if it goes away after a while and she could not say. Also, I wear a wig and wondered if the wig will pickup the smell and she could not say. Anybody have this problem and does the smell go away soon after it is rubbed into the scalp?

By: Illa

Illa — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 19:24:47 +0000

Just started on spironolactone & hesitantly rogaine (I hate that is causes shed before possible growth, burning scalp all day, & indefinite use). After several doctors, they can’t be certain with me its either chronic TE or AGA. The suffering is all so real. And mass amounts of information on products & treatments. It’s confusing, scary & expensive. I’ve been trying supplements, herbs, topicals, diet changes, prescribed hormone cream, shampoos….. for the past 5+ yrs and it’s still getting worse, thinning moved to balding spots. I’m so disappointed that there’s no clear help. I’m fighting the depression of it all. Thank you for this site & to all who offer input.

By: New drug

New drug — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:03:49 +0000

I heard of this new drug prescribed by Sinclair dermatology. Its in a small capsule combining both minoxidil n spiranolactone. Yes – its a two in one oral dosage.

Will keep u all posted if i d results are gd.

By: Lcat

Lcat — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:54:25 +0000

Anyone else notice facial swelling with minoxidil? Just switched to 5% rogaine and face is all puffed up 🙁

By: Not So Happy

Not So Happy — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:42:40 +0000

I inherit female pattern baldness from my mom. My hair is thinnning and shedding every day. Hairs are all over the place. I am depressed. I am a Malaysian and there are abundance of hair saloons offering hair loss treatments over here in Malaysia. What they do is they give the customer a good hair wash and hair steaming thereafter, of cos in between they would apply tonic and all. Anyone heard of this treatment before? Anyone of you believe that by regular steamings to our hair will help to open up the follicles for better absorption of hair tonic?

By: carmen

carmen — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:49:56 +0000

Hi everyone..
I think the biggest question I have is shouldn’t FPB be a gradual condition, wher year after year you notice more and more scalp? Not immense shedding with scalp showing overnight??? I saw a dermatologist and he looked at my hair and said: FPB. He did a blood test which appeared normal except for high platelet count. I am 45, I was 42 when I noticed see thru hair in the front of my scalp. I tried rogaine 2%, went on supplements, reduced sugar (got a really bas sweet tooth) and went on a low androgenic pill-yasmin. A year later my hair was strong and thick again..was it the rogaine?? Was it the supplements? Was it the pill?? Don’t know, maybe it was all of it combined. The last jan-feb, I noticed my new hairs falling out and thinning again..and I was on the pill and rogaine every second day (started daily but when my hair thickened I did it 1x/2days). So, it’s back to the drawing board. I got a saliva test to ck my estrogen and progest, going for a pre-diabetes test, added iron to my suppl again (had stopped) but last march it was 17, a bit low. I’m also going to monitor my basal temp for poss hypothyroid. Geez, so many differnt things may be affecting my hair, makes my head spin from all the info bouncing around in my brain. Hopefully something comes of these tests that help clarify things for me and give me a solution..just venting, thank goodness for this site..good luck to all of you on here. Hope you find answers and solutions and here’s to happy endings of the crazy shedding and to new beginnings with tons of new hairs!!!!!

By: PCOS Girl

PCOS Girl — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:48:55 +0000

I hate to sound like the medical community isn’t doing enough because the help they can provide in a number of regards for various conditions/syndromes/illnesses, well it’s just amazing, however I feel like very few doctors are seriously looking into female hair loss, especially when associated with hormonal imbalances/illness. I have PCOS and every attempt to try to help halt and reverse my hairloss is met with site after site that says “although there’s no cure for PCOS…” blah blah blah, as if doctors think, well, it’s manageable as is, no real point to figure it out. I don’t mean to go off on a PCOS tangent, but really, the hair loss aspect of an illness that already makes me feel fat, zitty, and hairy everywhere else I’d rather not have hair (not to mention the irregular periods which really make it a wonderful condition to have…not), well, it’s just plain cruel. I like so many of you long for my former hair. Hair that to me wasn’t perfect because it was fine textured but I had a ton of it. Hair that was annoying because I had waves in it that would frizz up in humidity. But damn it, I miss my hair and I hate that I’m expected in my 20s to just deal with it. Well sorry, but I can’t deal with it. As I type now I have a lump in my throat trying to hold back tears. It’s not fair (no, life isn’t fair, but it’s just incredibly horrible to have lost something that makes you feel like a woman, that society views you as feminine for having, but when it’s lost, you’re treated like you’re shallow and vain for missing it) to lose your hair when you’re young. Ever really. I mean, if I was like 85 years old with thinning hair, I probably wouldn’t mind so much because odds are I’d be married with kids and grandkids. Who will date a girl who’s balding? I don’t have bald patches, but I have diffuse balding/thinning and it makes me sick to my stomach to shower and see my hair circle the drain or see it come out in clumps when I brush. The worst part is my doctor won’t give me Spiro because she only gives it for severe cases but I’m going to beg her to give it to me because as horrible as it sounds, I’d pretty much rather die than lose anymore hair. I can’t stand just maintaining what I have left either. I need some sort of regrowth. I guess the point of my post is to say, yes, I’m glad that we have some options even if they don’t help everyone, and I think Spironolactone and Nizoral and Minoxidil rock because if they helped any of our fellow female hair loss sufferers, then more power to them, but seriously, can the medical community, some niche group, please, please, please work on a cure for hair loss? Hair loss isn’t a joke. It’s not vanity. You’re not supposed to lose hair in your teens, 20s, 30s, 40s, or even 50s. Sure, a little is expected, but none of us on this site are just shedding the average amount. We all have noticeable hair loss and it’s debilitating. I know I should be positive, but it’s hard not to feel defeated when you can’t even look in a mirror anymore without wanting to just crumple up in the fetal position and cry because you can see your scalp through your hair. And it’s hard to have well-intentioned people telling you it’s not that noticeable when you know that it is. I just want a cure. I want to halt the loss and I want to regrow what was lost. No, not lost, what a medical condition has taken from me. I think I could be positive if I knew that in a year or two years or even three, that there’d be an end in sight and that this horror would be over. If science could go a little faster and pinpoint the causes of female hair loss for us and find out an effective way to fight it and reverse it, it’d be so much easier to face the hair loss today.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:49:57 +0000

Petty I am also on 200 of spiro for almost 4 months and no slowing in shedding yet. This is making me very sad and nervous. By the way, what is the pattern of your hair loss and how long have you been experiencing this? I have for the past year and am only 22 years old. Also, mine is affecting my hairline slightly. Thank you

By: Petty

Petty — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:00:51 +0000

I have been on spironolactone (200mg/day) and minoxidil(5%, twice/day) for 4 months. But my hair loss is not getting better. I don’t know what else I can do. If you’ve ever had the same experiences please let me know.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:54:14 +0000

Hey I’m writing to ask anyone here about the pattern of your loss. I have aga and noticed it first thinning in the temples but now its affecting my hairline. Dr Redmond says its normal for women to have this pattern as well as when the hairline is in tact with thinning behind it. My question is does anyone here have my pattern? Does it become so obvious that you have to wear your hair over your forehead. Please help thanks!