Abstract
Introduction: Hair disorders have a very high social and psychological impact. Treatment is often frustrating and time-consuming both for the patients and the clinicians and requires special skills and expertise.Areas covered: This paper aims to provide an overview of available treatments for the most common forms of alopecia in adults (androgenetic alopecia [AGA], alopecia areata and cicatricial alopecias) after reviewing the literature in PubMed, Google Scholar and ClinicalTrial.gov.Expert opinion: Before starting treatment, it is very important to confirm diagnosis and discuss patients expectations. Treatment of hair disorders requires time and first results are usually visible a few months after beginning of therapy. Treatment of most hair disorders is mostly not evidenced-based as randomized controlled trials are available only for AGA.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2343-2354 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 13 2015 |
Keywords
- alopecia
- alopecia areata
- androgenetic alopecia
- cicatricial alopecia
- management
- treatment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology (medical)
- Pharmacology