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By Mayo Clinic staffThe following tips can help keep your hair healthy and may minimize the appearance of hair loss:
- Eat a nutritionally balanced diet.
- Handle your hair gently. Whenever possible, allow your hair to air-dry naturally.
- Avoid tight hairstyles, such as braids, buns or ponytails.
- Avoid compulsively twisting, rubbing or pulling your hair.
- Check with hair care experts about hairpieces or styling techniques that help minimize the effects of balding.
- The over-the-counter (nonprescription) medication minoxidil (Rogaine) promotes new hair growth and prevents further hair loss in a small percentage of people. Other over-the-counter hair growth products have no proven benefit.
References
- Hair loss and hair restoration. American Academy of Dermatology. http://www.aad.org/public/publications/pamphlets/common_hairloss.html. Accessed Nov. 14, 2009.
- Alopecia areata. American Academy of Dermatology. http://www.aad.org/public/publications/pamphlets/common_alopecia.html. Accessed Nov. 14, 2009.
- Messenger AM. Alopecia areata. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Nov. 19, 2009.
- Goldstein BG, et al. Androgenetic alopecia. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Nov. 19, 2009.
- Goldstein BG, et al. Nonscarring hair loss. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Nov. 19, 2009.
- Goldstein BG, et al. Patient information: Hair loss in men and women (androgenetic alopecia). http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Nov. 19, 2009.
- Hair replacement. American Society of Plastic Surgeons. http://www.plasticsurgery.org/Patients_and_Consumers/Procedures/Cosmetic_Procedures/Hair_Replacement.html. Accessed Nov. 14, 2009.
- Gibson L (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Dec. 8, 2009.
- Hordinsky M. Cicatricial alopecia: discoid lupus erythematosus. Dermatologic Therapy. 2008;21:245-248.
- Trueb RM. Chemotherapy-induced alopecia. Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. 2009;28:11-14.
- Questions and Answers: 5-alpha reductase inhibitors (5-ARIs) may increase the risk of a more serious form of prostate cancer. Food and Drug Administration. http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm258358.htm. Accessed July 13, 2011.
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