Treatment for female baldness

When it comes to alopecia areata, perhaps many people have never heard of it. In fact, the main reason is that the name of alopecia areata is unknown to everyone. Many people have suffered from alopecia areata or have seen patients with alopecia areata in real life. Alopecia areata is a common disease in our human body. Of course, as we all know from the name, alopecia areata actually refers to a type of hair loss. And for most people, they will suffer from alopecia areata. So, what are the treatments for alopecia areata in women?

Although alopecia areata is common, women suffering from alopecia areata will generally have their normal lives affected. This is because alopecia areata will cause hair loss, and for women, hair loss is very damaging to their image. Moreover, most women love beauty, so suffering from alopecia areata is very distressing. So, let’s talk about the treatment of alopecia areata in women.

On sensitive hair follicles, dihydrotestosterone binds to androgen receptors. This hormone receptor complex activates genes, causing large terminal hair follicles to gradually transform into miniaturized hair follicles. The disease is characterized by the growth of hairs of varying lengths and thicknesses from small follicles. In women with alopecia areata, these fine hairs are more scattered but are most noticeable on the forehead and top of the scalp. Women usually keep a circle of hair along the frontal hairline. The fine hair, sparse hair pattern, and early onset support the diagnosis of this disorder. Severe alopecia areata in women Severe alopecia areata in women.

Most female patients with alopecia areata have normal menstruation and can have normal pregnancies. Unless the patient has symptoms and signs of androgen excess, such as hirsutism, severe folliculitis, masculine characteristics, and milk leakage, comprehensive hormone testing is generally not necessary. Whether there is androgen excess can be determined by measuring the levels of total or free testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and prolactin in the serum, and other possible causes of female alopecia areata can be ruled out by measuring serum thyroxine, iron and ferritin.

Conventional treatment

1. Nerve blockade therapy: After the greater occipital nerve is blocked, the skin temperature in the area it innervates rises, which is beneficial to hair regeneration in female patients with alopecia areata.

2. Photochemotherapy: Apply 0.5% 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) tincture or cream to the alopecia areata. After 30-45 minutes, irradiate with long-wave ultraviolet rays for 15-30 minutes each time, 2-3 times a week. Gradually increase the dose of ultraviolet rays. When new hair grows, gradually reduce the number of treatments.

3. Physical therapy: local massage, ultraviolet irradiation, resonance sparks, audio electrotherapy, wax therapy, etc. can be used as appropriate. It can improve the skin of female baldness.

4. Tissue therapy: tissue burial, local burial of catgut, or intramuscular injection of placental tissue. It plays a certain role in controlling alopecia areata in women.

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that alopecia areata is mainly caused by heat in the blood generating wind, liver and kidney deficiency, and blood stasis blocking the collaterals. The classification and treatment are as follows:

(1) Hair loss caused by heat in the blood and wind occurs suddenly and develops rapidly. Most of them are young and strong people, accompanied by irritability, or itchy scalp, insomnia and nightmares, red lips and tongue, and stringy and rapid pulse. The treatment is to cool blood, clear heat, nourish yin and calm the mind.

Prescription: 15 radix rehmanniae, 12 moutan bark, 10 cicada shell, 10 angelica root, 12 julibrissin bark, 10 poria root, 10 turmeric root, 15 cypress seed, 6 schisandra fruit, 15 oriental cypress leaf, 12 mulberry fruit

(ii) The liver and kidney deficiency type is characterized by a yellow scalp, or graying of the scalp, hair falling out in clumps, accompanied by a sallow complexion, dizziness, tinnitus, soreness in the waist and knees, a pale tongue and a thin pulse. Treatment should be aimed at tonifying the liver and kidney, nourishing yin and blood.

Prescription: Rehmannia glutinosa 18, White Peony Root 12, Chuanxiong 9, Cornus Fruit 15, Cuscuta chinensis 15, Lycium barbarum 12, Gastrodia elata 8, Notopterygium incisum 9, Papaya 8, Polygonum multiflorum 10, Ligustrum lucidum 12

(III) Blood stasis and obstruction of collaterals type is characterized by hair loss over time, accompanied by scalp tingling, dull complexion, ecchymosis on the tongue, and sluggish pulse. Treatment should be to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, dredge meridians and collaterals

Prescription: Peach kernel 12, safflower 10, red peony root 10, Chuanxiong 6, raw earth 15, salvia miltiorrhiza 12, Polygonum multiflorum 15, Curcuma 10, Angelica 12, Atractylodes 18, Astragalus 24

As can be seen from the above, there are actually many treatments for female alopecia areata, but the most common ones are conventional treatment and traditional Chinese medicine treatment. However, conventional treatment is not very effective for female alopecia areata. Therefore, for our female alopecia areata patients, it is best to adopt traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods to treat their alopecia areata, and the effect is still relatively obvious.