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Hair Thinning. Will Taking Minoxidil, Vitamin Supplements And Folic Acid Help Solve My Problem?

Hi Doc, I am 24 year old male a and the unfortunate thing is i am having hair thinning on my head, and one can see my head visible under light source, i got this flying news of having 5% minoxidil will decrease it and looking forward to have several vitamins like A, B (Complex ), C, D, E, and folic acid can u assist me in telling what should i do...
Fri, 16 Aug 2013
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Hair thinning can be due to various causes-hereditary, pollution, stress, dandruff, several diseases and medications. Treatment will be more successful if aimed at the specific cause. While the rest are somewhat curable, genetic inheritance cannot be overcome. Having adequate vitamin and mineral intake along with avoidance of dandruff can be of some help. It is true that Minoxidil helps in hair growth but the result is short-living as there is excessive hair fall once the drug is stopped and hence the treatment may have to be continued life-long. Fortunately today, there should not be much worry about hair fall as you have plenty of hair-treatment clinics available with hair transplant techniques. Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Hair Thinning. Will Taking Minoxidil, Vitamin Supplements And Folic Acid Help Solve My Problem?

Hello, Hair thinning can be due to various causes-hereditary, pollution, stress, dandruff, several diseases and medications. Treatment will be more successful if aimed at the specific cause. While the rest are somewhat curable, genetic inheritance cannot be overcome. Having adequate vitamin and mineral intake along with avoidance of dandruff can be of some help. It is true that Minoxidil helps in hair growth but the result is short-living as there is excessive hair fall once the drug is stopped and hence the treatment may have to be continued life-long. Fortunately today, there should not be much worry about hair fall as you have plenty of hair-treatment clinics available with hair transplant techniques. Hope this helps. Good luck.