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Female Hair Loss Perhaps surprisingly there is a strong connection between male pattern baldness (MPB) and the typical hair loss patterns seen in females. As well as having the necessary enzyme (5-alpha reductase) capable of forming DHT from the male hormone testosterone (everyone has both male and female hormones) a woman also has an enzyme called aromatise which converts some male hormone into a female type. This has the effect that much of the hair loss which would have occurred is reversed or prevented by the counterbalancing effect of this ‘extra’ female type hormone in the area of the hair roots. As a result it would be extremely unusual for a female to lose as much hair as, say, her brother, even though she may have inherited similar genetic information.

At the time of writing no-one has as yet been able to fully explain how Minoxidil has an effect on slowing hair loss and promoting hair growth. Minoxidil normally induces new hair growth between 4 and 6 months of use. If it has not worked by 6 months it is probably not going to. It appears to begin slowing the hair loss process almost immediately but - there are no guarantees. You simply have to try it to see.

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