Making Sense of Hair Loss Drug Stats

Posted by on July 29th, 2010 at 03:50pm

Dr. Rassman, you have said before that minoxidil works for about half of men. The box says that minoxidil has only been proven to work for men experiencing hair loss at the apex/top of head and not for men that are balding from the front. Are these clinical studies made up of men that are already “good candidates”, meaning they have the right kind of balding for the drug to work? Or are all types of balding patterns included in the trials?

I am 34 years old, been on … [visit site to read more]

Original post by William Rassman, MD

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