More Treatment Tips

There are different levels of improvement. As the hair often deteriorates without treatment with some hair conditions, slowing down the loss or stabilizing it might actually be an improvement (compared to what would occur without treatments). With minoxidil, for instance, data has shown that even if you don't see regrowth, the percentage deterioration in hair quantity is often much less than if you hadn't used it at all.

Of course, most people look for a slight improvement or, preferably, full regrowth from any treatment. There is always the possibility of curing your condition, however, depending on how long you have had the problem, you may have to look for an improvement that is between what your condition is now and what is was before you had the hair loss. Will this be enough to satisfy you? Time will tell. The longer you have had a hair-loss problem, the more difficult it may be for you to attain full regrowth.

Hair loss often happens six to sixteen weeks after the trigger has occurred, so any treatment needs to be given the same length of time. If you are not willing to give a treatment regimen at least three months (after which time you should be seeing early results), I suggest you don't start using it in the first place; it's not fair on the treatment, or on your wallet.

How long should you keep using a treatment that seems to work? Many hair-loss conditions can be viewed as chronic (long term) conditions and just like any other chronic condition, treatment needs to be long term, especially with genetic hair loss. Therefore, you may need to use a treatment regimen consistently for it to continue working. For instance, if your hair loss is caused by dietary reasons, then you need to make sure that you keep following your corrected diet.

Stick with it!