Hormonal Hair Loss: Do serums work? What about Growband?

Do hair loss serums work? What works for female pattern hair loss? Does menopause mean we're stuck with bad hair? Today we look for answers about things like estrogen, DHT, hormone replacement therapy, hair serums, growth factors, stem cells, microneedling and massage for female pattern hair loss. And we'll also talk about why treatments work for some people and not others.

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References:
Dr Dray:    • STOP WASTING $ ON HAIR LOSS SERUMS #dermat...  
Female Pattern Hair Loss:
https://www.health.harvard.edu/stayin...
Botox against Androgenetic Hair Loss:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
Massage and reducing DHT sensitivity:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
https://houzaide.com/blogs/blogs/impa...
Meta-analysis on combined treatments for hair loss:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:55 Female Pattern Hair Loss & me
01:32 Overview of today's topics
02:11 Why medical studies have historically ignored women
02:45 Why hormonal hair loss can be so complicated
03:17 Menopause & hair loss
03:40 What my doctor recommended
04:18 How Hormone Replacement Therapy is changing my hair
04:58 Why I tried the Advanced Hair System
05:42 Why Calecim's stem-cell based serum might be the exception
05:57 My Calecim Advanced Hair System results
06:20 Will it work for everyone though?
07:38 When to start hair loss treatment
08:02 Will I repurchase Calecim's AHS?
09:23 What I'm trying next
09:47 Why experts recommend combined treatments
10:16 Recommended treatments
11:01 Are devices effective?
11:19 What is a Growband?
11:31 The theory behind it: DHT
11:51 FDA approved treatments
12:54 The advantages of mechanical treatments
13:46 Why I thought I'd try the Growband
14:29 How does it work?
14:57 Why reducing scalp tension might work

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