Detection and treatment of excessive hair shedding

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing hair loss or excessive hair shedding in a subject by administering to a subject an oral dose of minoxidil. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of treating telogen effluvium in a subject by administering to a subject an oral dose of minoxidil.

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Detection and treatment of excessive hair loss technical field The present invention relates to the detection and treatment of alopecia or excessive hair loss. In one aspect, the invention relates to the treatment of telogen effluvium. The present invention also relates to a visual analog scale for determining hair loss or excessive hair loss. Background technique The hair follicles on the scalp do not produce hair continuously. They cycle through growth phases that can last two years or more, then return to a dormant phase of up to two months before starting to grow new hair fibers again. At any one time, about 80% to 90% of the hair follicles on a healthy human scalp are germinal. These active hair follicles are in the so-called regenerative phase. When they are not producing any hair fibers, up to 10 to 20 percent of scalp hair follicles are left in a dormant state called the telogen phase. Variation in actual hair loss occurs in many hair loss conditions, includin...

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There are currently no FDA or TGA treatments available for chronic telogen effluvium

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