{"id":2317,"date":"2026-08-22T00:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/these-hair-loss-treatments-worked-wonders-to-slow-my-shedding\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T00:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:32:40","slug":"these-hair-loss-treatments-worked-wonders-to-slow-my-shedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/these-hair-loss-treatments-worked-wonders-to-slow-my-shedding\/","title":{"rendered":"These Hair Loss Treatments Worked Wonders to Slow My Shedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At first, I thought it was stress. Or maybe hairstyles like tight ponytails. I was seeing more hair in the shower drain, more scalp peeking through my part, but I figured it was temporary. I was wrong. Hair loss doesn\u2019t come in loud\u2014it creeps in. By the time it\u2019s visible, it\u2019s already settled in like a long-term tenant.<\/p>\n

My dermatologist diagnosed me with androgenetic alopecia\u2014a fancy way of saying \u201cyour hair is genetically programmed to peace out early.\u201d (It\u2019s different from alopecia areata, which is an autoimmune disease that causes baldness, as well as frontal fibrosing alopecia, a rare new form of alopecia that can occur during menopause.) Even though androgenetic alopecia is known as male-pattern baldness, it\u2019s not just a guy\u2019s issue. This type of hair loss is the most common type of hair-loss in women, according to the American Academy of Dermatology\u2014which isn\u2019t surprising once you factor in iron deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, stress, and hormonal changes. Lucky me, I had all of the above.<\/em><\/p>\n

My Hair-Loss Routine<\/h2>\n

I thought I could reverse my female-pattern hair loss with over-the-counter supplements or less heat styling. Turns out, that\u2019s like trying to fix a broken bone with a Band-Aid. Hair loss is a medical condition. And if you\u2019re dealing with it, you\u2019re not curing it. You\u2019re managing it\u2014daily\u2014for the long haul.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of treatment options for hair loss out there, from the painful (like platelet-rich plasma, or PRP, to the drastic (see: hair transplants). These days, my hair-loss treatments are somewhere between clinical protocol and beauty ritual. Each morning starts with popping pills that I call hair candy, and they carry hormonal weight. I take OTC vitamin D3 and iron supplements every morning. Bloodwork revealed I had a nutritional deficiency in both\u2014classic causes of hair loss. I also take spironolactone 50mg daily, a prescription medication that blocks androgens (the hormones responsible for miniaturizing hair follicles, which include dihydrotestosterone, or DHT). Think of it as HRT for your scalp. Then there\u2019s oral minoxidil, essentially the oral version of Rogaine. It\u2019s off-label for women (meaning it\u2019s not FDA-approved for this purpose), but game-changing. Hello, fluffy new hair growth on my temples.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the minoxidil foam, which fizzes into my scalp like it\u2019s doing something profound. My shampoo is vaguely medicinal, and I apply it only to my scalp, as directed by a dermatologist with a hair-loss specialty. I also wear a red-light therapy helmet that makes me look like I\u2019m training for space camp. It\u2019s a process. But it\u2019s working. Here’s what goes into my routine.<\/p>\n

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Blitzer before and after starting her hair-growth routine.<\/p>\n

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At first, I thought it was stress. Or maybe hairstyles like tight ponytails. I was seeing more hair in the shower drain, more scalp peeking through my part, but I figured it was temporary. I was wrong. Hair loss doesn\u2019t come in loud\u2014it creeps in. By the time it\u2019s visible, it\u2019s already settled in like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sasgai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}