Male Pattern Baldness

from Southern Medical Journal

Management

Treatment options include reassurance, hair prostheses, surgery, and topical and/or oral medications.[13,14] This section will concentrate on pharmacologic management. In general, the earlier treatment is begun, the better the results.[9]

MinoxidilTwo-percent minoxidil solution was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as a topical prescription treatment of MPB in 1988, and this medication became available over-the-counter (OTC) in February 1996. Five-percent minoxidil was released directly OTC in January 1998. Minoxidil is believed to work by direct stimulation of the hair follicle or less likely by vasodilatation of scalp blood vessels.[30] It may do this by upregulating the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in hair dermal papilla cells.[31] Increased vascularization of the dermal papilla occurs during the anagen phase. Minoxidil, not cyclosporin, another potent cause of hypertrichosis, induces DNA synthesis in all hair follicle cells in a dose-dependent manner. Other epidermal and dermal cells show either suppression or no growth response to minoxidil.[32]

When applied topically to the scalp, minoxidil does not reach sufficient blood levels to produce any adverse effects on blood pressure and appears to be very safe in clinical practice with only dermatologic reactions significantly different from controls.[30] These reactions include dryness, itching, and allergic contact dermatitis, but rarely cause discontinuing the drug. These side effects occur in 6% of men using 5% minoxidil solution and in 2% using the 2% minoxidil strength.[33,34] The former contains a higher concentration of propylene glycol, a common cutaneous irritant and potential allergen that enhances penetration of minoxidil through the stratum corneum (Table 1).[35,36]

Allergy to minoxidil may be established by patch testing to both the commercial minoxidil solution and diluted propylene glycol.[36] A 2+ reaction to the commercial minoxidil solution and a negative reaction to propylene glycol indicate allergy to minoxidil and will preclude further use of minoxidil. If both patch tests are 2+ positive, propylene glycol is the most likely cause of the patient's allergic contact dermatitis. A compounding pharmacist may formulate a minoxidil solution free of propylene glycol but the effectiveness of extemporaneous formulations is not as well established as the FDA-approved formulations.

The main problem with topical minoxidil therapy is patient compliance. The drug must be applied twice a day for at least 2 months before an increase in hair amount may be noted. When the drug is discontinued, hair regrowth is lost within 6 months. The most common subjective assessment of those on 2% minoxidil is that of decreased hair loss with moderate or minimal regrowth occurring in about one third of the patients, with 8% or less reporting dense hair regrowth.[30] Results may be seen as early as 2 months after initiating therapy with 5% minoxidil. Five-percent minoxidil produces 45% more hair based on hair counts than 2% minoxidil after 48 weeks.[33,34] The one long-term study published found less difference between 5% and 2% minoxidil hair growth by hair weight and number beyond 20 weeks of therapy in a small number of men.[37] Unlike 2% minoxidil solution, there is no generic version of the 5% minoxidil preparation.

FinasterideFinasteride is a 5 alpha-reductase inhibitor initially approved for the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) at a daily dosage of 5 mg. The drug prevents the conversion of testosterone to DHT in the androgen pathway (Fig 3). DHT concentrations are significantly higher in the scalp of men with AGA. At least two isoforms of the enzyme 5 alpha-reductase have been discovered. Type I is the predominant form in scalp skin and sebaceous glands, whereas type II is the predominant form in genital tissues and hair follicles. Finasteride inhibits the type II isoform and is also a slow, time-dependent inhibitor of the type I isozyme.[38] The therapeutic dose is 1 mg daily for treatment of male pattern baldness. Decreased libido, impotence, and ejaculation disorders were the most commonly reported side effects for men with BPH on 5 mg finasteride.[38,39] Impotence was not reported as a significant side effect of the 1 mg dose in men 18 to 41 years of age (Table 2). Only 1.4% of the patients taking 1 mg finasteride and 1.6% on placebo quit therapy due to adverse reactions, and all side effects were reversed upon stopping therapy.[39] The drug also has no noted drug interactions, and no change in dose appears necessary in patients with renal insufficiency. The drug is metabolized extensively in the liver and should be used cautiously if its use is necessary in those with liver disease. Finasteride has no effect on serum lipids. Finasteride is not recommended for the treatment of AGA in fertile women because of potential effects on male fetal development during pregnancy or in postmenopausal women due to lack of efficacy.[40]

Figure 3. (click image to zoom) Metabolic pathway of androgens in skin. (Reprinted with permission from Sawaya.[48])

One potential drawback of finasteride therapy is masking the detection of prostate cancer due to lowering of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men, particularly in men over 40 years of age. However, a recent review of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer while on 5 mg finasteride showed no difference in clinical interpretation of PSA values if the laboratory result is doubled during the first 6 months of therapy.[41] At the 1 mg strength, finasteride lowers the PSA value by about 30%.[40,42] It is unknown if finasteride therapy may prevent the development of prostate cancer.[42]

Clinical studies of 1 mg finasteride were done with men ages 18 to 41 with mild or moderate baldness, but not complete male pattern hair loss in the vertex (modified Hamilton-Norwood Scale — stages 2 vertex, 3 vertex, 4 vertex, and 5 vertex).[39,42] The results revealed a statistically significant increase in scalp hair count versus placebo, and also demonstrated slowing of hair loss by patient self-assessment. Although improvement was seen as early as 3 months, the best results were seen in patients taking 1 mg finasteride for 12 or more months. At 24 months, using standardized photographs, 66% of men treated with 1 mg finasteride showed an increase in hair growth versus 7% on placebo.[39,42] There was no further increase in vertex hair count from 12 to 24 months but clinical appearance may improve as these hairs grow longer or become thicker or more pigmented. Forty-two percent of treated men showed visible anterior mid-scalp (not including the area of bitemporal recession or the anterior hairline) hair regrowth after 24 months.[39,42]

Fourteen men taking finasteride (1 mg) had 4 mm punch biopsies of their balding scalp. The starting ratio of 1 terminal hair to 1.7 vellus hairs improved to 1 terminal hair to 1.1 vellus hairs, suggesting a reversal of the hair miniaturization process in patients treated with finasteride for at least a year. Terminal hairs increased 35% in the finasteride group and 6% in the 12 men in the placebo group. Forty-four postmenopausal women on finasteride and 50 using placebo also had 4 mm biopsies done before and after 12 months of treatment. The study of the biopsies confirmed that postmenopausal women using finasteride did not gain hair.[43]

Balding stump-tail macaque monkeys have a similar balding pattern to humans. Diani et al[44] found that serum testosterone was unchanged while DHT was significantly depressed in monkeys on finasteride alone or in combination with topical 2% minoxidil solution. Monkeys on combination therapy also had a significant increase in hair weight compared with those on either drug alone. Finasteride as monotherapy increased hair weight in four of five monkeys.[44] Combination therapy has been reported in one man; he was treated with 5 mg finasteride orally in combination with topical 2% minoxidil and topical tretinoin. The MPB went from Hamilton stage V to stage III in 12 months.[45] However, further studies are needed to define the role of such combination therapy in AGA.

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In some cases the sudden loss of reach is reported to be accompanied by tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and dizziness. The FDA said it is not opening to establish if the auditory modality loss and accompanying symptoms are directly caused by the drugs because medical follow up message is limited. It is possible action the symptoms are caused by other drugs or underlying medical sickness, or even other risk factors for proceeding loss, or a alinement of these things. The positive identification of reports of mass experiencing sudden sense of hearing loss after taking PDE5 inhibitors is said to be “very small”, but there is also headache that some patients, especially the elderly, may not realise their symptoms could be drug related, said Dr Janet Woodcock, FDA assistant executive for scientific and medical programs, top dog medical gob, and cting music director of the soft tab cialis for Drug Assessment and Investigating. “Because some stratum of auditory sense loss is usually associated with the biological process body part, patients on these drugs may not think to talk to their theologizer about it.”
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