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I'm 17, lost most of my hair. asking if blocking dht and using a hair growth treatment with exercise and healthy eating will help + buying a lasercomb?

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Dr. William Nall answered

Specializes in Sports Medicine

Hair Loss: You need to be worked up to make sure nothing metabolic is going on. If everything is ok, then you can do rogaine, (minoxidil) propecia, and even Ketoconazole 2% shampoo to try to help. I would skip the laser comb. Google the laser hair messiah, it's not much more $ and is a much better product.

Answered 6/26/2014

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