Overview
Bald spots are an annoying and unfortunate condition that strikes millions of Americans every year. Male or female, young or old, all kinds of people can suffer from baldness and therefore have the desire to regrow the hair on their scalp. Bald spots can occur due stress, bad nutrition, illness, or hereditary factors. They form when the amount of keratin in your hair follicles decreases. There are many products on the market that claim they can help regrow your hair, but there are only a few reliable treatments.
Step 1
Go to your doctor for steroid treatments. If you have small patches of baldness of your scalp, then steroid treatments may be the most effective option for you. Your doctor will inject needle full of a steroid solution right into your scalp. The steroid treatment helps stop your immune system from damaging you hair follicles. Steroid injections may take several visits to the doctor and several months to regrow the hair on your scalp.
Step 2
Go to your doctor for UV light treatment. UV light treatment works by sending out intense pulses of UV rays right into your scalp. The hope is that the doses of light will shock your hair follicles back into growing hair. This treatment isn’t as effective as steroid treatment and it may take up to a year to see any results.
Step 3
Go to your doctor for immunotherapy. DPCP, or diphencyprone, is put on your bald spots to regrow hair. The treatments gradually get more potent, causing your hair follicles to have an allergic reaction. This will make you develop a mild case of eczema. The treatment may take three months to show any signs that it’s working. You must monitor your skin very closely, as the DPCP may cause a severe allergic reaction. Medical News Today says immunotherapy is the most effective way to treat the bad spots on your scalp and regrow your hair.
Step 4
Rub a minoxidil treatment into your scalp. You can get the chemical minoxidil at most pharmacies. It is an over-the-counter medication. Minoxidil comes in a foam that you place on your scalp and rub in vigorously. The Mayo Clinic recommends this treatment to get rid of the bald spots on your scalp, but they say it may take up to 12 weeks to see any results.
Step 5
Drink at least eight eight-ounce glasses of water per day. If your body is dehydrated, your hair follicles won’t have enough nutrients to make the keratin required to produce hair. Your hair cells require water to correctly function. The Mayo Clinic recommends drinking at least eight eight ounce glasses of water every day.
