Method of preventing androgenetic alopecia with 5-alpha reductase inhibitors

摘要

The instant invention involves a method of preventing androgenetic alopecia and promoting hair growth, by administering to a patient in need of such treatment, particularly individuals predisposed to androgenetic alopecia, including men with normal androgen levels who have a genetic predisposition to develop androgenetic alopecia, a hair maintaining amount of a 5 alpha -reductase 2 inhibitor, such as finasteride.