Androgenetic alopecia

Patients should be informed that the effects of treatment will last as long as they continue with therapy. Once treatment is discontinued, hair loss pattern will return to baseline level or the level which would have occurred without treatment. American Hair Research Society Opens in new window National Institutes of Health Genetics Home Reference: androgenetic alopecia Opens in new window

All potential side effects from treatment will also disappear once treatment is discontinued.

Women with female-pattern baldness should be informed that complete hair loss on the central scalp is rare, in contrast to male-pattern baldness.