Hair Loss · Physician supervised

Hair loss is treatable. It is also a race against time.

Follicles that have already closed can’t be reopened — but the ones still working can be protected, and thinning hair can be thickened. The earlier you start, the more you keep. A physician reviews your pattern and history, then builds a regimen around what’s actually driving it.

Shedding on GLP-1s

If weight loss cost you hair
Timeline
Months 2–4
Duration
Usually temporary
Why this one
Common, and it does resolve
A hairbrush on a bathroom counter with shed hair caught in the bristles

Started shedding a few months into your weight loss shot? You’re not imagining it, and nothing is broken. Losing weight quickly is a shock to the system, and it pushes a big batch of follicles into their resting phase all at once — then they let go together, two or three months later.

The same thing happens after surgery or having a baby, and it grows back on its own. The reason to treat it is timing: it hits right when everything else is finally going well, and it’s one of the top reasons people quit a program that’s working.

Our recommendation Copper Revive Spray — GHK-Cu with zinc-thymulin — through the shedding window — enough support to get you to the other side without starting a lifelong regimen for something temporary. Read about Copper Revive ↓

Minoxidil

The regrowth workhorse
Results
3–6 months
Applied
Daily
Why this one
Longest track record there is
Woman in her 30s to 40s, unposed, morning routine at the bathroom sink

You’ve seen this one in every drugstore aisle. Minoxidil improves blood flow to your follicles and wakes up hairs that had gone dormant, so more of your scalp is actively growing at once.

Don’t panic if you shed a little more in the first few weeks — that’s old hair making room for new. Real change shows up somewhere around month three to six. It keeps working as long as you keep using it, so think of it as a habit rather than a course you finish.

Tretinoin

Makes the rest work harder
Role
Supporting
Applied
With minoxidil
Why this one
More of the dose gets through
Texture-forward shot of a scalp part, or product texture on fingertips

Tretinoin doesn’t grow hair, so why is it in your bottle? Because it clears away the dead surface layer of the scalp, which means more of your minoxidil actually reaches the follicle instead of sitting on top.

Studies pairing the two beat minoxidil used alone. It also keeps the flaking and buildup down, which helps everything absorb better. You’ll almost never see it prescribed by itself — it’s in there to make the rest work harder.

Biotin

Support, not a solution
Results
Varies
Dosing
Daily
Why this one
Fills a gap, if you have one
A bottle of biotin, vitamin B7

Let’s be straight about this one. Biotin is in every hair-skin-and-nails gummy on the shelf, and if you’re genuinely low on it, that really can cause shedding — but actual deficiency is uncommon, and taking more than your body needs won’t grow hair that wasn’t coming anyway.

It’s a helper inside a bigger plan, not a plan by itself. Where it earns its spot is filling a real gap, especially if your diet has been rough. One thing worth knowing: it can skew thyroid and heart blood tests, so mention it before you get labs drawn.

Spironolactone

For female pattern thinning
Results
6+ months
Dosing
Daily or topical
Why this one
The female-pattern answer
Woman at ease at home, natural light

Women lose hair for hormonal reasons too — just not the same way men do, and finasteride usually isn’t the right tool. Spironolactone blocks those hormones from reaching the follicle.

It works best for gradual thinning through the part line and crown, especially if there are other signs your hormones are off. It comes as a pill or as a scalp topical. It does need monitoring and can’t be used during pregnancy, so it’s always prescribed with a plan around both.

Copper Revive Spray

GHK-Cu with zinc-thymulin, for the scalp itself Our pick for GLP-1 shedding
Form
Topical spray
Dosing
Daily, on the scalp
Why this one
Works on the ground the hair grows in
Scalp spray bottle on a clean bathroom counter

GHK-Cu is a copper peptide your body already makes — levels are highest when you’re young and fall off with age. It’s been studied for its role in stimulating hair follicles and improving the health of the scalp around them, which is a different job from what minoxidil or finasteride do.

Sprayed on the scalp — Reclaim pairs it with zinc-thymulin in Copper Revive Spray — it’s thought to support the growth cycle by encouraging follicle activity and improving the environment the hair is growing in. Think of it as an adjunct: it earns its place alongside a physician-directed regimen, not instead of one. As with any compounded therapy, results vary, and it should be used as part of a plan your provider builds with you.

Ideal for GLP-1 related hair loss.

Available in 22 states at launch. We add states as licensing clears. If you are outside the states we serve we will tell you before you complete an intake, and nothing is charged.

Which one is right
for you?

  • General thinning across the scalpMinoxidil. The starting point for most pattern thinning — protects what you have and helps regrowth.
  • Thinning through the part line or crown, with hormonal signsSpironolactone, paired with minoxidil. Female pattern loss has its own hormonal drivers, and this is the treatment built for it.
  • The hairline is the part that bothers youGo topical, and add tretinoin. The hairline is where minoxidil tends to disappoint, and tretinoin drives more of the dose into the follicle instead of leaving it on the surface.
  • Shedding started after rapid weight lossUsually temporary. Support it through the window rather than committing to a lifelong regimen.
  • Patchy, sudden, or with scalp symptomsThat isn’t pattern loss. Round patches, burning, scaling, or scarring point somewhere else entirely and need a real evaluation first.

Every month you wait is hair you don’t get back.

Build your plan, complete a short intake reviewed by a licensed physician, and if treatment is appropriate, your regimen ships to your door. If it isn’t appropriate, we’ll tell you that too.

Build your plan

This page is for general education and is not medical advice. Prescription treatments are available only after evaluation by a licensed physician, and are not appropriate for everyone. Individual results vary, and no treatment restores hair in every patient.

Spironolactone must not be used during pregnancy or by those who may become pregnant. Biotin can interfere with thyroid and cardiac laboratory testing.

Certain treatments described here are compounded preparations or are prescribed for uses other than those approved by the FDA. Compounded medications are not FDA-approved and are not reviewed by the FDA for safety, effectiveness, or manufacturing quality. Your physician will review this with you before prescribing.

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