Women's Pattern Hair Loss Treatments and Medications

Our telehealth prescription refill solutions for hair loss provide a quick and cost-effective way to get evaluated for treatments designed to help manage women’s hair loss. If you meet the eligibility criteria, a board-certified doctor will review your request online and renew your prescription or start you on a new treatment regimen for Women’s Pattern Hair Loss (WPHL). Enjoy the convenience of avoiding unnecessary visits to the doctor’s office while maintaining your treatment routine.

PonteVita Rx offers a convenient online hair loss medication prescription refill service for patients using routine and maintenance medications for hair loss like oral minoxidil, topical minoxidil, spironolactone, etc. However, not all conditions are suitable for 1-year refills. For those seeking help and a new prescription with hair loss, we conduct an initial evaluation and provide an online prescription only if clinically appropriate and indicated.

Instead of the usual 90-day refill cycle, we offer a full year of prescription refills for patients. PonteVita Rx can send prescriptions to any pharmacy in the U.S., ensuring you always have access to your medicine, whether you’re traveling, moving, or if you’ve forgotten your medications. Simply send a message anytime to receive immediate women’s hair loss medication prescription online refills to any location in the country.

We can also send your hair loss medication to the mail order pharmacy of your choice. We can also help you pick a good mail order pharmacy so that your hair loss medication is delivered to your front door.

No, you do not need insurance to use our service. PonteVita Rx operates on a subscription-based model, making it easy to access hair loss prescriptions without worrying about insurance coverage or copays.

You can use insurance to pay for your medication at the pharmacy. PonteVita Rx is not able to accept insurance as a form of payment at this time or perform prior authorizations. We are able to accept payment via HSA/FSA cards though.

PonteVita Rx offers a tier-based subscription model based on the medications you need to refill. You can choose from these plans:

• $10/month to refill 1-2 medications.
• $15/month to refill 3-4 medications.
• $20/month to refill 5 medications.

We collect the full-year payment upfront when you sign up for our service. Based on the plans above, your access to a full year of service will be:

• $120 for 1-2 medications
• $180 for 3-4 medications
• $240 for 5 or more medications

This ensures you won’t worry about monthly payments and can enjoy uninterrupted access to our services.

PonteVita Rx makes prescription management hassle-free by offering a convenient and efficient online women’s hair loss medication prescription refill service. You can refill your women’s hair loss medication prescription online for up to a year. Through readily available prescriptions, we aim to help you stay on top of your treatment routine more quickly.

PonteVita Rx understands the importance of timely prescription access for patients. Once you’ve completed the renewal process, your online doctor will immediately send an electronic prescription to your chosen pharmacy. This can usually be picked up within the next 20 to 30 minutes.

Women’s hair loss can be caused by various factors, including genetics, hormonal changes, medical conditions, and certain medications. Hormonal changes, such as those experienced during menopause or pregnancy, can significantly impact hair growth. Medical conditions like thyroid disorders and autoimmune diseases can also contribute to hair loss, so it’s essential to understand the underlying cause to determine the most effective treatment.

The most common medical problems associated with hair loss in women are as follows:

• Thyroid disease (underactive and overactive thyroid can both cause hair loss)
• Low Iron Levels
• Insufficient Vitamin D 
• Autoimmune disease like Celiac Disease and Lupus
• Low levels of Zinc
• Menopause and post menopause - loss of sex hormones estrogen and progesterone
• Excess testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT)
• Severe stress (acute or chronic)

A lot is said about biotin deficiency but this really does not exist in healthy adults. All of the supplements and products that push biotin all quote the same lone study. Biotin deficiency causing hair loss is a real medical syndrome and it is really rare. There are very few cases of this around the world and the average age of the patient is 9 years old. There is no good science to support expensive biotin supplements. You can get some extra biotin in cheap prenatal vitamins if you really want to supplement some extra biotin.

Women’s pattern hair loss is almost always due to multiple problems and causes. It is more likely that you have a combination of problems - genetic, hormonal, environmental, aging, laboratory deficiencies, etc all contributing to hair loss. That is more likely than a single problem in isolation causing hair loss.

It is important to assess and identify all possible causes and contributors to hair loss so that you can have the best plan to stop hair loss and grow new hair effectively. 

Another important category of hair loss in women is hair loss related to stress - this is known as Telogen Effluvium. Furthermore, Telogen effluvium can also happen on top of pattern hair loss. For example, a woman may be struggling with Pattern Hair Loss and then lose a lot of weight suddenly, go through a stressful situation at work or in an intimate relationship and lose a lot of hair due to the stressful event which will certainly make the pattern hair loss more obvious and troublesome.

The good news is that hair loss due to stress (Telogen Effluvium) is reversible and recoverable if you identify the stressor and eliminate or correct it.

Options for hair loss treatment for women include the following:

Topical Treatments

• Topical Minoxidil (Rogaine): Minoxidil is a common over-the-counter treatment applied directly to the scalp to stimulate hair growth. It is available in 2% and 5% solutions and is often recommended for female pattern hair loss.

Oral Minoxidil: This is the newest and probably most exciting medication for hair loss in women. It was originally used to treat high blood pressure but was quickly recognized to cause hair growth as a side effect and was not very good at treating blood pressure.  When used for hair loss, we use it at very small doses (1.25 to 5mg) and it is usually dosed at very small doses to avoid problems with blood pressure and other side effects.

Oral Medications

• Spironolactone (Aldactone): Spironolactone is a prescription medication that can help manage hair loss by addressing hormonal imbalances, particularly in women with androgenetic alopecia. It works by blocking androgen receptors and reducing the production of androgens.
• Finasteride (Propecia, Proscar): Although finasteride is primarily used to treat male pattern baldness, it may be prescribed off-label for women with hair loss, particularly postmenopausal women. Finasteride works by inhibiting the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone that can shrink hair follicles.

Hormone Therapy

• Oral Contraceptives: Birth control pills can help regulate hormone levels and reduce androgen levels in women with hair loss due to hormonal imbalances. Common options include ethinyl estradiol, norgestimate (Ortho Tri-Cyclen), ethinyl estradiol, and drospirenone (Yaz, Yasmin).
• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT): For postmenopausal women, hormone replacement therapy can help address hormonal deficiencies that may contribute to hair loss. HRT may include estrogen and progesterone treatments.

Lifestyle Changes

Improving diet, reducing stress, and avoiding harsh hair treatments can help manage hair loss. Key lifestyle changes include:

• Nutrition: Eating a balanced diet rich in vitamins and minerals, such as iron and, zinc, and biotin, can support hair health.
• Stress Management: Practices like yoga, meditation, and regular exercise can help reduce stress, which can exacerbate hair loss.
• Gentle Hair Care: Using gentle hair care products, avoiding excessive heat styling, tight and high tension hairstyles,, and minimizing chemical treatments can prevent further hair damage.