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Overview. What matters is the progestogens' (or progestin’s) composition, as well as its dosage. Some progestogens (progestins) have a positive effect on the hair, while others, inversely, have a negative impact. Centre Clauderer has established a rating of the main international hormone replacement therapies, from the strict point of view of the hair (see the international list below). With: |
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. THE VERY POSITIVE ones: actively anti-androgen. To recommend in your case |
1. Estro-progestogens (or progestins)
BRAND NAME |
RATING | ESTROGEN | PROGESTOGEN (PROGESTIN) |
CombiPatch |
NEGATIVE |
0.05mg/24hr estrad. |
0.14 mg/ or 0.25 mg/24hr norethin. |
Activelle |
NEGATIVE |
1mg estradiol |
0.5mg norethindrone |
Angeliq |
VERY POSITIVE |
1mg estradiol |
2mg drospirenone |
Climen |
VERY POSITIVE |
2mg estradiol |
1mg cyproterone acetate |
Climodien |
POSITIVE |
2mg estradiol |
2mg dienogest |
Estratest |
NEUTRAL |
1.25 mg estradiol |
2.5 mg medroxyprogesterone |
Femhrt 1/5 |
NEGATIVE |
5 mcg Estradiol |
1 mg norethindrone |
Kliogest |
NEGATIVE |
2 mg estradiol |
1 mg norethindrone |
Kliovance |
NEGATIVE |
1mg estradiol |
0.5 mg norethindrone |
Lafamme |
POSITIVE |
2mg estradiol |
2mg dienogest |
Nuvelle |
NEGATIVE |
2 mg estradiol |
75 mcg levonorgestrel |
Premia 2.5 |
NEUTRAL |
conjugated estrog. |
2.5 mg medroxyprogesterone |
Premia 5 |
NEGATIVE |
conjugated estrog. |
5 mg medroxyprogesterone |
Premphase |
NEGATIVE |
conjugated estrog. |
5 mg medroxyprogesterone |
Prempro 2.5 |
NEUTRAL |
conjugated estrog. |
2.5 mg medroxyprogesterone |
Prempro 5 |
NEGATIVE |
conjugated estrog. |
5 mg medroxyprogesterone |
2. Progestogens (or Progestins) alone
To be combined with an oestrogen
BRAND NAME |
RATING | PROGESTOGEN (PROGESTIN) |
Amen |
NEUTRAL | 10 mg medroxyprogesterone |
Androcur* |
VERY POSITIVE | 50mg cyproterone acetate |
Aygestin |
NEGATIVE | 5 mg norethindrone |
Crinone |
NEUTRAL | 4% natural progesterone |
Cycrin 10 |
NEGATIVE | 10mg medroxyprogesterone |
Cycrin 2.5 |
NEUTRAL | 2.5mg medroxyprogesterone |
Cycrin 5 |
NEGATIVE | 5mg medroxyprogesterone |
Duphaston |
POSITIVE | 10mg dydrogesterone |
Livial |
NEGATIVE | 2.5mg tibolone |
Microgest |
NEUTRAL | 100mg micronized progesterone |
Prochieve |
NEUTRAL | 4% natural progesterone |
Prometrium |
NEUTRAL | 100mg micronized progesterone |
Provera 10 |
NEGATIVE | 10mg medroxyprogesterone |
Provera 2.5 |
NEUTRAL | 2.5mg medroxyprogesterone |
Provera 5 |
NEGATIVE | 5mg medroxyprogesterone |
Tibofem |
NEGATIVE | 2.5mg tibolone |
Utrogestan |
NEUTRAL | 100 - 200mg natural progesterone |
* The name of Androcur differs very much from one country to another: Cyprostat, Cyproteron, Procur, Cyprone, Cyprohexal, Ciproterona...
3. Oestrogens alone
They are all NEUTRAL for the hair, no matter how they are administered: tablet, patch, gel, nasally or vaginally. They should always be associated with a progestogen (or progestin), except in the case of hysterectomy.
Info file written in collaboration with Dr. Caroline Magot
Premenopause, Menopause and Hair Loss 
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