Medical reviewer
Dr Omar Aurakzai, MB ChB, MRCGP
Clinical dermatology and aesthetic medicine
Dr Omar Aurakzai is a UK-trained physician on the General Medical Council's Full GP Specialist Register, working in clinical dermatology and aesthetic medicine across the NHS and private practice. He trained in advanced aesthetics at the Harley Academy in London.
Professional registration
- GMC
Registration 7543683 Verify - PMDC
Registration 922069-03
Qualifications
- MB ChB (Staffordshire)
- MRCGP (Birmingham)
- Clinical Dermatology (London)
- MSc Aesthetic Medicine (London)
Professional memberships
- General Medical Council, United Kingdom (Full GP Specialist Register)
- Royal College of General Practitioners
- British Medical Association
- Primary Care Dermatology Society
Articles reviewed by Dr Omar Aurakzai
Dr Omar Aurakzai reviewed the following articles for medical accuracy. Review covers the medical content of the article, not individual treatment decisions.
- Age-Related Patterns of Hair Loss
- Alopecia Areata
- Alternative Hair Loss Treatments
- Androgenetic Alopecia: Causes, Progression, and Treatment
- Antidepressants and Hair Loss: Which Ones, Why, and What to Do
- Balding: When Treatment Still Helps and When It Doesn't
- Birth Control and Hair Loss: What to Know About Hormonal Contraceptives
- Birth Control and Hair Loss: Why the Type of Progestin Matters
- Blood Thinners and Hair Loss: Warfarin, Heparin, and the DOACs
- Caffeine Shampoo for Hair Loss: Does It Actually Work?
- Can a Dermatologist Help With Hair Loss? When to See One
- Can You Regrow Hair? What's Actually Possible and What Isn't
- Causes of Hair Loss
- CCCA: Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia
- Chemotherapy and Hair Loss: What to Expect
- Combining Minoxidil and Finasteride: Why Pairing the Two Works Better Than Either Alone
- Crown Thinning: Why It Happens and When Treatment Helps
- DHT and Hair Loss: How Dihydrotestosterone Affects Follicles
- Diet and Hair Loss: What the Evidence Actually Supports
- Diffuse Hair Thinning in Women: Causes Beyond Pattern Loss
- Diffuse Thinning: Causes, Patterns, and How It Differs From Pattern Hair Loss
- Do Antidepressants Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Shows by Drug Class
- Do Blood Pressure Medications Cause Hair Loss? Beta Blockers, ACE Inhibitors, and What the Evidence Shows
- Do Hair Loss Shampoos Work? An Evidence-Based Look
- Do Hair Loss Supplements Work? An Evidence-Based Look
- Do Statins Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Shows
- Does Biotin Help With Hair Loss? What the Evidence Actually Says
- Does Creatine Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Actually Shows
- Does Dyeing or Bleaching Hair Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Actually Shows
- Does Finasteride Cause Permanent Side Effects? What the Research Says
- Does Folic Acid Help With Hair Loss? What the Evidence Shows
- Does Gabapentin Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Shows
- Does Hard Water Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Actually Shows
- Does Low Testosterone Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Actually Shows
- Does Metformin Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Actually Shows
- Does Ozempic, Wegovy, or Mounjaro Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Shows
- Does Radiation Cause Hair Loss? What to Expect and When Hair Grows Back
- Does Smoking Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Actually Shows
- Does Testosterone Therapy (TRT) Cause Hair Loss? What Men Should Know
- Does Thyroid Disease Cause Hair Loss?
- Does Wearing a Hat Cause Hair Loss? What the Evidence Actually Shows
- Drug-Induced Hair Loss
- Dutasteride for Hair Loss: How It Works, the Evidence, and When It's Used
- Early Signs of Hair Loss in Men: What to Watch For
- Early Signs of Hair Loss in Your 20s and 30s
- Exosomes for Hair Loss: What the Evidence Shows
- Female Pattern Hair Loss: How It Differs from Male Pattern
- Finasteride and Fertility: What Men Trying to Conceive Should Know
- Finasteride Before and After: What Real Results Look Like
- Finasteride Dosage: Standard Doses, Variations, and What the Evidence Shows
- Finasteride for Hair Loss
- Finasteride for Women: What the Evidence Shows and Who's a Candidate
- Finasteride Shedding: When It Starts, How Long It Lasts, and What's Normal
- Finasteride Side Effects: What's Common, What's Rare, and What to Watch For
- Finasteride Timeline: What to Expect Month by Month
- Finasteride vs Dutasteride: Clinical Differences and Considerations
- Finasteride vs Minoxidil: A Clinical Comparison
- Follicle Miniaturization: How Hair Follicles Shrink in Pattern Loss
- Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia: Signs, Causes, and Why Early Evaluation Matters
- Gabapentin and Hair Loss: What the Evidence Shows
- Genetic Causes of Hair Loss
- GLP-1 Medications and Hair Loss: Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro, Zepbound
- Hair Loss After COVID or Illness: Why It Happens and When It Recovers
- Hair Loss in Men
- Hair Loss in Men in Their 20s
- Hair Loss in Men in Their 30s
- Hair Loss in Men in Their 40s and Beyond
- Hair Loss in Perimenopause
- Hair Loss in Teens
- Hair Loss in Women
- Hair Loss Myths Debunked: What the Evidence Actually Says
- Hair Loss Treatment by State
- Hair Loss Treatment for Women: What the Evidence Shows
- Hair Loss Treatment in Arizona
- Hair Loss Treatment in Atlanta
- Hair Loss Treatment in Boston
- Hair Loss Treatment in California
- Hair Loss Treatment in Charlotte
- Hair Loss Treatment in Chicago
- Hair Loss Treatment in Colorado
- Hair Loss Treatment in Columbus
- Hair Loss Treatment in Connecticut
- Hair Loss Treatment in Delaware
- Hair Loss Treatment in Denver
- Hair Loss Treatment in Detroit
- Hair Loss Treatment in Florida
- Hair Loss Treatment in Georgia
- Hair Loss Treatment in Hartford
- Hair Loss Treatment in Hawaii
- Hair Loss Treatment in Honolulu
- Hair Loss Treatment in Illinois
- Hair Loss Treatment in Jacksonville
- Hair Loss Treatment in Kansas City
- Hair Loss Treatment in Kentucky
- Hair Loss Treatment in Las Vegas
- Hair Loss Treatment in Los Angeles
- Hair Loss Treatment in Louisville
- Hair Loss Treatment in Maine
- Hair Loss Treatment in Massachusetts
- Hair Loss Treatment in Miami
- Hair Loss Treatment in Michigan
- Hair Loss Treatment in Missouri
- Hair Loss Treatment in Montana
- Hair Loss Treatment in Nashville
- Hair Loss Treatment in Nebraska
- Hair Loss Treatment in Nevada
- Hair Loss Treatment in New Hampshire
- Hair Loss Treatment in New Jersey
- Hair Loss Treatment in North Carolina
- Hair Loss Treatment in North Dakota
- Hair Loss Treatment in Ohio
- Hair Loss Treatment in Oklahoma
- Hair Loss Treatment in Oklahoma City
- Hair Loss Treatment in Oregon
- Hair Loss Treatment in Orlando
- Hair Loss Treatment in Pennsylvania
- Hair Loss Treatment in Philadelphia
- Hair Loss Treatment in Phoenix
- Hair Loss Treatment in Pittsburgh
- Hair Loss Treatment in Portland, Oregon
- Hair Loss Treatment in Providence
- Hair Loss Treatment in Raleigh
- Hair Loss Treatment in Rhode Island
- Hair Loss Treatment in Salt Lake City
- Hair Loss Treatment in San Diego
- Hair Loss Treatment in San Francisco
- Hair Loss Treatment in Tampa
- Hair Loss Treatment in Tennessee
- Hair Loss Treatment in Tucson
- Hair Loss Treatment in Utah
- Hair Loss Treatment in Wilmington
- Hair Loss Treatment in Wyoming
- Hair Transplant: How It Works and When It Makes Sense
- Hormonal Causes of Hair Loss
- How Fast Does Minoxidil Work? A Realistic Timeline
- How Finasteride Treats Hair Loss: The Science, the Evidence, and What to Expect
- How Long Does Hair Loss Treatment Take? A Realistic Timeline
- How Minoxidil Treats Hair Loss: The Science, the Evidence, and What to Expect
- How Much Hair Loss Per Day Is Normal
- How Much Hair Loss Per Day Is Normal?
- How the Hair Growth Cycle Works
- How to Apply Topical Minoxidil Correctly
- How to Stop Hair Loss: A Treatment Decision Framework
- How to Tell If You're Losing Hair (or Just Shedding Normally)
- How to Use Your Curekey Dermaroller (Step-by-Step)
- Hydroxychloroquine and Hair Loss: What the Evidence Shows
- Iron Deficiency and Hair Loss in Women
- Is Finasteride Safe Long-Term? What 10+ Years of Data Show
- Itchy Scalp and Hair Loss
- Itchy Scalp and Hair Loss: What's the Connection?
- Ketoconazole Shampoo for Hair Loss
- Ketoconazole Shampoo for Hair Loss: What the Studies Show
- Long-Term Safety of Finasteride: What Decades of Data Show
- Male Pattern Baldness: Causes, Stages, and the Science
- Medical Conditions That Cause Hair Loss
- Medications That Can Cause Hair Loss
- Menopausal Hair Loss: Hormonal Shifts and Hair Density
- Metformin and Hair Loss: The B12 Connection
- Microneedling for Hair Loss: How It Works and What the Evidence Shows
- Minoxidil Foam vs. Liquid: Which Is Right for You?
- Minoxidil for Hair Loss
- Minoxidil for the Crown: How It Performs at the Vertex
- Minoxidil for Women: Topical, Low-Dose Oral, and What the Evidence Shows
- Minoxidil Shedding: Why It Happens, How Long It Lasts, and What's Normal
- Minoxidil Side Effects: Common Reactions and How to Manage Them
- Minoxidil, Facial Hair, and Beard Growth: Side Effects and Reversibility
- Norwood Stages: A Plain-Language Guide to the Hair Loss Scale
- Nutritional Causes of Hair Loss
- Nutritional Deficiencies That Cause Hair Loss: Iron, Vitamin D, Zinc, B12, and More
- Oral Minoxidil vs. Topical Minoxidil: How They Compare
- PCOS and Hair Loss: How Hormones Drive the Pattern
- Peptides for Hair Loss: Copper Peptides and GHK-Cu
- Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) for Hair Loss
- Postpartum Hair Loss: Timeline, What Helps, and When to Worry
- Postpartum Hair Loss: Why It Happens and What to Do
- Pumpkin Seed Oil for Hair Loss: What the Evidence Shows
- Questions to Ask Before Starting Hair Loss Treatment
- Radiation Therapy and Hair Loss
- Receding Hairline: Maturation, Pattern Loss, and What to Do
- Receding Temples: How They Develop and What Helps
- Red Light Therapy (LLLT) for Hair Loss: Does It Actually Work?
- Red Light Therapy for Hair Loss (Low-Level Laser Therapy)
- Retinoids and Hair Loss: Isotretinoin, Vitamin A, and Topicals
- Rosemary Oil for Hair Loss: Does It Actually Work?
- Saw Palmetto for Hair Loss: Evidence and Use
- Scalp Care and Washing Routines for Thinning Hair
- Scalp Massage for Hair Growth: Does It Actually Work?
- Seasonal Hair Loss: Is Shedding Really Worse in the Fall?
- Sexual Side Effects of Finasteride: What the Evidence Actually Shows
- Spironolactone for Hair Loss in Women: How It Works and Who It Helps
- Stages of Pattern Hair Loss: The Norwood Scale Explained
- Statins and Hair Loss: How Strong Is the Signal?
- Stem Cells for Hair Loss: Does the Science Hold Up?
- Stress and Hair Loss: How Stress Actually Causes Shedding
- Stress and Hair Loss: Understanding Telogen Effluvium
- Thinning Crown: Causes, Stages, and What to Do About It
- Thinning Hair: Early Signs and How to Act in Time
- Thyroid Disease and Hair Loss in Women
- Topical Finasteride: A Lower-Exposure Alternative to the Oral Pill
- Topical Finasteride: A Newer Alternative for Pattern Hair Loss
- Traction Alopecia: Causes, Reversibility, and Prevention
- Treatment Options for Hair Loss in Men: Evidence-Based Comparison
- What 12 Months on Hair Loss Treatment Actually Looks Like
- What America Searched About Hair Loss in 2026: Five Shifts in the Data
- What DHT Is and Why It Causes Pattern Hair Loss
- What Happens If You Stop Hair Loss Treatment
- What Is Androgenetic Alopecia? A Plain-English Guide to Pattern Hair Loss
- What Is the Best Hair Loss Treatment? How to Actually Choose
- What to Expect at Your First Telehealth Hair Loss Visit
- What to Expect in Your First 6 Months of Hair Loss Treatment
- What's New in Hair Loss Treatment Research: Stem Cells, JAK Inhibitors, Peptides, and More
- When to Talk to a Doctor About Hair Loss Treatment Side Effects
- Why Hair Sheds When You First Start Treatment
