Low-dose oral minoxidil (LDOM) and topical minoxidil: consensus recommendations for managing male and female pattern hair loss in hair transplant patients using a modified Delphi process
These consensus statements provide recommendations and a treatment algorithm for integrating LDOM and topical minoxidil into care of hair-transplant patients with pattern hair loss.
Authors
- Haitham Abdelhamid
- Marie A. Schambach
- Ronald Shapiro
- Yagiz Matthew Akiska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9851-8523)
- Jennifer Krejci-Manwaring
- Bessam Farjo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8662-6316)
- Dow B. Stough
- Ryan J. Welter
- Sharon A. Keene
- Mesbah Talukder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0691-640X)
- Robert H. True
- Karl Hekimian
- David M. Alpeter
- Greg Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2765-5173)
- Robert T. Leonard
- Damkerng Pathomvanich
- Mayank Singh
- James A. Harris
- David Perez-Meza
- Scott A. Boden
- Paul T. Rose
- Nicole E. Rogers
- Aditya K. Gupta
- Sara M. Wasserbauer
- Steven Gabel
- Nilofer Farjo
- Randa Erfan
- Luis A. Nader
Institutions
- Stone Clinic (US)
- Crown College (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- Cairo University (EG)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- George Washington University (US)
- Asbury University (US)
- Greek Rescue Team (GR)
- New England Center for Children (US)
- Instituto Nacional de Perinatología (MX)
- Diamond Headache Clinic (US)
- Zimmerman Associates (United States) (US)
- Hoh Aeronautics (United States) (US)
- Tri-County Health Department (US)
- Mediprobe Research (Canada) (CA)
- Physician’s Hair Institute (US)
- National Association of Development Organizations (US)
- Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation (US)
- Campbell Collaboration (NO)
- BRAC University (BD)
- Bose (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
- Published
- 2026-02-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14656566.2026.2642216
- Primary Topic
- Hair Growth and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00