| You don't know how it happened, but one day you get | | | | that claim to decrease your hair loss. |
| up, look in the mirror, and suddenly realize that your | | | | One of the most popular treatments for hair loss is an |
| dark, handsome head of hair is slowly receding up | | | | over-the-counter topical medication called Minoxidil, |
| your forehead. Over time, many men lose their hair, | | | | which is found in Regaine. Minoxidil does help some hair |
| sending them searching for a cure. What causes hair | | | | to grow back, but its main function is to keep any |
| loss in men, and is there a cure for it? Understanding | | | | more hair from falling out. It has to be applied two |
| what is going on in your scalp starts with understanding | | | | times a day, and works best on the top of the head. |
| the condition. | | | | Some people using Minoxidil will not see any |
| What Causes Men to Lose Their Hair? | | | | improvement on the front of their head, which is what |
| While there are many things that can cause people to | | | | they see when looking in the mirror, because the real |
| lose their hair, from fungus diseases to chemotherapy, | | | | improvement is happening on the crown of the head. |
| but most men lose their hair because of a condition | | | | One prescription option to treat male hair loss is |
| that has come to be called "Male-Pattern Baldness." | | | | Finasteride, which is found in Propecia. This is a pill that |
| This is the gradual loss of hair over time, starting with | | | | is taken once a day, and helps grow some hair while |
| thinning hair and ending in baldness. Male-pattern | | | | keeping more from falling out. Both Finasteride and |
| baldness is hereditary. If you have this condition, look at | | | | Minoxidil can be used as long as necessary, and there |
| your family tree on both sides. You will likely find that | | | | are no side effects if the medication is stopped at |
| the men on either your mother's side or your father's | | | | some point. |
| side also experienced hair loss. There was nothing you | | | | Other Treatment Options |
| did to cause this to happen. It was simply something | | | | For those men who are not keen on taking medication |
| you were born with. | | | | every day for the rest of their lives to achieve the |
| Common Hair Loss Myths | | | | possible re-growth in their lost hair, there are other |
| There are many myths that relate to male-pattern | | | | options available. One option is to have hair loss |
| baldness. If you are starting to lose your hair, you have | | | | surgery, such as a hair transplant. In a hair transplant |
| likely heard some, if not all, of these before. The first | | | | surgery, the surgeon will take hair from the man's back |
| myth is that baldness comes only from your mother's | | | | and transplant it on the man's head. This is a highly |
| side of the family. This is untrue because hair loss, | | | | effective, highly natural looking option, but if it is done by |
| while it is hereditary, comes from either side of the | | | | an unqualified surgeon, the results could be terrible. |
| family tree, and sometimes both sides. | | | | Some men have come out of this surgery with heads |
| Another myth is that wearing your hair long will strain | | | | that resemble a checkerboard. It is important to check |
| the roots and cause your hair to fall out. If this were | | | | the doctor's background carefully if you are going to |
| true, more women would be bald then men. The length | | | | have this surgery. |
| of your hair is not a concern. Along the same lines, | | | | Another surgical option for hair loss is scalp reduction. |
| many people think that wearing hats or headbands will | | | | In this surgery, the doctor will cut off the bald spots |
| cut off the circulation in your head and kill your hair's | | | | from the man's head, and then pull the skin tighter and |
| roots. Again, this is untrue. The only thing that can | | | | stitch it back together. This gives the appearance of a |
| accelerate hereditary hair loss is certain medications. | | | | full head of hair, but it does not stop the hair loss from |
| Are There Treatments Available? | | | | continuing. Medications can help keep the hair that is still |
| The good news about hair loss is that there are | | | | there in place after the surgery. |
| treatments available, if you feel that you want to treat | | | | While hair loss is an embarrassing condition, there are |
| your condition. While there is no cure for baldness, | | | | treatment options available. Start by talking to your |
| there is a lot you can do to improve the way you look | | | | doctor to determine if your hair loss is caused by |
| beyond wearing a toupee. If you are really concerned | | | | heredity and not some other factor. If you do have |
| about your hair loss, start by talking to your doctor to | | | | male-pattern baldness, consider the medications |
| determine the cause and then the potential treatment | | | | currently available to give you back your full head of |
| options. | | | | hair and retain the hair you already have. There are a |
| Medications for Hair Loss in Men | | | | number of clinics in the UK which can treat your hair |
| The first, and simplest, way to treat your hair loss is | | | | loss including the Westminster Practice in London. If |
| through medications. Talk to your doctor about the | | | | you are looking for an online doctor to help you with |
| most effective option. Some medications come in a | | | | you getting a solution to your hair loss problems, The |
| shampoo form, while others are contained in capsules. | | | | Online Clinic provides completely free online |
| There are even vitamin supplements on the market | | | | consultations to patients in the UK. |