Saturday, October 25, 2008

Effective Hair Loss Treatment for Men

At around 50 years old, most men would have some kind of hair loss problem.Given such prevalence, about $1.0 billion is the yearly estimated expenditures on minimizing or reversing hair loss in men. In this article, we will discuss various hair loss product reviews, effectiveness, and preventative treatment for male pattern hair loss.

One most-common topical treatment ingredient for hair loss is Minoxidil, which is the main content of Rogaine.When loss of hair occures mostly on the frontal and vertex areas, Minoxidil is most effective as topical treatment solution.

Anti-androgens bind hair follicles to minimize hair fallout, so they can be effective as well agains tfurther hair loss.Nizoral shampoo uses anti-androgens as its main anti-hairfall agent.But antiandrogens are not over-the-counter product.

An ingestible treatment for hair loss is Finasteride which acts like a DHT inhibitor. Statistics indicate 90% of male users of Finasteride got positive results. Propecia contains Finasteride as its active ingredient.Because known as one cause of birth defects, Finasteride is deemed not for ingestion by women.

Copper peptides can also effective as topical treatment agent, as it shortens the rest phase of hair, so that there is more hair growing than is normal.

If all else fails, hair transplantation, the transfer of hair follicles from other parts of the body or scalp, may be resorted to.Some genetic factor will cause the transplanted follicles to continue producing hair, so balding will not happen again in the same scalp area.During these past years, hair transplantation techniques have improved markedly. Rather than using large plugs of hair, tiny swatches of 1 to 4 hairs can be used for a more natural effect.

Precention and treatment of male pattern hair loss can thus be eachieved in many ways.You can do some of them yourself, like

avoid excessively heating your hair when drying or curling it.

There are some simple home remedies that you can do to help prevent hair loss. Some at home methods that can be used include: avoiding excessive heating of the hair such as with a hair dryer or flat iron, over use of hair gel and hair spray should be avoided especially directly to the scalp, also avoid to much exposure to sun and high wind .

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