Hair today Gone Tommorrow

Balding is not something anyone would look forward to. Even though we are unable to stop aging we can help ourselves when it comes to hair loss.

Our hair does get thinner as we age and more for some than others but with today's medications and creams etc we may be able to slow this down.

I have looked into many hair loss remedies and have found some that are better than others in how they say the can slow down hair loss and some even say they will help your existing hair grow more and stronger. I do not know about that but have heard of some of the good some of them do.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Effective Hair Loss Baldness Treatment Options

By Irina Thorton

Approximately 60 million Americans are suffering from hair loss, thus making it a very widespread occurrence. Baldness, being inherited in nature, makes a lot of people think that no cure or treatments are available to address it. Apparently, a number of ways can be done to treat this major problem.

Remedies are readily available for all. But then, the first step to address hair loss problem is that you have to be seen and thoroughly examined by a medical doctor. This is the most important key to find out the exact factor that triggers the hair loss. Men and women alike suffer from hair loss that can be due to heredity, present disease, malnutrition and medication adverse effects. The single most reliable way to identify the reason for hair loss is to be seen and examined by a doctor.

Hereditary baldness is a condition that medical practitioners do not have the capability to treat yet. But there have been baldness treatment options available in the market that can deal with the problem effectively, whether the problem is due to genetics, illness, drugs or malnutrition. Two of these medications have been approved by the FDA. They are dutasteride and finasteride.

Dutasteride is considered as the most sophisticated treatment to stop the production of (DHT) dehydrotestosterone, which is the leading cause of falling hair in men. Scientific research shows that dutasteride is capable of hindering the two particular enzymes that convert testosterone into DHT. Generic dutasteride acts to trim down the size of an engorged prostate and lowers the levels of DHT by 90% at two weeks and 93% at two years.

Finasteride (propecia) is another option that can help stop hair loss. Propecia is the brand name being used in treatments that contain finasteride. Finasteride has been proven in scientific studies to prevent hair loss. Finasteride works by blocking 5-alpha reductase, which is an enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT. In theory, propecia stops the conversion of testesterone into DHT, thereby preventing DHT from binding to the follicles. The medication is specifically good for people with minimal loss of hair as users are able to keep their hair without further hair loss advancement.

Propecia has been dubbed to be one of the top remedies for hair loss because it has been scientifically proven and is very easy to use. Take a single pill everyday and no need for those unpleasant hair applications.

Another FDA approved hair loss and baldness remedy is the Minoxidil 2% Solution. This acts to recruit hair at the follicles making it one of the most effective remedies there is most especially when taken concomitant with a DHT inhibitors like that of propecia.

These three products that work to put a stop to the effects of DHT have become ever so popular in the trend of hair loss baldness management. Likewise, acupuncture, aromatherapy and even hair transplants are also some of the techniques performed in order to address hair loss.

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