Common treatments for hair loss.
Hair Loss is nothing new. We can trace man’s distress at losing hair at least as far as the bible where Samson has his hair cut and equates the loss with losing all his strength. Many men feel the same today. Losing hair is a harrowing experience that an Australian study showed many men rate more stressful than a marriage break up. Combine that with the fact that around 60% of men will suffer from severe hair loss at some point in their life and you will see why there is such a wide variety of products that market to this area.
One of the most popular is Minoxidil. Minoxidil is marketed under a variety of brandname but is probably best known as Regaine in the United States and Rogaine elsewhere in the world. Minoxidil has been shown to regrow hair, unfortunately it requires continual application to ensure the regained hair remains. When you stop taking minoxidil, your hair will gradually regress back to it’s former state.
Laser therapy is sold by many hair loss studio’s and clinics around the world. It works in several ways, primarily stimulating the blood flow in the scalp and helping heal damaged and dying hair follicles. Laser therapy restores health to hair and speeds up growth, but there are a large group of men for which it’s benefits are probably going to be minimal because they addressed their baldness issue too late.
Hair transplants on the other hand are guaranteed to be successful and long lasting. Glandular follicles are transported to the cranial region of the head and will continue to grow normally. Hair transplants can be costly, and scarring can occur, however where successful the results can be spectacular and long lasting.
Propecia markets a finasteride pill that has had some good results in hair regrowth. This appeals to many people today in our fast society. A pill that is taken once a day doesn’t slow anyone down and they can get on with their life in the knowledge that their hair will be regrowing quickly. Unfortunately it doesn’t work out that easy. Propecia only works in some cases, and it is also known to have some serious side effects. These occur in a small percentage of cases(less that 5%) but for those men even having their hair back will be small consolation for sterility, infertility and Gynecomastia(growing man breasts). These side effects are often not explained and I have personally met several people who have suffered from them and continued to be effected several years after using propecia.
Some people are quite happy to discover a way to naturally regrow their hair.