https://xlpharmacy.com/blog/ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:34:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Male Hair Loss Treatments https://xlpharmacy.com/blog/male-hair-loss-treatments.php https://xlpharmacy.com/blog/male-hair-loss-treatments.php#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:17:19 +0000 robert101 https://xlpharmacy.com/blog/?p=480 Male hair loss, also known as alopecia or pattern baldness, is the most common among men and it is caused by heightened sensitivity to male sex hormones in given scalp areas. Most hair loss patterns are inherited. Once perceived as an undesirable situation to find yourself in, men suffering from male hair loss have learned to accept and embrace their condition. Turned into an attractive fashion trend, a clean shaved head is now perceived as manly and appealing in many circles.

Male hair loss patterns vary; however, the main areas in which bald spots appear have a tendency to repeat themselves. Most men start losing their hair in the front, as receding hair lines, or on the top back of their heads. As the hair loss continues its course, frontal receding hair lines and back head bald spots merge leaving most or part of the top part of the head hairless forming U-shaped balding trail. Some men experience receding hair lines and thinning hair in different parts of their heads. Others simply have a gradual decrease of hair and start wearing the cropped or shaved head before time until clean-shaven or close cropped are the regular and usual styles they wear.

Baldness is a product of healthy but non productive hair follicles. Parts of the scalp in men are more sensitive to androgens (male sex hormones), which in turn make follicles shrink, disabling these from growing hair through. Even when follicles are still alive, these cannot perform their function, making it impossible for hair to grow naturally from them.

Even when male hair loss is genetically determined, there are certain medical treatments that can prevent further hair loss to take place and even regenerate shut down follicles on your head. Like with any specialized treatment, it is important that men understand these treatments can have side effects that could affect other areas of health. Yet, consulting with a physician is the only way to find what kind of treatment is right per individual case.

Hair loss is first and foremost a personal issue. You should decide to go for treatment or not according to how you feel about hair loss. Even when this condition affects a large male population, each individual perceives baldness differently and copes with it in their own way. For some, shaving everything off and living aerodynamically is no big deal and even enjoy the slick look a clean-shaven head brings. Others find it terribly humiliating and have a hard time either accepting it or turn to every treatment imaginable in order to have a full head of hair. In either case and everything in between, there are options you can consider, even if the razor and shaving cream are already your best grooming product friends.

Treatments for male hair loss include a variety of processes and procedures that cover surgical implants, regenerative lotions, and compressed pill medications. Some more invasive (and more expensive) than others, hair loss treatments are out there for men to try. If you are at the point in which you rather try everything before going bald, leave comb-overs and weird-looking wigs for creepy guys in the movies. These options are not something you want to take into account to cover up or solve your bald spot.

Of the two treatment options for hair loss treatment, plastic surgery is probably the most direct way of replacing lost hair. Transplants (taking hair follicles from other parts of the head and inserts them in the affected area), scalp reduction (used for well-defined bald spots) and flap surgery (increasing hair-containing scalp area larger) are some of the options available. Medication treatments trigger hair regrowth, stop hair loss, or both. Among those available in the market, generic Propecia is among the users’ favorites. Propecia’s active ingredient finasteride partially blocks the effect of androgens, allowing hair loss to stop and hair regrowth to take place.

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