Hair loss can be very embarrassing for people including men, but the good news is that there are many options available to help fight it.
Back in the early 1980s a drug by the name Propecia (Finasteride) as a form of treatment for an enlarged prostate. It wasn’t until the next decade that doctors realized that this same treatment could be used to help combat hair loss in men. The best part was it was the first oral medication to treat hair loss that made it even simpler to fight hair loss.
Propecia is an FDA approved medication that is taken once a day with a full glass of water. The main reason why Propecia works to combat hair loss is that it helps reduce Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the main cause of hair loss, although it may take up to three months of usage before any results can be seen. If you suffer from a receding hairline then this hair loss treatment would not be beneficial.
Another treatment for hair loss in men is Rogaine (Minoxidil). Designed mainly to help treat male pattern baldness in men, Rogaine is a twice-daily topical treatment that helps in reversing the progression of hereditary hair loss. Those using this treatment apply the foam directly to the affected areas of their scalp and could see results after just two months of treatment. However if the hair loss sufferer stops the Rogaine treatment they most likely loss all regrown hair within three to four months.
For those who are looking for a more immediate treatment for hair loss then surgery would be the best option.
Surgical treatment for hair loss in men come in all forms with the most popular being hair transplants. A hair transplant surgery is an outpatient procedure where living hair follicles from a patient’s body are transplanted to the areas where the baldness is occurring. Even thought it’s a simple surgery it may require multiple visits before seeing results and patients could still suffer future hair loss and require more transplants.
