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Male hair loss

Written by Matik Valdez
Tuesday, 05 January 2010
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. Hair loss is first and foremost a personal issue. 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. 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. Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 302 Trackback(0) TrackBack URI for this entry Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Title Comment smaller \| bigger Subscribe via email (Registered users only) I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage.