If you want to know all about male pattern baldness, you've come to the right place.
Okay, we're not going to give you a full science lesson, but we'll tell you everything there is to know in layman's terms, and everything you need to know if you're dealing with hair loss as we speak.
Let's get to it, shall we? What Causes Male Pattern Baldness? Male pattern baldness has to do with too much of some hormones and not enough of others.
For example, excessive testosterone is usually a direct cause of loss of hair.
Male pattern baldness is very different from other loss of hair causes in this way, in that there's really no way to prevent it in a PRACTICAL way.
You can also lose hair from stress or from physical damage to the scalp or follicles, but male pattern hair loss is genetic, and has to be treated as it shows itself rather than prevented through proper hair care.
Can Women Get Male Pattern Hair Loss? No.
Hence MALE pattern hair loss.
When women are losing hair, it almost invariably has to do with emotional or physical stress, age, or physical damage.
In which case, treatment for female hair loss is much different for male loss of hair.
Where a man may use certain medicines, women should resort to vitamins and hormone based treatments in order to combat their hair loss and regrow lost hair follicles.
How Can We Treat It? As of now, the only truly effective medicine against male hair loss is Minoxidil.
Minoxidil was developed, initially, as a high blood pressure remedy, but when people noticed that excessive hair growth was a side effect of the drug, it was only a matter of time before this was applied to topical treatments like shampoos and so forth.
Unlike many hair loss remedies, Minoxidil has actually been lab proven to work, rather than just mixed together for a quick buck, so to speak.
As of now, again, there are no other medicines known to help combat or reverse male pattern hair loss besides Minoxidil, so if you want to get serious about growing your hair back, this is what you want to use.
What About Implants? Toupees? Etc.
If you don't want to wait around to grow your hair back with a safe, topical shampoo, you can go ahead and look into hair implants and shampoos and so forth, but you should know that that won't be your real hair.
Still, hair is a very personal issue for many, and a big part of one's identity, so in the end, you need to do whatever makes you feel comfortable with the way you look.
Okay, we're not going to give you a full science lesson, but we'll tell you everything there is to know in layman's terms, and everything you need to know if you're dealing with hair loss as we speak.
Let's get to it, shall we? What Causes Male Pattern Baldness? Male pattern baldness has to do with too much of some hormones and not enough of others.
For example, excessive testosterone is usually a direct cause of loss of hair.
Male pattern baldness is very different from other loss of hair causes in this way, in that there's really no way to prevent it in a PRACTICAL way.
You can also lose hair from stress or from physical damage to the scalp or follicles, but male pattern hair loss is genetic, and has to be treated as it shows itself rather than prevented through proper hair care.
Can Women Get Male Pattern Hair Loss? No.
Hence MALE pattern hair loss.
When women are losing hair, it almost invariably has to do with emotional or physical stress, age, or physical damage.
In which case, treatment for female hair loss is much different for male loss of hair.
Where a man may use certain medicines, women should resort to vitamins and hormone based treatments in order to combat their hair loss and regrow lost hair follicles.
How Can We Treat It? As of now, the only truly effective medicine against male hair loss is Minoxidil.
Minoxidil was developed, initially, as a high blood pressure remedy, but when people noticed that excessive hair growth was a side effect of the drug, it was only a matter of time before this was applied to topical treatments like shampoos and so forth.
Unlike many hair loss remedies, Minoxidil has actually been lab proven to work, rather than just mixed together for a quick buck, so to speak.
As of now, again, there are no other medicines known to help combat or reverse male pattern hair loss besides Minoxidil, so if you want to get serious about growing your hair back, this is what you want to use.
What About Implants? Toupees? Etc.
If you don't want to wait around to grow your hair back with a safe, topical shampoo, you can go ahead and look into hair implants and shampoos and so forth, but you should know that that won't be your real hair.
Still, hair is a very personal issue for many, and a big part of one's identity, so in the end, you need to do whatever makes you feel comfortable with the way you look.
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