Monday, February 23, 2009

Treatments For Men’s Hair Loss


When you are faced with the problem of hair loss, you may not
know what you are going to do about it. There are a few things
that might help you out though.

There are a couple of treatments that you can consider if you
are willing to go to your doctor for help. These treatments may
have been something that you had heard of before you even
started on the road to needing help with your hair loss issues,
and include:

• Minoxidil – This is another name for Rogaine and you can get
it over the counter. You might have seen the advertisements for
this product on TV, but you should do a little bit of research
on it and talk to your doctor before you go out and get this
particular medication. This product doesn't necessarily grow
back your hair, but it may help with what hair may be left on
the head. You will have to keep applying it two times a day for
it to really work, and some people have challenges with this
daily discipline. You may also get a drug that comes in a higher
strength, but it's still pretty expensive.

• Finasteride – This is a lower dose medication than Minoxidil
that has serious side effects such as the shrinking of the
prostate when taken over time. You may have heard of its other
name, Propecia. This is a prescription only medication that is
also taken two times a day. This will also help you keep the
hair that you have, but will probably not help you to grow much
new hair. One major side effect of this drug is impotence, but
it's really very uncommon.

There are also some other options that you can pick from that
may help with your hair loss issues, these include:

* Herbal treatments - these include Chinese Herbs, Saw
Palmetto, Green Tea, Zinc, and Pygeum. There are many different
herbs that are on the market today to assist with hair loss, but
you really need to pay attention to what you are getting. You
should also make sure that you are taking the time to talk to
your doctor before you start on any herbal remedy so that you
are not having any reactions to the medications that you may
already be taking for other problems.

• Hair transplants – these are generally good for people that
may not have any hair at all and who are looking to replace hair
partially or in total.

• Toupees – This is a hair piece that is put on the head to
help hide the instance of baldness. They often times require
some kind of tape to help hold it on the head, but are a good
non surgical way to look better after hair loss.

• Going Natural – If you have baldness, you may decide that you
don't care what people think. Just let it all hang out and look
great bald. Hey, Bruce Willis does it and there are plenty of
other people that have, so why not you.

There are many options that are available to you to help with
your hair loss issues, but you may not even need any. If you are
in doubt, then talk to your doctor and find out what they think
you need. That way you will be looking good and feeling good at
the same time.


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