Combatting Hairloss -The Truth Behind What Works And What Doesn’t

Thinning hair on the scalp can be devastating for anyone, especially men, since the rate of hairloss in men everywhere is well over 60% worldwide. And so… So far so good. What’s even more bothersome is that for most who experience it will get even more frustrated as time goes on as it is a gradual process.

For men with typical male pattern baldness, the hair loss will begin at the temples & on the top of the head. Over time, these two areas will lose more hair, which can be a devastating experience for most men.

As for women, the thinning hair loss will usually be more general. Since hair loss is hereditary, it is almost like saying you chose the wrong parents, especially if both suffer a degree of hair loss. It is likely that if one or both your parents suffered with thinning hair, then more then likely, you’ll also.

The type of hair loss we are talking about here is androgenetic alopecia, otherwise known as male or female pattern baldness. In men, the hair loss is caused mainly by the overproduction/action of the hormone DHT(dihydrotestosterone), which causes hair follicles to shrink over time & become less productive before then eventually die & fall out. However, there’re other known reasons also for hairloss,such as thyroid disease,certain drugs,etc, which can be relatively easy to reverse, so please check with your doctor at the first signs of hairless.

Luckily today we have some successful, proven methods of tackling this issue.

Whatever the cause may be there’re about a handful of successful treatments available. Each treatment varies in cost, efficiency, & duration until results are seen.

I know from extended research, trials, studies & also my own personal experience, that Saw Palmetto is THE most advantageous natural supplement you can take to combat hair loss.It is an active, effective anti-androgen. It works by blocking 5 alpha reductase, thus lowering levels of DHT.

In my own personal journey with Saw Palmetto, I would say the end results are excellent, on par, if not even better, than results from Propecia, which I took some years ago & stopped due to lack of continued results.

The onset of action with Saw Palmetto was very quick, results were noticed in about 2 weeks. Right. When I saw results, I mean that my hair was falling out much less & seemed much thicker already, in such a short span of time.

It also works by blocking receptor sites for DHT, thereby disabling it… Saw Palmetto is safe, well tolerated, it is history dating back hundreds of years for uses by native Americans. It’s also known to not react adversely with other drugs.

On the more synthetic treatment side, finasteride(brandname Propecia) is available with a prescription. Of course , with all prescription medication comes the price of side effects.

Propecia works wonders, but beware, much non-published information suggests that Propecia will stop working a few years down the road. For myself, the end results was phenomenal for 2 years, then it just stopped working. Also, if you stop taking it after you have started, you’ll quite rapidly be back at square  one.

With Propecia, the most noted side effect was lack of libido, which in other words, I had say “sex drive killer”! While I was on Propecia, I definitly noticed a decline in sex drive. It wasnt a enormous bother to me, since I was getting more thicker hair anyways & my hair was falling out less. So… So I gambled.

Now on to a more drastic measure, hair transplantation, which is by far the BEST method for hair restoration.

The methods used today are much, much better than earlier attempts made in the past, so research a good doctor in your area if you’re thinking about getting hair transplantation surgery. Please note that for the transplanted hairs to actually grow will take about 4-8 months. As with any hair restoration remedy, patience is a must.

Another completely new, proven method of thickening the hair & lessening hair loss may come from using a quality lasercomb, such as HairMax’s Laser Comb. FDA approved & in clinical studies it regrew hair by more then ten percent in over 90% of the men involved in the studies. Even Men’s Health magazine has had overly positive reviews of the HairMax Laser Comb.

You may want to consider a method to disguise your hair loss, even if it’s a temporary one. There’re a few products available that will artificially thicken hair with micro fibers or colorblend in with the scalp so that the thinning hair is less obvious. There is more. The only product I have seen to successfully do this is Toppik.

The manufacturer claims that it is so scientifically advanced that it’s unlike anything you have ever seen before. It basically blends in naturally with your hair & is undetectable.It comes in a variety of any person’s hair color.

So let us recap the 6 best treatment options to date for hairless:

1-HairMax’s LaserComb(A perfect,proven companion to the other options available)

2-Toppik(For cosmetically enhancing your hairline or temporarily making hair appear thicker)

3-Hair Transplantation(The BEST option)

4-Saw Palmetto- (Natural DHT killer)

5-Propecia-(Synthetic DHT killer)

6-Minoxidil

Minoxidil, which is a spray you apply twice or two times daily to the scalp,will not work for a receding hairline,only for the balding spot on the temple in the back.

I’ve had rather unsavory results from using Minoxidil, how ever, for some folks it seems to work. The raw truth though is, that for all those using Minoxidil, results are very minimal at most & it may take as much as three months for some small degree of results to take place.

Happening right now behind the scenes are new hair loss treatments being tested & developed using such techniques as hair cloning & gene therapy that may actually one day offer a permanent cure to the hair loss epidemic, so never lose hope that one day we very well might have a cure for hair loss!

I also decided to write this article in the hopes that men everywhere would stop getting scammed by all the products that pop up everywhere promising resolve to hair loss, only to underdeliver.

So here it is, the most popular, proven successful ways you can now start regrowing your hair today!

Joey Capone is qualified healthcare professional specializing in men’s health issues. He also contributes widely to his on line blog for quality articles concerning men’s health. A licensed dermatologist, Joey specializes in men’s skincare issues & optimum nutrition. Revealing advice, skincare/supplementation reviews can be easily found at http://www.menshealthzine.com