These days only surgical therapies are used while there is a wide and somewhat confusing range of non-surgical treatments. People who don’t want to receive surgical treatment have countless non-surgical treatment options. Rogaine and Propecia are perhaps the most popular medical hair loss treatments. Similarly, saw palmetto’s dried fruits and He Shou Wu (also known as Fo-Ti) are those natural ingredients that are often used in different alternative hair loss remedies.

The non-surgical hair-loss treatments can be principally broken down into alternative and medicinal treatments and so far the methods of application are concerned, they are divided into topicals, oral some others like LaserComb. etc. Regardless to the above noted breakdowns, hair growth treatments work by stimulating hair growth or blocking the action of dihydrotestterone that is also known as anynandrogens.

Propecia

Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is a biologically-active byproduct of the metabolism of male hormone testosterone and it is also considered the basic reason of male as well as female hereditary pattern baldness. DHT miniaturizes the hair because the hair gets thinner and finer with every new cycle of hair growth till the hair sacs decline to produce other hair at all. It is still not known what is the exact mechanism by which DHT acts on hair sacs but under its trade name Propecia, Finasteride is known better as the only tested and FDA-approved antianderogen which is used to treat male pattern baldness. It prevents the occurrence of DHT in the hair scalp. After the launch of Propecia, there are many other drugs and therapies that claim antiandrogen activity.

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There are many factors that participate in hair loss process some of them are environmental factors while some are genetic factors.The commonest kind of hair loss in men and women is Androgenic absence of hair which is also known as pattern of hair loss in men or in women.Most of the time genetic factor becomes the reason of baldness as it compels those small sacs, which are found on the surface of the hair to react in a negative manner to the hormones that are found in the body.

Hairlessness in women

Women’s pattern of hair loss is different from male-pattern hairlessness.Usually in women the hair gets thin everywhere on the head and the thin line of hair does not move backward.Similarly, Androgenic absence of hair seldom or never causes total hairlessness among women.

Baldness in men

As baldness is frequently found among the men and its most common causes are genetic and environmental.In men environmental and genetics causes equally contribute in hair loss and it is not just to blame only to the genetic causes.Many men begin to loss their hair at an early age like 22 or 25 years.With the passage of time the loss of hair increases and leads towards complete hairlessness.In males hair loss starts from the hairline and moves backward.Sometimes it also starts at the top of the head and expands like a circle.

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Baldness is a condition in which the hair on the head becomes thinner in appearance and eventually doesn’t grow at all. Baldness can occur in both men and women. It can cause emotional distress for the sufferer because the person’s appearance is significantly altered.

There are several types of baldness. The three most common types of baldness are androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium and alopecia areata.

Androgenetic alopecia is the classic male pattern or female pattern baldness that we are all familiar with seeing. Men will generally see their hair thinning and then balding at the crown and front of the head, and along the temples. Women will see the progression of baldness at the crown and front. Androgenetic alopecia is generally hereditary.

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Mostly men face a lot of stress and have to go through a lot of life style related problems that take a toll on their health. Now a day’s one can see a lot of men facing the problem due to the premature baldness. This Pattern baldness is also called as Androgenetic Alopecia.

What causes Male Pattern Baldness?

One of the common reasons for loosing the hair is mainly due to the build up of the Dihydrotestosterone. Other less common causes of eventual baldness are due to high fever, some medications, the onset of some chronic illness and major surgeries.
The root cause of the problem is mainly due to the androgen. These are the natural or synthetic compound influencing and managing the masculine characteristics in vertebrates. It binds with the androgen receptors and also with the intracellular steroid receptors. This androgen receptor specifically binds the Testosterone and the Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) on the cellular surface. Now these androgens are able to influence the growth of cells and can therefore influence and affect the hair growth.

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