Hair is an important part of appearance, a confidence boost. And when people, male or female, they begin to lose their hair, their confidence levels take a dive, some suffer from serious depression. Normally, people loose 50 to 100 hairs per day, which is quite normal, but if this number more than should consult a doctor immediately.
Excessive loss of hair from the scalp can cause hair loss and could be due to many factors. Heredity is an important factor here. Being in certain medications, subjected to treatment, inadequate diet, high stress levels can all lead to temporary baldness or permanent. In males, scalp and the hair begins to recede becomes thinner at the top. In women, thinning of hair seen on the scalp and it follows a pattern, as the males.
There are many types of hair loss or baldness is very important to know the cause of baldness before going for a product or treatment. Today the market is flooded with hair loss that say 100% of new hair growth. But we must not apply any loss product hair without consulting a doctor first as causes of hair loss varies from person to person. It is found that a male hormone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT) becomes to testosterone by an enzyme 5-alpha reductase, which is an important factor in androgenetic alopecia, or hair loss due to aging.
There are two FDA approved products, namely finasteride and minoxidil, which have a high success rate. One product of hair loss is Propecia, a pill finasteride, which is an oral pill. This oral pill should be taken once a day, which blocks the enzyme that creates DHT. DHT is the hormone that is associated with thinning hair and baldness. This pill is for men only and should not be used by women and children.
The other product of hair loss is minoxidil, which is marketed in the U.S. as Rogaine topical solution. It helps people, both men and women with androgenic alopecia, hair loss due to age. Increases blood supply to hair follicles and therefore stimulates hair growth. Now, a generic version of minoxidil is also available.
Products such as Nizoral and Avodart are not approved by the FDA, but some have been effective. U.S. brand name Avodart dutasteride is to be found to treat male pattern baldness at the top and crown of the head.
Topical and oral treatments, both have their pros and cons. An oral tablet is easy to take a topical solution. We have seen that oral combination therapy with topical hair loss is the product of success.
