drrony asked:


Hair loss or baldness is in fact a condition in which hair does not grow on the scalp after hair fall. The most very common form of baldness is the development of a hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or male baldness which basically occurs in adult males.

The nature of hair loss or baldness can vary significantly. These are the types of hair loss

1. Androgenic alopecia: Loss of hair in men is even called as androgenic alopecia.

2. Alopecia areata: Here hair loss occurs basically in some portions of the head.

3. Alopecia totalis: In this the hair loss occurs just over the entire scalp to an extreme limit.

4. Alopecia universalis: This involves the loss of all hair all from the entire body.

Prevention Methods

A variety of treatment is also available for hair loss. However, roughly even today the treatment for alopecia has a limited success rate. Prevention is always better than cure is very much applicable to hair loss. It is really much easier to prevent the falling out of healthy hair than re-growing new ones. Regular exercise also can help keep androgen levels low naturally and reduce falling of hair. Stress reduction also can stop hair loss. A balanced and a nutritious diet reduces the falling of hair to a great extent.
The other less common kinds of baldness are:

1) Traction alopecia: This type of hair loss is very mostly observed in people with ponytails who pull their hair with a excessive force while combing. Wearing a hat almost for more than 8 hours also causes hair loss. The scalp should take breathe at least 7 hours in a day.

2) Telogen effluvioum: Hair loss some times occurs due to reasone causes like major surgery, poisoning, child birth, chemotherapy severe stress etc and such condition is also known as telogen effluvium.

3) Mycotic Infections: Mycotic infections can cause massive hair loss.

4) Alopecia areata: This type hair loss is also known as spot baldness and is caused due to autoimmune disorder.

Prevention Methods

A variety of treatment is also available for hair loss. However, roughly even today the treatment for alopecia has a limited success rate. Prevention is always better than cure is very much applicable to hair loss. It is really much easier to prevent the falling out of healthy hair than re-growing new ones. Regular exercise also can help keep androgen levels low naturally and reduce falling of hair. Stress reduction also can stop hair loss. A balanced and a nutritious diet reduces the falling of hair to a great extent.

Hair loss or baldness is in fact a condition in which hair does not grow on the scalp after hair fall. The most very common form of baldness is the development of a hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or male baldness which basically occurs in adult males.

Michael V Howell asked:


You probably never thought male pattern baldness or balding patches would happen to you!

For the first time in your life you look in the mirror and notice your hairline is receding! If you are a woman, you might be experiencing patches of hair loss!

In my case I was experiencing both; an extreme receding hairline and a bald spot!

Maybe you never stopped to think why male pattern baldness looks the same for everyone who is losing hair. Of course, that’s why it’s known as male “pattern” baldness!

I never thought about it until I started searching for natural home remedies for hair loss for myself!

What Causes the Pattern?

First we need to understand what significantly contributes to hair loss in women and men.

It’s excessive oil!

Natural home remedy hair specialists who have been in the field of restoring hair loss – with success – for 20 years, say that 99% of the time hair loss in both men and women usually comes from one thing. Excessive oil!

This oil is called sebum. When this oil gets clogged in your scalp it stops the hair follicle from growing. Eventually the oil will prevent the root from surfacing. The end result is a receding hairline and what we know as “hereditary male pattern baldness” and androgenetic alopecia.

Also experts know that hair on a man’s head grows “straight out” in some areas and in other areas grows laying down. This direction of hair growth is what forms the hereditary pattern in men’s hair. For women, it’s quite different in terms of the direction their hair tends to grow.

However, for men, the round spot in the back of the head which usually loses hair is the area that usually grows straight out. The same goes for the receding hairline areas. These areas tend to easily attract the excessive oils that clog these hair follicles on the head.

The hair that normally sticks straight out is the hair that will fall out first.

For women, it is different because their hair does not grows straight out in those areas. However, they will experience hair loss in patches that relate to hormone and other problems. Although women can experience similar limited receding hairline loss.

So this is the reason that certain areas of the scalp experience the first hair loss.

In fact, I think that 99% of the time, hereditary baldness in men can really be stopped or significantly improved by simple natural home remedies for hair loss! The experts don’t want you to believe that, or you wouldn’t buy their expensive hair transplants and medications!

In fact, the experts will tell you that most men are genetically predisposed to male pattern baldness; and it’s just an effect that hormones have on the hair.

What Does Male Pattern Baldness Tell You about Your Health?

Really, balding is not hereditary as much as a tendency toward balding. This is because health and lifestyle habits can cause hair loss along with other symptoms.

I didn’t believe that before, until I used a natural home remedy for hair loss to restore my own hair and dignity! Otherwise I’d still be trying to hide my bald spot with bandannas and other “hiding” techniques.

When you look in the mirror and your hair looks dry, brittle, frizzy, limp, lifeless, flat or even jagged looking, it is trying to tell you something.

It doesn’t mean that you won’t function normally throughout the day. However, the human body’s capable of functioning effectively at very low health levels.

Male pattern baldness and hair loss is actually a symptom of the health level of your body.

When you are healthy physically and emotionally, your hair will be shining and your skullcap will be pliant. A moist healthy scalp makes it easier for hair to breakthrough and live!

When you are physically unhealthy and if you’re emotionally upset you can expect your hair to look limp and lifeless.

At this point, the hair is getting weak and the oils that are produced by stress sebaceous glands create the clogging oils on your scalp that lead to extreme hair loss.

What Really Contributes to Male Pattern Baldness?

Major change in your lifestyle will often produce symptoms to your hair and skin.

While it seems that stress promotes hair loss, actually research shows there is only an indirect connection.

The truth is that stress goes hand-in-hand with good health habits.

For example: what do you do when you’re in a hurry? Think about it. You have to get to work on time so you don’t fix your hair, you may not even wash it. Because you’re worried about paying the mortgage, you drink more coffee and soda. You forget to eat breakfast and when you do eat, it has no nutritional value. You might end the day with a TV dinner that has no nutritional value to promote hair regrowth.

You can add to that, no exercise, not enough sleep, dirty environments, $.99 shampoo and conditioner (filled with chemicals, and many have never really been tested for safety, much less health), and more!

Yes, your hair will be one of the first signs that your body is experiencing some sort of distress. Your hair, scalp and skin will show signs of health deficiencies. Even medications will show signs.

That includes over-the-counter drugs and chemically treated hair products used by women that make the effects even more drastic.

When I was experiencing extreme hair loss, I tried a natural hair loss remedy first, instead of taking any drastic measures like hair transplants and medications with side effects. Anything that can be fixed naturally is always going to be your best choice of action!

When I stopped my receding hairline and completely restored a bald spot in back of my head, I did it with simple natural hair loss remedies. My grandfather wore a toupee and my father was already bald at 48 when he retired from the army. And at 44 I already had hair loss pictures with extreme hair loss.

By using natural home remedies for hair loss, it took me less than 12 weeks before I was experiencing significant improvements, which included hair regeneration. My closest friend was absolutely surprised when she saw the new baby hairs growing in my receding hairline! So was I!

I’m completely convinced that most hair loss sufferers can be helped with simple hair loss remedies!

Katie asked:


Hair loss is one of the most common and bothersome conditions for people. Tension sets in as soon as one notices thinning of hair or excessive hair loss and everyone starts advising all types of treatment plans. But before you decide for any expensive treatment plan or hair loss treatment medication, it is advisable to understand what hair loss is and the types and benefits of medication available for hair loss treatment to ensure effective and desirable results.

Hair loss

Hair loss and male pattern baldness are embarrassing conditions for men. Before you go for any other hair loss treatment medication it is important to know about the process of hair loss.

The scalp hairs are divided into two phases, growth phase and resting phase. Almost 90% of our hairs are in growth phase, which lasts for approximately four to five years. Each hair grows approximately 1 centimeter per month during this phase. Once the hairs are fully grown, the resting phase starts, which lasts for up to four months. After this period, the hairs fall out naturally and are replaced by new hair in its place. This is an ongoing process and as a result of which we can lose up to 100 hairs daily. However, this is a normal occurrence and is not deemed as hair loss.

Hair loss process starts if the rate of hair fall increases at an alarming rate. Moreover, if the new hairs that replace the old one come slowly or are thin, it may be onset of hair loss. Male pattern hair loss (male pattern baldness) is the most common cause of hair loss but there could be some other reason behind your hair loss. Hence it is important to discuss your particular hair loss with your doctor before you buy Propecia or begin any other hair loss treatment.

Benefits of medication over other types of treatments

With hair loss becoming a common cause of concern amongst millions of people across the world, every year a large number of medications, herbs, spices, nutritional supplements, oils, shampoos etc comes up in the market each claiming itself to be the panacea for hair loss. Each year, men suffering from hair loss spend billions of dollars in an attempt to treat their hair loss. Unfortunately, 99% of all products being marketed in the less than ethical hair loss treatment industry are completely ineffective for the majority of those who use them.

If you are going bald you should seriously consider hair loss medication treatments to halt or even reverse your hair loss. While there is no “Hair Loss Cure”, hair loss drugs can often stop or even reverse alopecia aerate in most people. Medication for treating hair loss slows thinning of the hair and increases coverage of the scalp by growing new hair and enlarging existing hairs.

Types of Medications for Hair loss Treatment

Today there are two FDA approved medications for hair growth – minoxidil which is sold over the counter as Rogaine, for both men and women, and Finasteride, a prescription pill sold as Propecia, for men only. Two other drugs have been recently approved for hair growth and include a high-estrogen oral contraceptive and Aldactone (spironolactone). However, these two medications are only for women due to their feminizing side effects.

Both these medications slow thinning of the hair and increase coverage of the scalp by growing new hair and enlarging existing hairs. However, the effectiveness of finasteride or minoxidil depends on your age and the location of hair loss. These medications do not work for everyone, and you should not expect to re-grow a full head of hair.

Propecia as Hair Loss Treatment Medicine

Propecia (Finasteride) is proven to be the most effective hair loss treatment medicine to treat male pattern baldness. Propecia is for men only, and is not approved by the FDA as a hair loss treatment for women or children.

Propecia works by blocking the enzyme, Type II 5 alpha-reductase from converting testosterone to its active form DHT (dihydrotestosterone) in the body. DHT plays a major role in inherited male pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia). In this process, it reduces the level of the hormone in the scalp which shortens the hair growth cycle and allows hairs to revert to a normal growth cycle. This can result in stopping further hair loss and increasing new hair growth in men with male pattern baldness.

A single 1mg Propecia tablet is to be taken everyday continuously for 3-6 months before benefit is seen. When Propecia is discontinued, the hair loss process resumes so continuous use is recommended to sustain benefit.

Also remember that Propecia is a prescription only medicine with certain side effects and should be taken after consultation with the doctor.