| Hair loss, unfortunately, is completely unpredictable. | | | | those whose budgets restrict their hair loss |
| While half of men over fifty, and three-fifths of | | | | treatment options. |
| women over sixty, can expect to experience some | | | | Toupees, while commonly used as hair loss |
| hair loss, the degree to which it will occur in each | | | | treatments, can be very obvious if they are not |
| individual remains a mystery until the hair thinning | | | | custom-sized to the user's head and of a color and |
| actually begins. | | | | texture to match those of his natural hair. But a |
| And for some people, hair loss can begin even earlier, | | | | well-made toupee, properly attached, will save its |
| although in those cases and underlying disease or | | | | user a tremendous amount of time and significant |
| stress may be responsible. One big advantage of | | | | money when compared to other hair loss treatments. |
| being an under-thirty male in the 21st century is that | | | | Drugs And Cosmetic Hair Loss Treatment |
| choosing to shave one's head is now quite | | | | Many pharmaceutical and hair care products |
| acceptable, and even considered, in some circles, as | | | | manufacturers, as well as hair transplant experts, |
| the cutting edge of hair styling. | | | | have put significant funds and research into |
| But for those whose premature baldness is neither | | | | developing successful hair loss treatments. And they |
| voluntary nor the symptom of a treatable underlying | | | | have managed to produce some topical treatments, |
| condition, early hair loss can be both traumatic and | | | | shampoos, and procedures which actually can restore |
| worrisome. Because most people associate baldness | | | | lost hair to varying degrees. |
| with aging, early hair loss can cause problems in | | | | Two drugs, minoxidil and finasteride, have been |
| professional fields where a youthful appearance is a | | | | FDA-approved for hair loss treatment, and minoxidil, |
| plus. | | | | in solution with a 2% concentration, is available |
| There are, luckily, hair loss treatments which will go a | | | | without a prescription. But both of them have to |
| long way towards restoring that youthful | | | | become a permanent part of the user's hair care |
| appearance, ranging form toupees to shampoos and | | | | regimen; discontinuing their use will mean a return of |
| topical treatments to hair weaves and implants. | | | | hair loss. |
| The Most Common Hair Loss Treatments | | | | The most sophisticated of the hair loss treatments is |
| The most obvious, and least expensive, of the hair | | | | a hair transplant, during which tiny plugs of healthy |
| loss treatments is the comb-over. Those men whose | | | | hair are removed from the back or sides of the scalp |
| hair loss is restricted to the tops of their heads will | | | | and r very small plugs of hair are taken from the side |
| allow their hair to grow longer on one side, and then | | | | or back of the scalp attached to the bald areas. Over |
| comb the longer hair over the bald area to conceal it. | | | | a period of months they will "root" and gradually fill in |
| Comb-overs are usually the hair loss treatment for | | | | the with new hair growth. |
