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Popular Treatments for Male Pattern Baldness

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Male pattern baldness is a condition that affects every other man on the planet. In fact, most men will experience substantial hair loss before their time is up. And while it might not be such a big deal for men who are entering their golden years to shed a few strands, when your start to lose your hair in your early twenties, it tends to cause concern.

That is probably why American men spend nearly a billion dollars a year on ointments, creams, lotions and herbal remedies. Of course, the vast majority of these so-called medicines are nothing more than quack potions or nostrums, i.e., they would sooner turn lead to gold than sprout hair upon your balding head.

What to do? The plain truth is that if you are as bald as a cue ball, there is really no hope for you. All you can do is apply a wig. But if your hair loss is gradual and you are still in the early stages of it, there are a few medications that have a proven record of regrowing or at least slowing down hair loss.

One of the oldest and most popular topical solutions you can buy to handle your hair loss is Minoxidil. This product is not only sold over the counter, which makes it easy to procure, but it is also inexpensive. As far as effectiveness goes, Minoxidil has been proven to regrow hair in about half of the men that use it. However, it will not slow or halt hair loss and it has several side effects.

The other popular medication that was specifically designed to fight male pattern baldness is called PROPECIA. This is a prescription drug and in clinical studies it has proven far more effective than Minoxidil. How effective? According to recent studies, PROPECIA is somewhere between seventy and ninety per cent effective. However, it is far more expensive than Minoxidil and it is only prescribed to men.