Treatment of Baldness

When we talk about baldness, the most common form of such is the Male Pattern Baldness. For those who have it in their genes, it is inevitable, and yet hard to accept. Well sometimes you can try and redress the situation before it is too late. For once you're hair is gone, it is pretty much gone.

Going bald is a fact of life for millions of men. Adults lose about 10,000 scalp hairs each and every day. Hair normally lives for around five years. With male pattern baldness these hairs do not always get replaced and gradually bald areas appear. This process can however take a long time and the age at which you start to lose hair does not necessarily provide any clues as to how long it will be until you define yourself as bald.

What is Male Pattern Baldness?
There are a number of reasons why men start to go bald, but if you are a man between the ages of about 20 to 45 and you start to lose scalp hair, then the chances are 95 per cent certain that you are experiencing male pattern baldness. As the term suggests, male pattern baldness follows a typical sequence or pattern. Hair loss can start in different areas but is usually at the temples and/or on the crown of the head. Initial thinning of hair progresses over a number of years and may lead to total baldness but more typically loss of hair over the top surface of the head.

The progression of this pattern of hair loss is shown in this image below. It is the Norwood Scale, founded by Norwood. Let me tell you, even if you are a Norwood II, it's time to start looking for preventive measures. You want all your hair, don't you?

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