Restoration For Hair Loss
Hair loss affects one third of the population, and sixty percent of those affected are female. The options for women’s hair restoration to slow the loss of their hair, or promote new growth replacing lost hair are limited. Most products on the market are aimed at men. Granted, pattern baldness may be more obvious in men who frequently suffer receding hairlines, whereas women tend to keep their original hair line while thinning at the crown, front and sides. However, women have fewer options for naturally covering their thinning hair, and many people view it is more socially acceptable for men to suffer balding than women. Different options involving surgery, cosmetics, or medications are available today; however, medications are the least risky and most easily accessed.
There are many causes for hair loss or thinning in both men and women. Consulting a doctor will help guide you to the discovery for reason for this in your situation. If the cause of hair loss is not temporary or able to be remedied by changes in stress or diet, then medication could be sought. Finasteride is one of two FDA approved drugs. It is only approved for men. Women are prohibited from using this medication due to the indication birth defects could result in children born from women who have used the product. The other medication that is FDA approved as an active ingredient for hair restoration products is called Minoxidil. The use of this drug has been approved for women, at less than half the concentration of the medication present in men’s full strength. Men’s hair restoration products containing Minoxidil have five percent of the ingredient, while the women’s version has only two percent. It is found in Rogaine formulas for both sexes at the above stated dosages. Women have been known to have used both solutions without any reported harm. The medication is a popular choice due to the ease of obtaining it and the affordability; currently generic formulations are available for approximately twenty dollars online.
If balding or thinning of hair as a concern of yours, consider using products with Minoxidil as an ingredient instead of other options without it. Minoxidil has proven to be superiorly effective in hair restoration treatments. There are changes on the horizon in the field of hair restoration. Extensive research efforts have gone under way as an attempt to treat causes of the hair loss, rather than the symptoms. Until then, look into products such as Rogaine that contain Minoxidil as the only effective and FDA approved over the counter solution available.
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