The Truth about Male Pattern Baldness

One of the most common and life changing form of hair loss among men is no other than Male Pattern Baldness, a genetic curse that many men try to beat and avoid. If you have this condition, then you would definitely understand the pains that you will have to go through.

Male Pattern Baldness is medically referred to Androgenetic Alopecia a genetic condition where certain areas of your hair follicles are predisposed to be sensitive to a strong male hormone known as Dihydrotestosterone (DHT). In most cases, the most commonly affected part are the front and top of your scalp. The sides and the back of your scalp are more resistant to DHT.

DHT is converted from Testosterone via the enzyme known as 5 alpha reductase and it’s primarily important for the developing of male characteristics. The hormones surges around the time you reach puberty where your body starts to go through physical changes. Women too have DHT but the amount comparatively lesser than man, sparing them from an early onslaught of the hair loss.

How Hair Loss Begins

Once the DHT hormones attach themselves to the androgen receptors of your hair follicles, they will affect the normal growth of your hair follicles. Over time, the hair follicles will produce finer and finer hair until eventually it becomes less noticeable after a few hair cycles. This will eventually lead to the appearance of hair loss.

This hair loss condition is gradual and it doesn’t happen overnight. Depending on your hair follicles' sensitivity to DHT, the recline could take years until the affected area is totally bald.The slow and painful death of hair follicles can devastate the sufferer's self esteem and can cause many psychological problems like social phobia, lack of self confidence and self denial. It’s even worse if Male Pattern Baldness occurs at a relatively young age when the person just starts to enter the adult world, it can makes matters much worse.

Fighting Hair Loss

While Male Pattern Baldness is nothing new for most men, new products still appear from many hair products manufacturer on a regular basis. This is due to the fact that treating mens' most dreaded hair condition is indeed a very lucrative business considering the fact that most men will do almost anything to get their hair back.

From hair loss shampoos to synthetic wig or even some spray on fibres, the range is vast and widely available to most men. Drugs like Propecia and hair transplantations are the more scientifically proven alternatives that can ensure better results. Yet these methods do not offer a permanent solution or a full recovery of hair.

For now there are new and promising discoveries on the treatment of Male Pattern Baldness. Hair cloning is a new treatment techniques that banks on cloning your DHT resistant hair follicles and implanting them back to the balding area. Though it's not widely available to the masses, it's one of the most optimistic treatment for hair loss since hair transplantation. If it works, the procedure could be one of the most valuable and profitable discoveries of modern medical science.