Presently, there are three pharamaceutical medicines - drugs - that can help prevent and cure hair loss -- finasteride (Propecia), and minoxidil (Rogaine), and cypionate - and qualify as a cure for male pattern baldness.

Here you can see an advanced case of male pattern baldness - baldness is medically known as alopecia.

Unfortunately,these can not be found in the National Health Service, nor is it normally covered by health funds, so paying full price for them is necessary, if you want to use these drugs as a cure for your male pattern baldness.

The finasteride male pattern baldness cure:

Finasteride has been around since it was introduced to the USA in 1997, although it wasn't launched in the UK until 2002.

It stops the creation of dihydrotestosterone, a form of testosterone converted to its state by enzymes formed in prostate, scalp and adrenal glands called 5-alpha reductase.

Hair follicles are no longer affected by this hormone, and can increase their growth cycles back to their regular length and strengthen again.

In 2 out of 3 men, taking finasteride tablets daily causes slight hair re-growth, and in the other 1 out of 3, no hair re-growth occurs, although no further hair loss is noticed.

Even though this is wonderful, in 1 out of 100 men there is absolutely no effect whatsoever -- so, even though there is a good chance that your hair will re-grow, it still isn't a certainty, nor is it guaranteed.

There are some key points about finasteride that I will share with you.

1. It takes anywhere from 3 to 6 months for any effects of the drug to be noticed, and up to 1 to 2 years for full hair re-growth.

2. Hair re-growth stops immediately if treatment is halted. Therefore, if you wish to be successful, you must carry through with your treatment.

3. Side-effects are extremely uncommon, although the most common, found in 2 out of 100 men, is Libido, or loss of sex drive.

4. It does not work in women, as they do not produce testosterone, and, consequently, dihydrotestosterone.

5. It is somewhat expensive, (£30 per month,) and requires a private prescription.

The minoxidil male pattern baldness cure

The Minoxidil lotion must be rubbed on, and is available without a prescription, unlike finasteride.

It has not been revealed how it works, and there are two strengths - 2% and 5%. Obviously, 5% is more effective.

The cypionate male pattern baldness cure

This drug treatment when used as a male pattern baldness cure, is applied topically as a cream to the area you want to stimulate hair regrowth in.

It's male pattern baldness cure effect is achieved by blocking dihydrotestosterone from reaching the hair follicle area.

Obviously, this cure for male pattern baldness, requires the cream to be applied regularly, so as to continue blocking the dihydrotestosterone.

Once the cream is stopped, so will the hair growth stop, and so will male pattern baldnes progress.

WARNING: DO NOT TAKE THE CYPIONATE PILLS TABLETS ETC - doing so will likely worsen your hair loss and balding. Use only in the topical cream designed for counteracting hair loss. Taken internally, cypionate increases DHT levels.

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Baldness and premature hair loss can be caused by genetics and therefore run in a family

Male pattern baldness can happen to male teenagers as well as to men.

Females are at risk of developing hair loss and female baldness, due to hormonal changes, such as with giving birth, or getting pregnant.

After age 30, hair loss and baldness in both men and women is to be expected.

After age 40, males will typically show signs of male pattern baldness and females will normally start seeing their hair thinning out.

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