3 Men’s Hair Loss Treatments Worth Trying
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Hair loss is considered one of the biggest concerns in men’s grooming, causing anxiety and having a very negative impact on personal confidence. But is it just a part of your DNA, or just something that happens to men as they age? Regardless, these are the treatments worth knowing (and trying) to help with men’s hair loss.
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Why Do Men Experience Hair Loss?
Androgenetic alopecia, or male pattern baldness, is the most common type of hair loss experienced by men. This is usually evident from a receding hairline or a thinning or loss of hair at the crown.
While male pattern baldness is generally considered to be a genetic trait passed down through a family, it is not always the case. It can skip a generation entirely – we don’t always turn into our Dads!
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Can It Be Treated?
But, the big question is: can it be treated or prevented? The simple answer is, to a certain extent, yes. However, the more complex answer would be a more personal one. How much hair have you already lost? Where on your head is your hair thinning? And, of course, how old are you?
Research suggests that it is harder to regrow hair lost through MPB than it is to prevent your hair from thinning in the first place, so early adoption of a treatment would be the best course of action to take if you see your hairline begin to recede.
Treatments such as Regaine, Hims and Manual use chemicals like Minoxidil and Finasteride to increase blood flow to the hair follicles to enable more nutrients to reach the hairs you have and stimulate new ones to grow. Some men are put-off from using products such as these as they can have side effects – itching, headaches or unwanted hair growing on the body or face – but many users have reported very positive outcomes.
There’s also the option of a hair transplant – but again, this can be quite an intimidating treatment for hair loss, as it involves surgery.
Hair Loss Treatments For Men
So, what are options if you don’t want to go down the above routes? Thankfully, with new advances in technology, there are quite a few:
1. LED Therapy
LED therapy for hair loss is growing in popularity, with brands like CurrentBody offering a solution that takes only 10 minutes each day. Their hair loss helmet emits a spectrum of red light that gives the hair follicles a boost and improves blood flow. The red light also reduces any inflammation that may be present on the scalp that is causing the follicles distress.
Worried about getting bored? The helmet has Bluetooth speakers built-in, so you can kick back with your favourite play list whilst the LEDs do their thing.
2. The ‘Skinification’ Of Hair
The ‘skinification’ of hair is a term coined from the fairly new practice of applying facial skincare routines to the scalp.
Monpure London have developed a collection of products that work to reduce inflammation in the scalp and strengthen both the follicle and the hair shaft. Their Hair Density Serum harnesses the power of retinol to speed up cell turnover and pumpkin seed extract that can actually block the production of the hair-loss-causing hormone DHT. It is essentially skincare for the hair.
3. Supplements
There are many naysayers when it comes to the effectiveness of supplements as a hair loss solution, but more and more research has gone into this subject over the years, producing more potent and effective ingestible solutions.
Megi Wellness’ Advanced Hair Growth Supplement combines biotin, to strengthen the hair, folic acid to stimulate the follicles and horsetail extract to ensure the resulting hair growth is shiny and resilient. Promising noticeable results in just four to six weeks, the end goal could be closer than you realise.
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