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Minoxidil is available without prescription in most countries, but this does not mean that it was without risk. Minoxidil can be harmful to your heart, skin and sexual health (it can also be dangerous to your pets). Usually it comes in the form of a topical ointment, and needs to be taken after thoroughly washing your hair. Sometimes this process results in an itching rash and dandruff, and can even cause an increase in hair loss. For these reasons Minoxidil is not my first recommendation. Rather than using a Minoxidil product like Rogaine, you should consider herbal supplements and ointments which have much milder side effects if they have any at all. There are problems with hair transplants, but at least they will not negatively affect your sexual health or cause impotence and heart problems like Minoxidil can.

DHT blockers are by far the best way to stop hair loss. DHT, or dihydrotestosterone, is the hormone which causes male pattern baldness by attaching to hair follicles and effectively choking the life out of them. In this way a DHT blocker to stop this process effectively stops hair loss. Once the DHT blocker has stopped hair from thinning and falling out, hair can begin to regrow without being damaged by DHT. DHT blockers come in several forms, capsules and topical ointments and shampoos, and each of these come in both herbal and pharmaceutical varieties. The pharmaceutical products are known not only as effective DHT blockers, but also for their harsh, sexually related side effects. A swollen prostate, erectile dysfunction and loss of sex drive are all common to pharmaceutical DHT blockers. For this reason you should always try first try to treat the condition through the use of herbal DHT blockers.

Hair loss in men is extremely common, as you may have noticed either in others or yourself. Hair loss in men will affect about a quarter of the male population before the age of thirty, and about two thirds before the age of sixty. The reason hair loss in men is so much higher than other groups like women and children is hormonal. A build up of the hormone DHT is the cause of the vast majority of cases of hair loss in men; some of us produce more of this hormone than others, some store a disproportionate amount of it in their hair follicles, this is predetermined by genetics. The fact that hair loss in men is largely genetic is bitter sweet; it means that while some of us have been "preselected" to go bald, however it also means that we can predict who will suffer from male pattern baldness. Once you have taken a genetic test there are things you can do to prevent hair loss in men.

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