Step #1 to stopping hair loss - Get to know your enemy.

To overcome hair loss you first need to understand the cause of hair loss. Then you can move on to stopping and reversing it. genetic hairloss

For the vast majority of men who are loosing their hair (95 percent) their hair loss is genetic. It has nothing to do with wearing tight caps or combing too much or too little.

How vulnerable we are to hair loss or not is largely preprogrammed into our genes before birth.

But our genetic fate can be altered by using an effective hair loss treatment like Propecia or hair restoration surgery. How does hair loss occur? male pattern baldness View an animation about how DHT is the cause of hair loss.

Baldness is largely the result of certain hormones interacting over time with those hair follicles that are vulnerable to their effects.

For men who are experiencing thinning hair, their follicles on the top of the head are genetically vulnerable to baldness. Over time, these genetically vulnerable follicles are acted upon by the hormone DHT. This hormone binds with the receptor sites of these vulnerable follicles and causes a miniaturization of the hair shaft and follicle over time.

This process of hair loss gradually breaks down the follicles' ability to grow healthy, thick hair. The resulting baldness is commonly known as "Male Pattern Baldness". How you can stop or reverse hair loss.

View an animation on how surgical hair restoration works.

Hair loss drugs like Propecia work by inhibiting the creation of DHT in our bodies. By reducing the amount of DHT that can affect a man's hair follicles hair loss can be slowed or even stopped. Propecia is FDA approved and can only be prescribed by a physician. To find a hair restoration physician in your area to determine if Propecia is right for you, click here.

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Hair restoration surgery works by relocating the bald resistant hair follicles from the back of the head to the balding areas on top. Because the transplanted hair follicles retain their genetic resistance to DHT and balding they continue to grow for a life time.