Saturday, January 23, 2010

Male Baldness Cure

By Nita Wooten

Male baldness can have its perks, with many people around the world finding being bald a great convenience. All the same, sometimes being bald can be an inconvenience for a number of reasons. This article takes a justified look at the pros and cons of male baldness.

Being bald is incredibly low maintenance. If you are a stage 6 or 7 on the Hamilton-Norwood Scale and wish to be completely bald, it is easy to stay in control of your hair. Options include clipping and shaving your hair, and once again hold financial benefits as there is no need to go to a Barber.

Checking the hairline is another important way of monitoring balding. A hairline working its way up to the crown is known as anterior recession. This is the second of the two main measurements of baldness recognized scientifically.

Skin experts recommend that bald men use moisturizer that has sunscreen integrated into the product. Even exposure to weak sunlight can increase the chance of skin cancer. Taking good care of your scalp can improve your health immensely.

One of the most notable disadvantages is that there is no natural insulation in the form of hair when it is needed in the winter months. Many bald men find themselves wearing warming hats to keep warm during the colder periods of the year and also to prevent rain, as there is no hair for absorbency.

For the past 30 years, more and more people have been turning to drug therapy to help them reverse the beginning signs of baldness. One of the most popular treatments is the prescription of antiandrogens, which reduces the contact of the sex hormone DHT with hair follicles. This stops hair follicles from being denatured and naturally producing pigments which keep hair strong and healthy.

From stage 5, some medication options seen in the previous 3 stages are no longer possible. The anterior measurement now reaches the vertex, with only a small amount of thinning hair ahead of the large baldness patch stemming from the crown. Cosmetic surgery typically comes into play from this stage, with hair transplants an option to consider.

On average, 50 to 100 hairs are lost a day to be replenished by new hair. There are over 100,000 hairs attached to the scalp with the average lifespan of an individual hair between 5 and 7 years before replacement.

There are people who accept baldness as a coming of age. With a positive correlation between age and baldness, this could be seen as a very wise view to have. Only 1 in 4 men over the age of 80 are unaffected by baldness, according to a recent study.

The scalp cannot produce enough moisture to replace the moisture we lose. Moisturizing your scalp on a daily basis can replenish the moisture lost on a day-to-day basis and can be key to keeping your scalp healthy. There are a variety of moisturizing scalp products available on the market for bald men.

As you can see, the myths regarding baldness are many. The dates of these myths are difficult to determine, with some stemming back to ancient times. In the modern day and age, such perceptions are not regularly seen, probably due to the fact that hair loss and baldness is common.

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