Male pattern baldness is more than just a physical dis-figurement, it is also a disease, and is closely related to cardio-vascular & carcinogenic diseases.

By: Brandon Miles

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--The most common type of baldness in men is male pattern baldness (MPB).It typically begins with a receding hairline and continues back to the crown and in some cases extends to the sides.In severe cases, most hair on the head is lost leaving some diffuse patches of hair on a narrow band from the top of the ears all the way around the other side.Male pattern baldness is a progressive condition, and the earlier it begins, the more hair you are going to eventually lose.Some men experience the beginning phases of male pattern baldness as young as 14 years old, and these young men may be cosmetically bald by the age of 17.Male pattern baldness is more than just a physical dis-figurement, it is also a disease, and is closely related to cardio-vascular & carcinogenic diseases. Although this may be hard for some men to hear at a point in their life when they are at their most vulnerable, the unfortunate truth is that for those who suffer from MPB, they will have a greater risk of suffering from both cardio-vascular disease and prostate cancer in their later lives.Male pattern baldness is caused by a genetic predisposition to hair loss.It iscompletely and utterly unrelated to physical fitness, healthy eating habits, increased stress or too much sex.Currently there is absoluteny NO CURE for MPB.On the positive side however, in the last 10 to 15 years, a number of treatments have been developed which have been scientifically proven to slow down hair loss and in some cases reverse some of that hairloss, in some men only.These treatments can work for some men, but on the whole they have been beneficial to men who have lost little hair, and who have not experience chronic and severe hairloss.So typically, if you are already bald, the chances are very slim that thes etreatments will reverse your condition enough to enhance your looks.Some of todays treatments include topical lotionsapplied to the scalp, oral tablets taken once per day, laser treatments used two to three times per day, and surgical procedures.Currently there are only 3 treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the USA. The FDA is an independant therapeutics goods assessor that only approves medications and treatments that have been reliably shown to be safe and effective.One of the only male pattern hair loss treatment regimens approved by the Food and Drug Administration is an over-the-counter ointment containing minoxidil and mostly sold under the trade name of Rogaine.Another product, Propecia containing finasteride is available in pill form by prescription only. Due to finasteride in a larger dosage being used as a treatment for an enlarged prostate, as a male pattern hair loss treatment it requires stricter control.Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) has also been approved by the FDA for the purposes of hair loss treatment.With some limited form of regrowth in less than 50 percent of users, minoxidil and finasteride and the less efficacious LLLT further ignited interest in hair loss treatments, but for the majority of sufferers of male Pattern Hair loss, the hunt goes on for that illusive silver bullet.Unfortuantely we hear almost on a weekly basis of new and miraculous hair loss treatments, with incredible claims of uccess, and before and after shots as proof positive. And where as and finasteride are the exception, the unfortunate truth is that most of the treatments that you will read about are either expensive reformulations of the above, or the ever-present natural treatments or other snake oils that will almost certainly never grow even one new vellous hair on your head, but will certainly cost you a bundle for false hope.Hairloss PI will however provide a forum where it will attempt to separate the facts from the sales pitch, and provide an honest appraisal for those vulnerable souls who are daling with a significant life event as it stands, and don’t need to be victims of fraud as well.