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Norwood scale of male pattern baldness

Hair thinning and hair loss in men is primarily dependent on genetics. Men with hair thinning have a genetic predisposition to elevated levels of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the androgen that causes hair loss. DHT causes the miniaturization of hairs until finally the follicle is unable to produce hair. The gene may be inherited from the father or mother’s side of the family, or both. In the United States, male pattern baldness affects about 40 million men, 25 percent of men begin thinning or balding by the age of 30, and over 60% begin thinning or balding by age 60. Most men experience some kind of recession at the hairline forming a classic “widower’s peak” where the frontal hair is lower than the sides which are receding. Hair thinning patterns are depicted by the Norwood Scale, which shows the degrees of hair loss experienced by men.

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Hair Loss Medications
Hair loss medications such as Propecia or Minoxidil can slow or stop hair loss, though you are commited to a life long course of medications because your hair loss will resume as soon as you stop taking the drug. Patients having hair transplant surgery generally take hair loss drugs to ensure that their native hair stops falling out. Although the transplanted hair is not succeptible to hair loss, patients with an established pattern of hair loss still have to safeguard the native hair that may still be affected by hair thinning or loss.

Hair Transplant Surgery
Hair transplant surgery is the only permanent solution to hair thinning or hair loss. In hair transplant surgery, grafts (2-4 hair groups that occur naturally) are removed from the donor area at the back of the head. A hair transplant doctor then makes tiny incisions known as recipient sites into which the hair grafts are transplanted. Hair transplant patients will see the final result of their hair restoration surgery by about 1 year after surgery.

• Propecia
  Propecia (Finasteride) is a drug approved for hair thinning and hair loss in men.  Propecia reduces the body’s production of dehydrotestosterone or DHT, an androgen that is elevated in men with hair thinning and hair loss and that is thought to be the cause of hair loss. Propecia was developed to treat the scalp vertex (crown) and anterior mid-scalp (the middle and front of head). Propecia is NOT approved for use in women with hair loss because the active ingredient may cause abnormalities of a male baby’s sex organs. Propecia is available by prescription only.

  If Propecia is stopped, your hair loss will return to its normal rate of loss.

  Read more about Propecia.

• Minoxidil
  Minoxidil (sold as Rogaine or Regaine), is a hair loss medication in ointment form applied to the scalp daily that slows or stops hair loss and hair thinning and promotes hair growth. One study of men aged 18–50 years with hair loss  (male pattern baldness) found that those who applied a 5% solution of Minoxidil for 32 weeks increased their non-vellus hair counts by an average of 39 hairs/cm², in contrast to 5 hairs/cm² in subjects who received a placebo.

  If Minoxidil is stopped, your hair loss will return to its normal rate of loss.

  Learn more about Minoxidil.

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