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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Are there no genuine treatments that sufferers can turn to in a bid to treat the ravages of premature hair loss.  Don’t despare, Female hair loss and male pattern-type baldness can be treated successfully for most people nowadays.
The medical term for hair loss is Alopecia. It’s a normal part of the aging process called [...]

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Hair loss can be of great concern to both men and women at some time in their lives. This concern mainly centers on fears of looking prematurely old, unattractive to the opposite sex, lack of self-esteem and, without any real justification, of being thought of as lacking virility and of even being regarded as impotent. [...]

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Alopecia Aerata is one of the common reasons of hair loss. This is an autoimmune disorder in which the body destroys its own hair. The hair is lost in coin sized patches and then comes back after some months or years. The pattern of loss and re- growth is unpredictable. Many people lose all the [...]

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Biotin, also known as vitamin H or B7, plays a significant part in the prevention of hair loss. Biotin is a cofactor in the metabolism of fatty acids and leucine, and in gluconeogenesis.Most nutritionists agree that biotin is one of the important vitamins for supporting hair …

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Friday, March 13th, 2009

Finasteride is a synthetic antiandrogen which acts by inhibiting type II 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Finasteride was approved initially in 1992 as Proscar, a treatment for prostate enlargement, but the sponsor had studied 1 mg of …