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Is There Really A Hair Restoration Product That Works

Biga | Dec 14, 2010 |

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This a question that comes up all the time. There are big claims being made everyday on the Internet for products that supposedly will treat baldness but the question is do they really deliver. The sad truth is most of them do not. There is only one drug that is recommended by the US Food and Drug Administration as a non-prescription topical treatment for thinning hair.

If you are looking for a good hair restoration product then it needs to have the drug Minoxidil as one of its ingredients. There are all kinds of bogus claims being made on the web every day about so called super products. The problem is, most of these claims are never checked by anyone other than the person selling the so called hair growth miracle. This is not the case with Minoxidil, as it has been approved by the US government.

Generally there are two strengths which can be purchased over the counter. The female treatment will have a 2% Minoxidil solution. This has been shown to be a very effective product to help with hair restoration in women. For men the strength is set at 5%. Many women have reported good results from using their husband's solution but the FDA does not recommend this.

Minoxidil actually works to protect the hair follicles from attack by the naturally occurring hormonal substance DHT. DHT, dihydrotestosterone, is a metabolite of the male hormone testosterone. It has the nasty of affect of increasing the size of the prostate gland in older men and causing male pattern baldness in middle age men.

The DHT works by bonding to receptors on the roots of the hairs. This then interrupts the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the hair factories in the follicles. Thus the hair shafts get thinner and thinner until they break off at the scalp or just falls out. If a follicle is treated with Minoxidil at this point then it often times can be brought back to life but if you wait very long the follicle will be encased in fibrotic material and it will never produce again.

The key to good results is to start the application of Minoxidil as soon as you start to see extra hair loss. The price of hair restoration will be very expensive if you wait till you need replacement surgery but if you treat your hair loss early you can treat it for about $10 a month. And the best part is, it works