Frontal hair loss or receding hairline pertains to the thinning or lack of hair, especially on the temple area of the head.
The medical term for hair loss is androgenic alopecia or “male pattern baldness” . This is a syndrome experienced by adult males. It usually precedes crown hair loss or vertex hair loss and it’s visible right out front for everyone to see.
There are several causes related to frontal hair loss. Dermatologists affirm that chronic stress can cause negative effect on hair growth.
Intense anxiety, depression and long term chronic stress can cause the onset of hair loss. Traumas too are factors that contribute to hair loss.
Chemotherapy, major surgeries and childbirth may also cause a certain kind of hair loss known as telogen effluvium. Also another reason for baldness are the genes inherited from either the father or the mother’s side of the family.
Age is also another factor; age coupled with genetics signals the hair follicle to produce 5 alpha reductase enzyme. The 5 alpha reductase enzyme convert the testosterone, which is the male sex hormone, into dihydrotestosterone or DHT and thereby starts the pattern of hair loss.
Frontal hair loss robs a man from his real age. It makes him look far older than his exact age and it also takes away from him his sex-appeal and good looks. A receding hairline makes a man less attractive to the opposite sex and this causes him to lose his ardor.
Hair loss could also affect man psychologically; it could cause him to lose his self-esteem and become less confident of himself. But men with receding hairlines need not despair. There are now frontal hair loss treatments to help cure the problem of baldness.
In the USA , two drug-based frontal hair loss treatments have passed the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These two FDA approved frontal hair loss treatments are finasteride (marketed as Propecia) and the topically applied solution minoxidil.
Some of those suffering from frontal hair loss are using clinically proven frontal hair loss treatments like finasteride, and the topically applied minoxidil solution, to prevent further hair loss and to regrow hair.
In a study made where men who experienced mild or moderate loss of hair, 2 out of 3 of these men taking 1 mg of finasteride daily experienced regrowth of hair, in contrast those men who where not taking finanteride experienced hair loss.
Using finasteride for frontal hair loss treatment is effective only for as long as it is being taken; the hair regained is lost between 6-12 months after therapy. Clinical studies show finasteride, works on both the hairline and crown area.
Similarly minoxidil when used for frontal hair treatment may cause increased growth or darkening of fine body hairs, or in some cases, significant hair growth. When the medication is stopped, the hair loss will return to its usual normal rate in 30 to 60 days time.
The chemical mechanism by which the use of the topical solution minoxidil as frontal hair loss treatment to promote hair growth is not fully understood. Minoxidil contains the nitric oxide chemical and may act as a nitric oxide agonist. In resemblance Minoxidil is a potassium channel opener, that causes hyperpolarization of the cell membranes.
Minoxidil is considered less effective for large area of hair loss. In addition, the effectiveness of minoxidil has been observed to be effective in younger men between the age of 18 to 41.Hair regrowth on the forehead areas can be aided by using minoxidil in conjunction with a microneedle roller, which allows greater penetration of the product.
With this breakthrough in frontal hair loss treatments, men with receding hairlines need no longer despair.
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