Male pattern baldness treatment in Pakistan
Among the several other causes of
hair loss, male pattern baldness plays the most significant role. Various
medicinal and surgical treatments are there to cure patients. Selection of a
treatment totally depends upon the severity of hair loss and level of baldness.
Male pattern baldness is the
major cause of hair loss and badness in men all over the world. It can affect
any man at any age of any race and ethnic group. In this condition, hairs start
losing from the front and vertex region of the scalp. It needs fifteen to
twenty five years for a man to go bald, but in most conditions within five
years men lost all of their hairs. Causes of this disease are still unknown,
but medical experts associate it with genetic and environmental factors. In
medical dictionary, it is known as androgenic alopecia. It is found from
various studies that release of DHT hormones in males cause this condition. DHT
hormones shrink the hair follicles and affect their life span by shortening it.
They also start damaging and deteriorating the follicles and make hairs fall
from the scalp. Non surgical and surgical treatments are available to the
patients suffering from this hair condition. In non surgical male pattern
baldness treatments, various medicines are advertised and marketed over the
print or electronic media. All of them claimed to restore hairs within some
days and for the lifetime. Most of these medicines are useless and they can
waste money and time of patient. Dermatologist advised to use only those
medicines and treatments that are approved from the Food and Drug association
of the United States. Two of these medicines are obtainable from the markets
that are approved from FDA.
Minoxidil commercially known as
Rogaine is one of these medicines that got approval from FDA for treating male
pattern baldness. This medicine is available in form of an ointment and
solution that is needed to be applied on the scalp. To achieve best results it
is recommended that the solution must applied twice a day. This help in preventing
further hair loss and hair restoration on the scalp. Another medicine is
Finasteride that is marketed as Propecia is also helpful in treating male
pattern baldness. This medicine is taken in form of a one milligram pill per
day. It helps in treating the hair loss by balancing the level of DHT hormones
in the body that cause hair fall in men. Some selective cases after hair transplant in Pakistan these
medicines are also recommended. After a specific period of their usage,
baldness can be treated effectively and good results can be seen. One of the
main disadvantages of both medicines is that when the patient discontinued the
use, he initially gets the same symptoms of baldness that he got before
treatment. Not only the hairs start falling again, but patients also lose the
hair that he got through the use of medicines.
Surgical hair restoration
treatments are there to provide help to the patients who need male pattern
baldness treatment. In hair transplant
procedure, hair follicles are used to restore hairs back permanently. Hair
follicles are harvested from the donor area of the scalp and after dissection
it is transplanted to that area which is affected though male pattern baldness.
The most important benefit of this method is that hair restoration is for whole
life and transplanted hair follicles cannot be affected by any genetic or
hereditary disorder.
Many options are available for Male Pattern Baldness Treatment, but
the important is that to go to a dermatologist when a man is noticing an unusual
hair fall. Those on early stages of baldness can get for medicinal treatment,
but at the last stages no other option is left except surgery.
