Methods for Treating Hair Loss 

Hair loss is a universal problem but many Americans suffer from hair loss because of the medication they take to check the stress level and various infections and also because of improper diet.

The mode of treatment for hair loss depends upon the severity and the cause of the problem. Treatments include oral supplements in the form of antibiotics, ointments, hair transplants, topical medication, steroid injections and herbal treatments.

Use of medication: If you are taking oral medication to treat your problem of thinning hair or receding hair line or for that matter even hair loss you should take these medication continuously as discontinuing the use of medication will stop the hair growth process.

Given below are some medications which are useful to treat hair loss problem:

Minoxidil is found in Rogaine a medicine used to treat Androgenic Alopecia. This medication is supposed to be sprayed on to your scalp twice daily. Rogaine is the only medication that is FDA approved for women.

Finasteride (Propecia): is another treatment to help solve your problem of hair loss, this medicine comes in the form of pills and used to treat Androgenetic Alopecia. This pill should be taken only once daily. A word of caution is that this hair loss prevention pill has not been approved by FDA.

Corticosteroid is an ointment that used on the scalp and it has been proved to be effective in helping hair growth and it is also used to treat Alopecia Areata. Injecting corticosteroid into the scalp every month or at a gap of one and a half month has proved to lessen bald hair patch. Oral corticosteroids are rarely used because of their many side effects.

Diphenylcyclopropenone: This is also known as DCP and this is used commonly as contact sensitizer, as this medicine gets easily degraded by UV rays it is mixed with acetone, ethanol or sometimes cyclohexane, it is used on the scalp once a week.

Hair loss due to radiation or chemotherapy or for that matter due to medications do not need any kind of treatment as the effect of the medications wear off after sometime and you regain your lost hair. But hair loss due to hormonal imbalance and genetics or say heredity can be solved to a certain extent with the help of topical medication so as to prevent baldness pattern for both men and women likewise.

Natural Treatment for Androgenic Alopecia: Provillus is an herbal product to help treat hair loss problem and this product is an oral supplement which blocks DHT and helps prevent hair loss and also stimulates the dead hair follicle and helps in the re-growth of the lost hair. As this is an herbal product there are no side effects what so ever and this product can be used to prevent further damage to the hair follicle.

Hair Prime : Yet another natural herbal product used in the treating thinning of hair and hair loss. Biotin a Vitamin B is a natural supplement.