Written by Stuart Stevens | Monday, 22 October 2007
When it comes to hair loss people are extremely gullible. For example did you know that Queen Victoria of England would drink silver birch wine created from the sap of the tree because she had been told that it would cure the problem of her thinning hair? In fact there are hundreds of hair loss remedies taken by people all over the world which have absolutely no medical affect whatsoever.

When people start to lose their hair they get desperate and thus they are prepared to try anything. Con men and quack doctors know this and they are extremely good at exploiting your fears and worries about going bald to make you buy completely useless products that have not been clinically tested and which in fact will not slow or stop your baldness in any way.
The internet in one sense has been a beneficial thing because it is now able for people to research male pattern baldness so that they know exactly what causes it. On the other hand there are many dodgy web sites that have been set up claiming to have invented amazing hair loss remedies that are completely useless.
At Ukmedix News our advice is quite simple. If a medication that you are using for hair loss has not been prescribed by a doctor the chances are that it is completely useless. A medication that has to come with a prescription has been tested not only for safety but even for effectiveness. If a drug company wanted to launch a prescription hair loss medication that did not work it would not be permitted to be sold. So you can be reassured that for example the Propecia hair loss drug is not only safe but also works.
In clinical testing done in America and in Europe it was seen the majority of men who suffered from male pattern baldness and who used the Propecia a drug for three or four months started to either experience hair regrowth or at least their hair loss stopped. In fact Propecia has been shown to be the most effective hair loss medication on the market today. Propecia is only allowed to be used by men as it has not been clinically tested for women and is especially dangerous for women who are attempting to get pregnant or who are pregnant as it harms the foetus.
