History shows that male pattern baldness has been an ongoing problem...

Men who are losing their hair today are much luckier than men who started to suffer from male pattern baldness hundreds of years ago.  Ukmedix News has been doing some research on hair loss remedies of the past and has come up with some interesting discoveries. For example did you know that the first occasion that it was noted that Eunuchs never suffered from male pattern baldness was around the time of the ancient Greek empire and the great philosopher Hippocrates said that men would however rather have their balls intact than have a full head of hair.

The idea that it is only men who live today that are concerned about androgenetic alopecia is false as history shows that male pattern baldness has been an ongoing problem throughout the ages. For example the ancient Egyptians would use mixtures of fat from a range of different animals and apply it directly onto the scalp. Julius Caesar was in fact famous for his unhappiness about his bald head and legend has it that Cleopatra even applied her concoction of animal parts to his head. Some historians say that Julius Caesar invented the laurel wreath to be worn on top of his head to disguise the fact that he suffered from baldness.

In more recent times the world has seen many different hair loss remedies, the vast majority of which have been shown to be completely and utterly useless. Men however have flocked to try these remedies over the last few hundred years in the hope that somehow they will regain some of their lost hair. Wigs have been around for hundreds of years and were the main form of hair loss remedy of the old days. Hair transplants are a more recent hair loss remedy and the first time a proper clinical medication came on the market to deal with male pattern baldness was in 1988 when the drug minoxidil was launched.

The most effective medical hair loss remedy however is the hair loss drug Propecia (finasteride) that is less than ten years old.