Male Pattern Hair Loss On The Rise... Or Not

men these days get married considerably later than they used to

Many people believe that the problem of male pattern baldness which afflicts millions of men around the world is becoming more prevalent and common these days. They argue that far more men are now coming forward to get treatment from doctors whereas previously very few actually bothered. There are a number of reasons for this...

Firstly, these days treatments for male pattern baldness do actually work! Prior to 1998 when the drug minoxidil was released there was no clinically proven remedy which had any effect on reversing the genetic process which causes baldness in men.  Following on from minoxidil, the drug Propecia is a statistically, clinically proven method of reversing the effects of male pattern baldness. Prior to Propecia and minoxidil every single treatment was purely snake oil and could not be verified to be safe or effective by clinical trials.

What is happening these days is that men are beginning to realise that there are real solutions which really do work. Therefore having seen the facts, often in their friends or by looking and researching evidence based medical treatment for male pattern baldness they realise that treatments really could work for them and they won’t just be throwing away their money at a quack doctor.

Another thing to note is that men these days get married considerably later than they used to. Evidence that we have seen at Ukmedix News shows that married men are less concerned about male pattern baldness because they are not playing the dating game and therefore no longer worry so much about their appearances. Since male pattern baldness can start in your twenties there is now a much larger market of men who want to do something about their hair loss than there used to be.

So the combination of effective treatments and a far larger market of men actually wanting treatment has led to a huge growth in men coming forward and getting help, but the proportion of men actually suffering from this perfectly normal genetic condition is actually still the same despite what certain people say. (Usually those who are trying to sell untested hair loss medication.)