Men who start to lose their hair early tend to have high levels of testosterone.

Well, some good news for men going bald early is that they are almost half as likely to end up developing cancer of the prostate. Recent research done at the University of Washington School of Medicine which looked at 2,000 men between 40 and 47 came to the conclusion that if you were already balding by the age of 30 you were in a much safer category for not getting prostate cancer. Out of the 2,000 men taking part in the study 50 percent of them had prostate cancer and they saw that those men who had either receding hairlines or balding spots before the age of 30 had the lowest cancer risk.

Dr. Jonathan Wright from the University of Washington who is a prostate cancer expert said that he was surprised with the findings. In fact other studies have suggested that male pattern baldness actually increases the risk of prostate cancer. Whatever the case this research shows that a better understanding of how testosterone works in the male body needs to be worked on especially as male pattern baldness is primarily caused by a buildup of dihydrotestosterone in the blood which is produced by testosterone. Men who start to lose their hair early tend to have high levels of testosterone.

The hair loss drug Propecia which is currently the most effective treatment for male pattern baldness available works by reducing the amount of dihydrotestosterone in the blood which in turn prevents hair from continuing to fall out and in some cases even enables hair regrowth. The drug Propecia which is made by the drug company Merck is extremely popular because it does not involve the use of lotions and creams being rubbed into the scalp but comes in the form of a small tablet which is taken once daily. Millions of men around the world have either prevented further hair loss or even regrown some of their hair using Propecia.