Tips To Keep Your Hair On

Simple things like being gentle with your hair can help

The first thing to remember if you suffer from male pattern baldness is that you have a genetic condition and that unless you deal with the hair loss from its root cause in the long term you will not stop it. Nevertheless there are some things you can do which will just slow down the hair loss process and therefore sustain the hair on your head for a little bit longer.

Simple things like being gentle with your hair can help. For example you should always dry your head gently and not pull a towel roughly from side to side on your scalp. It is perfectly normal to lose a few hairs every day and if your hair is thinning there is no point in aggravating it by vigorous hair drying.

In the same way when you comb or brush your hair you should be extremely careful. When your hair is wet it is heavier and therefore if you tug it you will put more strain on the roots. If you use a comb make sure the teeth are widely spaced as this will reduce the friction and put less strain on hair follicles.

If you are losing your hair it is important that you keep it short. Thinning short hair looks thicker than thinning long hair and bald patches are not so noticeable. You should speak to your hair stylist frankly about your hair loss and see what they recommend. You might find it easier to talk man to man possibly with a balding hairstylist who will be able to give you the benefit of his own experience.

If you are serious about stopping your male pattern baldness statistically the best treatment is the hair loss drug Propecia made by the pharmaceutical company Merck. This actually tackles the genetic process of the build up of Dihydrotestosterone in the scalp which is the cause of the hair loss in the first place.

If hair loss is something which is seriously worrying you have a look at some of the other news articles and stories produced by Ukmedix News for some tips on dealing with it, not only physically but also psychologically.