Hair loss is a natural part of the body’s process of renewal. The list of all the possible causes is exceedingly long but it is a common problem that affects millions of men, women, and children. The correct term for hair loss is Alopecia. The most common type of hair loss in men is genetic; known as male pattern baldness, it affects close to 95 percent of males. Propecia is not one of them. It is the only FDA approved pill for the treatment of hair loss. This is because an independent five year study has proven that 9 out 10 men show some re-growth of hair 3 to 12 months after starting Propecia.

Some people only loss a small amount of hair and this is often down to a poor diet and is worth checking with you specialist. The reason for your condition may be at your work place if you deal with chemicals or cosmetics but some others may as a consequence of personal situations such as stress, mental tension or a hormonal imbalance. It is worth noting that only conditions that damage the follicles can make the loss permanent. Most people believe that it is primarily men that suffer with the condition but women actually account for forty percent of sufferers in the USA alone.

Many women’s hair loss may be caused by a thyroid condition which seems to affect them more often later in life. It is not just in America where four in every ten women will suffer from it because this is a global figure for women by the time they reach sixty. Some women also have a hair loss problem when they are pregnant; often lasting many months after the child is born. Approximately 30 million women in the United States experience female pattern, hereditary baldness.

The best solution if you have permanent hair loss is to have it surgically restored and although a relatively new treatment has achieved considerable success. Healthy hair follicles are transplanted from one area of the scalp to an area where the hair follicles have died. Hair transplants have become the most popular form of hair restoration treatment for men with the entire procedure done under local anesthetic and on an out-patient basis. However, hair restoration is also not only for men any more, hair transplants for women are also achievable today and is a frequent choice of women who have scarring from previous surgery, notably from facelifts.

Remember that the best outcome of hair restoration is to restore your appearance insofar as possible, not change it to make you look like someone else. Health considerations should be taken into account and addressed before hair transplant treatment is carried out on anyone. While cosmetic surgery does include hair restoration as one of its sub-fields, this is a different form of cosmetic treatment available. Surgical hair transplant therapy might be your only solution if all other methods have failed despite the fact that discoveries in this field of hair loss continue to advance.