The more we learn about how our bodies work, the more we discover treatment alternatives for hair loss. The driving force behind the search for these treatments is the need to find a low cost alternative to conventional treatments that is still effective. The best option, of course, is to prevent hair loss to begin with.
Absent a medical condition, most hair loss is caused by DHT, or, dihydrotestosterone. DHT is the male sex hormone testosterone that has been transformed by the 5-alpha reductase enzyme. The DHT then acts on your hair follicles by choking off the blood supply and causing them to die.
For anyone that wanted to stop or reverse this process, expensive medical treatments have long been their only option. Even then, positive results were rare. The world of hair loss treatments drew all manner of “hucksters” that preyed on the pain of others.
The medical community then developed hair transplants, which made the outcome a bit more certain. The high price of these transplants, however, severely limited their availability to most people. Time, high cost, and general discomfort involved in transplants prompted the search for treatment alternatives.
Minoxidil is the only alternative treatment available today that is FDA approved. Many other treatments are out there, but most have not been independently tested, so buyer beware should be your word of the day. Other options may prove to be very effective, but you should do your homework before spending your money.
Please Note: This information is based entirely on information commonly available in the medical press and medical journals on the subject of alternative treatments for hair loss. Nothing herein should be or construed to be any kind of medical advice. For medical advice the reader must consult with his or her personal physician or other medical specialist.
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