It will not be long when our soap operas will have titles such as "The Bald and The Beautiful," "Bald parade," and reality shows like "Baldest of them all." You must be wondering as to why they will be called that. Well seeing the number of people who have turned bald due to hair loss and the care that people undertake to cure the problem we cannot say that it will not happen as hair loss is affecting millions of people world wide.



Hair is something which defines our personality and character. We can look younger or older with just the style of our hair. If a person is bald there is no option left for him rather than opting for the artificial ways. To cover or disguise baldness is not a difficult thing as there are Wigs, caps, hats, bandanas etc. But with these disguises especially with wig the cons exceed the pros. There can be many embarrassing moments with wigs like while standing in a crowd if it gets blown away by the wind, while eating in a public place if the fan in the restaurant blows it away, in a crowded place if it comes out of place!! Rather than looking dashing you will be red with embarrassment and will become the joke of the day. Your only consolation will be that you are bringing so much of laughter.

We shed hair which had been lying for more than three months to be replaced by a new hair. Hair loss does happen to both male and females but the sad thing is that in men the loss of hair is usually permanent and is known as Male Pattern Baldness or Alopecia. It happens due to the increase of sex hormones present abundantly in the scalp known as androgen. Due to the increase in androgens and hormones the scalp is very sensitive and causes the hair follicles to shrink making it impossible for hair regrowth. The increase in androgens may be due to coronary heart disease, prostrate cancer, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, further; hair loss can also be hereditary.

Male Pattern Baldness affects almost all the men with few exceptions. Hair start receding in the forehead and this recession continues till very little hair are left which mostly resembles a horse shoe shape i.e. there is little hair on both the sides and back side of the head.

However, we still have a choice; thankfully there is a medicine by Merck which can save us from lots of embarrassments. Propecia a Finasteride approved by the FDA for the treatment of male pattern baldness in 1997 is the right medicine. It not only stops the loss of hair but also fill up your bald head with hair again thus making re-growth of hair possible. It is an oral medicine and works by inhibiting the enzyme which convert testosterones to dihydrotestosterone which is responsible for the loss of hair.

However, it must not be forgotten that Propecia can be bought with prescription only as there may be some side effects like loss of libido in men. Further, the medicine is lethal for females. Women who are pregnant and planning to get pregnant in the future should not come in contact with opened Propecia tablets as it has the tendency of abnormally changing the sex organ of male baby. It is also not useful as a hair loss or hair regrowth medication in women.

Therefore, consulting your doctor or hair specialist is a must to get the right Propecia dosage and also to see your compatibility with the medicine. To you need not even step outside your door, with the click of a mouse you may online and within no time you will be a step closer to bid adieu to your baldness.