Since baldness is a widely spread condition, new hair loss products appear on the market almost daily. Most of their manufacturers claim that their concoctions are capable of rejuvenating hair follicles, restoring hair growth, and eliminating baldness. How true are such claims? Some consumers swear by effectiveness of particular treatments, while others feel frustrated after having tried a whole range of patented rubs, pills, or creams without any visible effect. If you are looking for a right hair loss product, we advise that you should choose a FDA-approved treatment, which effectiveness has been supported by solid scientific research. Another option is to go for traditional herbal therapies that have been successfully applied for treating hair loss for many centuries.

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According to a recent issue of the Harvard Health Letter, which has been published in August 2008, hair transplantation techniques remain the most efficient type of hair loss therapy.

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According to a new study carried out by scientists of the Stanford University, USA, and reported in a recent issue of the Journal of Genes and Development, baldness may soon become a treatable condition. The researchers were able to identify a specific molecule that stimulates hair follicles to produce new hair, at least in mice. Successful animal experiments in hair regeneration make it possible to suggest that, in the near future, scientists will learn how to trigger an increased production of this follicle-stimulating molecule in humans, as well, which will allow for a successful re-growth of scalp hair in bald people.

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In our previous post, we gave a review of the most common treatment options for alopecia areata - steroid injections, topical steroid medications, and Minoxidil. Today, we are going to consider other types of medical approaches, namely, topical immunotherapy and the drug Dithranol, which are also used to address this little understood hair loss condition – alopecia areata.

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Since alopecia areata is a poorly understood autoimmune disorder with an unpredictable medical prognosis, not treating is often a wise option. In the majority of cases, the condition resolves itself – bald patches disappear and the hair re-grows without any medical intervention. If you have alopecia areata in a mild form, with only a few small areas of baldness, your health care provider may advise that you should simply apply the method of “watchful waiting” – that is, to wait and see if the condition improves in time without treatment. The hair is likely to re-grow within a period of several months to one year. For the time being, hair style changes can be helpful in masking bald patches.

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