Do you know of a condition called male pattern baldness? Even if this is the first time you’ve heard of that name, you can see at least one man every day who is suffering from it and losing his hair as a result. It’s very likely that you have it as well, especially if you are reading this article about MPB. Male pattern baldness, which is medically known as androgenic (or androgenetic) alopecia is a condition caused by dihydrotestosterone, which attaches itself to the hair follicles, disables them from getting nutrition because of which they first shrink and then, eventually die off. Read more...
If you are looking for more information about Propecia, you have probably already read a number of newspaper articles, online testimonials and user reviews about this hair growth product. But so many of those reviews lack to give a definite answer, and rather go down the safer “in some cases, for some users, it does” route. This article is different, and if you are looking for an honest, direct, no nonsense answer to the question “Does Propecia work?” you’ve come to the right place. Read more...
It seems like most drugs currently in the market that offer a solution to problems we thought would ail us forever actually were discovered on accident. In Propecia’s case, it’s exactly what happened. Initially, the active substance in Propecia was actually used on patients with abnormally enlarged prostates, as a way to shrink it.It is a substance that acts on testosterone, keeping the body from turning it into di-hydrotestosterone, or DHT in short. What the researchers found, surprisingly, is that DHT was also one of the hormones responsible for causing male pattern baldness. Thus, Propecia was born. Read more...