Hair Loss Medication

Availability of a wide range of hair loss medications makes treatment of hair loss diseases easy. Numerous options in the form of pills, shampoos and sprays are available as a hair loss medication. The applicability of a particular hair loss medication is decided by the type of disease.

Hair loss can be classified as, male pattern baldness, and female pattern baldness. As it is clear by their names, male pattern baldness affects men while female pattern baldness is a hair loss disease among women. Female pattern baldness is less likely to occur but male pattern baldness is very common.

Hormones are at the bottom of both forms of hair loss. Male pattern baldness occurs because of the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Medication which inhibits DHT can be used for treatment of male pattern baldness in the form of a hair loss drug.

As a hair loss medication, Propecia is a prominent name. It is a FDA approved oral-prescription medication which helps in the treatment of male pattern baldness with success rate of around 90%. This medication should not be used without a prescription of a doctor.

However, if you don’t want to go for prescription medication for treatment of hair loss because of some side effect related with them; you then can go for some other medications which are made up of natural herb. Procerin and Provillus are such two drugs whose working is similar to Propecia, and are made up of all natural ingredients. Because of their herbal nature, these medications do not have any side effect and easily available without any prescription but a prior consultation with a doctor is better to do.

Generally, a hair loss medication is specifically developed either for treatment of male pattern baldness or for treatment of female baldness. But, Rogaine is a hair loss medication which helps in treatment of baldness in men as well as in women. This is an FDA approved topically applicable prescription medication which has minoxidil as its active ingredient. Minoxidil is a proven hair growth stimulator. It comes in the form of spray with different concentration of minoxidil; generally spray with five percent concentration of minoxidil is meant for men and 2% concentration for women.

There might be some side effect associated with some hair loss medications, therefore as a precautionary measure consultation with a doctor is essential. Only a doctor can suggest the right hair loss medication in accordance to the extent of hair loss.