The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair thinning condition called androgenic alopecia or 'male pattern baldness' that occurs in adult male humans and other species.

Male pattern baldness is also genetic, and the gene is passed to a child from either parent, not just the mother, as had been previously thought. Pattern baldness in men is the most common type of hair loss, and usually involves a receding hairline and baldness on the crown of the head. The root...

Modern medicine is always coming up with new ideas. The rate of progression in new developments is accelerating as we get a greater understanding of the role of genes in every aspect of the functioning of the human body. However, in spite of all these increases in our scientific knowledge and the money thrown at the problem a baldness cure has seemed to be as far away as ever. That is until now. The evidence comes from two separate sets of research being undertaken in America and...

The answer is very simple! When you weigh up the pros and cons of wearing a lace front over a traditional wig, the lace wig wins hands down on nearly every single criteria. Lets have a look!

Traditional wigs are made from synthetic or standard grade Remi or Yaki hair, whilst generally the best grade A+++ Remy hair is used in a lace wig. They also have bulky cap construction with tracks, fasteners and grips compared to the seamless wafer thin lace that the hair is knotted...

Boys and their hair toys... which just don't fool anyone. And yes, we all know it. But some men just can't give up the hairly-ghost of pretense. From the most ridiculous offers on late-night T.V. (the painted skull look will always have a special place in my heart), to the toupees that resemble shag rugs to the kitsch comb-over...let it go, already. How on earth do you think that's adding to your allure, when we can't take our eyes off of your head, wondering if your plugs are going to...

Journal of Investigative Dermatology published an article in January of 2009 with findings provided by the Department of Dermatology at the University of Lübeck in Germany and by Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. Both are researching the effects of excessive exposure to UV Radiation (UVR) and have found UVR to be one of the most harmful environmental influences on human skin.

Findings were made using a human organ model, a living human tissue interaction system under...

Women face a number of physical problems as they age. Post menopause and childbirth, their body undergoes serious developmental changes. The vaginal muscles and the pelvic floor muscles lose their strength and this leads to a number of physical and sexual functionality related ailments. The weakened pelvis muscles may lead to sexual dissatisfaction, stress incontinence, urge incontinence and several disorders that affect their mind and health. Even performing the regular activities can...

It is entirely normal to lose hair.  As a matter of fact experts estimate that each day of your life you will lose any where from 50-100 strands of hair.  Not to worry though, in a normal situation your hair follicles quickly produce new hairs to replace the ones falling out.  Our hair is in a very dynamic process of shed and growing new replacement hairs.  However, hair loss becomes an issue as the hair follicles lose their ability to produce new healthy strands of...

So you have a bald head or it is balding pretty fast what can you do?

For most havingbaldnessor a “bald head” is a matter of having too much males hormones

The male hormone is testosterone and it is abundant in males who tend to get a bald head or go bald at an early age

Some say it sis impossible tostop baldnessand the argument is that it is genetic and that the bald gene is usually carried by your mother. So with that thinking if your mother's father was...

American hair loss association is an institution for education and research for hair loss treatment. They have started introducing drugs that could be useful in the hair loss treatment for women. They are not just new drugs, but they are the existing one with a lesser amount of dosage and combination of different drugs.

Another reason why this treatment of drug in female is avoided is because not all the hair loss in female is due to androgenic loss. When there is a hair loss...

Laser hair removal is a procedure that works when a hand-held device is pressed onto the area of the skin and light beams at particular wavelengths are then sent through the device. The purpose of this device is to remove the hair from certain areas of the body, and it works much better than other hair removal methods and products because it is so quick, pain free, and long lasting.

As well, it is meant to cause damage to the hair follicles without damaging the surrounding tissue,...