If you are starting to see signs of balding and/or thinning hair finding hairloss help probably is something you are at least considering. You will be faced with many different options ranging from prescription medications such as finasteride (Propecia) to herbal solutions such as saw palmetto. But oftentimes your success will not be based on the treatment method you choose but rather the cause of your hairloss, along with early treatment.

Why is this? The most common types of permanent and ongoing balding are hair follicle related, creating an imbalance in the hair replacement cycle. You may not realize it, but every day you lose about 100 scalp hairs. When balding is not occurring, or is in its very early stages, most of the hairs are replaced through the natural hair replacement cycle. But if even a small imbalance consistently occurs, over time you will start to see varying degrees of balding and/or thinning.

Let’s take a closer look at exactly what this means. The average human scalp is covered with an amazing 100,000 hairs. If every day, rather than replacing 100 hairs you only replaced 80, that would be 7,300 hairs lost annually. Over a seven year period that would add up to about 51,100 hairs. So by only losing 20 additional hairs a day you would be slightly over 50% bald in seven years. YIKS!

The problem, especially in the most common type of balding (androgenetic alopecia) is that that you likely will not recognize the condition until you are 3 or 4 years or 29,000 hairs into the process. This means that somewhere between 21,000 and 29,000 follicles will already be damaged or dead at our modest 20 hair a day shortfall.

Why does this matter in relation to hairloss help? The reason is simple, there are many hairloss help solutions that work well in protecting healthy hair but very few (if any) have shown to be consistently productive when it comes to re-growing new hair. To drive home our point let’s look at the topical hair loss treatment minoxidil.

Minoxidil is a twice a day topical solution widely available both through the internet or your local drugstore. Many experts consider minoxidil to be the safest and most effective of all hair loss remedies. Studies indicate it that this drug produces new growth about 30 percent of the time but often times the new growth in fine or fuzzy. On the other hand it has been proven to slow balding 90 percent of the time.

In summary, as discussed above embracing hairloss help early, before balding and/or thinning gets out of hand is the key to maintaining your natural head of hair. Certainly, a proactive approach is the best option but most will wait until hairloss help becomes a critical concern before looking into solutions. Nevertheless, if is better to be late for the party than to not show up at all.

What to do next? There are currently a handful of hair re-growth products (specially formulated for both men and women) which have been proven effective both in blocking harmful hormones and bringing the all important dead hair follicles back to life. These specially formulated treatments can be used both as a preventative tool, starting before hair loss becomes severe, or after loss of hair has become noticeable. Whatever the level of balding or thinning you are experiencing these products could be just what is needed to overcome this latest life challenge.