For more and more men and women the answer is hair transplant surgery - the only permanent solution to hair loss. Greater than 200,000 Americans each year have chosen this surgery as the means to complete hair restoration, and new surgical techniques make the process virtually painless and invisible. Best of all, in the hands of a skilled surgeon, the results can lead to a more natural hairline which permanently restores what Mother Nature originally created for you. Male pattern baldness is a genetic condition which affects more than 50 million men and women in the United States. How often you wash your hair or with what type of shampoo, whether or not you ever wore a helmet, how you brush and comb your hair or rub your head have absolutely no effect on hair loss.
Clogged pores have nothing to do with the cause of male pattern baldness.
Whether or not you lose your hair and when is determined before you are born. However, hair loss is generally a slow process which begins almost unnoticed during our twenties until it becomes quite evident in our thirties and forties. There is good news, however, in the area of genetics. Although we may be predisposed to hair loss, there is an area on our heads where the hair is genetically programmed never to fall out. This area is the horseshoe-shaped rim of hair around the back and sides of the head.