By Michael PavlosEver since men and women started losing hair, there have been 'remedies' to stop or reverse the process, and many a con-artist or trickster happy to make a quick buck through the misery and misfortune of othersChristian Louboutin Shoes
. I can imagine one of our distant ancestors buying a toupee fashioned out of twigs only to be ridiculed by the rest of the tribe.

Indeed potential cures have ranged from Wiccan magic spells to getting various animals, commonly cows in India to lick the scalp of a balding man. An eighth century Chinese remedy which involves catching a green grass snake and pounding it to death in a bag of silk and then boiling the remains and rubbing them into your scalp and the Native Americans had a similar remedy, replacing the snakes with scorpions, nettles and the urine from a pregnant woman!

On a more serious note, bearing in mind all causes of hair loss as discussed in my other articles, there are only two types of treatments are going to work, those which address the hormonal sensitivity, or treatments that stimulate growth despite it. And as it happens there are only two drug treatments approved by the U.SChristian Louboutin outlet
. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for male baldness: Minoxidil and Finasteride. And we will begin by looking at Minoxidil today.

Minoxidil (more commonly known by its trade names Rogaine and Regaine) is a vasodilator medication which was first used exclusively as an oral drug to treat high blood pressure. However those using it will noticed an interesting side effect, namely increased growth and darkening of fine body hairs.

Seeing the potential of this Upjohn Corporation produced a topical solution that contained 2% minoxidil to be used to treat baldness and hair loss, under the brand name Rogaine in the United States and CanadaChristian Louboutin outlet
, and Regaine in Europe and the Asia-Pacific. Treatments are available in 5% concentration solution for men and 2% concentration solutions for women.

How Minoxidil works is still not fully understood but studies have shown it is effective in preventing hair loss and may help attain some regrowth. One particular study in healthy males aged 18