Breaking Down Hair Loss Treatments: What Works and What Doesn’t

Trying to cure hair loss with home remedies and anecdotal solutions you find online is unlikely to result in thicker and healthier hair. You should always stick to proven treatment to fight back against hair loss.

At Sons, we want to help you separate fact from fiction by explaining which hair loss treatments work and what you should avoid doing.

What Won’t Help Your Hair Loss

Firstly, ignoring your hair loss and hoping it will suddenly grow back thicker and fuller is unlikely. While it’s true that consuming a healthier diet will benefit your hair by getting more of the crucial vitamins and nutrients you need, malnutrition is often not the reason somebody loses their hair; it is usually because of a genetic disposition to male pattern hair loss.

Supplemental products won’t reverse the process if your hair loss has begun and has gone beyond mild thinning. The design of capsules like Hair Growth Complex is for maintenance purposes, so you can keep your hair looking voluminous rather than stopping hair loss altogether.

Intaking enough Biotin in your diet can significantly help you produce keratin for stronger nails, skin, and hair, but it won’t stop hair loss once it has started.

Any shampoo product that promises to stop hair loss should be viewed with scepticism. Store-bought shampoos won’t contain prescribed medication proven to fight hair loss and may only improve your scalp’s micro-environment. However, DHT-Blocking Shampoos and Strengthening Conditioners help your scalp get more of its needs.

There are benefits to herbal remedies, like introducing antioxidants to your body for a better immune system, but don’t expect them to cure hair loss. Unfortunately, plant-based options like this can only do so much to boost your hair’s vitality, so bear this in mind. That’s not to say hair care tips won’t protect your scalp and strands from damage, but they won’t slow or stop hair loss.

Proven Hair Loss Treatment

Although hair loss medication doesn’t work for everybody, Finasteride works in 83% of men. Minoxidil is effective in 80% of men, so you will likely see significant improvement if you take either medication or both, as directed and for a sustained period.

Minoxidil is a topical formula approved by the FDA for prescription in men to tackle hair loss. Under the appropriate dosage, more oxygen and increased blood flow will reach the blood vessels on your scalp and encourage thicker strands to grow.

On the other hand, Finasteride is an oral tablet taken once a day to stop the body from turning testosterone into DHT, a hormone that causes hair loss. Your hair will spend more time in the growth stage of its cycle and be in the resting stage less frequently.

Book a consultation with Sons if you’re unsure which treatment you need; how far along your hair loss journey you are will ultimately dictate the suggestions our team provide. For more information, explore our hair loss products.

All of our blog articles are reviewed for medical accuracy by our Medical Director before publication.

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