When someone realizes that hair is beginning to thin, it's a sad day.
Often they're just resigned to the fact that they're going bald, so there's not a lot of thought given to what to do next.
Many men, for instance, think it's just a sign of middle age when hair thins.
Others look at their fathers and grandfathers and figure that genetics is at work and there's nothing they can do.
But they're still not happy about what's going on.
The best thing to do is to not be resigned but to seek out the real reasons why hair is being lost.
It could be because of a condition known as alopecia.
This has to do with the hormone testosterone.
When the hormone testosterone is transformed into the substance DHT, hair follicles are clogged and there's a thinning of the existing hair and an inability to grow more hair.
Hence, the creeping baldness so many experience and take for granted as a sign of growing old.
The treatment plan for this condition is two-pronged.
One is to block DHT, preventing further hair loss, and the other is to grow new hair from the follicles.
There are medications that are designed to do these things well.
One substance that's been touted as very good at accomplishing these tasks is called Minoxidil.
It does promote hair growth, but it's even better at preventing hair loss in the first place.
Unlike Propecia, it's put on the area rather than taken by mouth.
Propecia can help, too, but doesn't offer great results when a man is a bit older than middle age.
So the first thing one should do when noticing hair loss is get down to the basic reason why this is happening.
Once that's done, there are treatments that may be able to help with this issue.
Check out one of the treatments mentioned above or look for hair loss supplements that contain B6 and Biotin.
Don't just give up, as there are remedies for hair loss that can really help you.