What Science Can Do for your Baldness

Finding a medical treatment for baldness 2000 years ago used to rely upon your ability to gather pigeon droppings and goat blood for application onto the scalp. Today treatments for baldness are far more effective—and easier to apply.

For awhile it didn’t look like there was going to be a treatment for baldness. In the 60’s and 70’s the only treatments for baldness were crude hair transplants performed using large sections of donor hair that were often painful and hair pieces that were not very effective against natural elements such as wind, rain, and water. Not only that, they very much looked like the ‘rugs’ that they were mockingly called.

But then in the 80’s the baldness medical treatment industry was revolutionized when Minoxidil (Rogaine) was discovered to not only assist with high blood pressure, its intended purpose, but also stop hair loss and stimulate shrunken hair follicles to grow again. This was followed up by in the 90’s by the very popular Finasteride (Propecia) which could also stem hair loss and was a little more convenient in its prescription pill form than the topical solution of Rogaine. Both baldness treatments required constant use to maintain their results.

Today the most exciting new treatment for baldness is by far the hair transplant. Now updated with cutting-edge technology and ground-breaking safety advances, hair transplantation now gives the baldness sufferer a reliable, permanent, and aesthetically pleasing treatment for baldness.