What treatments are available for male pattern baldness?

What treatments are available for male pattern baldness?

Marilyn Sherlock (Trichologist) gives expert video advice on: What is male pattern baldness?; What treatments are available for male pattern baldness?; What are the side effects of Minoxidil? and more...

Treatments for male pattern baldness currently are Finasteride and Minoxidil. Minoxidil is slightly different in that it is not taken orally; it is sprayed onto the scalp twice a day and has the effect of certainly arresting hair loss, but in some cases, regrowing it. Finasteride is an oral drug which. In both cases it takes about a year to see whether they're effective for you as an individual. Finasteride and Minoxidil have both been clinically trialled and they're shown to produce hair growth in men. The other alternative at the moment is transplant surgery.