Can baldness be cured?

Unfortunately male pattern baldness cannot be cured. It is a heredity condition related to genetic make up in each individual body, relating to the balance of testosterone in your hormonal system.

Telogen effluvium (TE), is a separate condition resulting in the temporary loss of hair, and can be cured by rejuvenating damaged or resting follicles, but it is a far less common condition that is largely unrelated to the ageing process.

There are, however, several popular methods for hair replacement. Mostly these are costly and lengthy procedures that carry no guarantees and can have side effects.

FDA certified drugs

The thought of putting chemicals into your body every day to combat balding doesn't seem to trouble the growing number of people who have been prescribed one of the only two FDA approved treatments; Rograine and Propecia. Ironically both were developed for other purposes but caused hair growth as a side effect. Propecia is a DHT inhibitor (DHT being the hormone suppressing the follicle's hair production), while Rogaine is a follicle stimulator.

These can be costly, both on your wallet and health, and have limited results if the follicles are essentially damaged by the ageing process. They are however the most effective of the hundreds of other drugs on the market that are completely useless. One new product, Nutrifolica uses herbal extracts of Habanero to stimulate the follicles and rejuvenate the skin, but results aren't verified.