How Can Stop Hair Loss

Along with your stunning blue eyes and a fondness for broccoli rabe, you may have inherited a genetic predisposition for male pattern hair loss from your mom, not your dad. Either or both parents could have passed on this gene to you. (They were more generous than you knew). While most hair loss is genetic (sorry), your diet (too little iron) or your meds (including some cholesterol reducers and some hypertension drugs) could also be causing the exodus. Try these foods for younger looking hair. If you can't blame anything but your genes, don't start Googling "hair transplants" or "hottest bald guys in history" just yet. When applied to your scalp, minoxidil inhibits the enzyme that starts the chain reaction of shrinking hair follicles and thinning hair. You can also inhibit that enzyme with finasteride, a prescription pill originally designed to counter an enlarged prostate. (Another prostate drug, dutasteride, has also had some success.) Both approaches -- potion and pill -- can have side effects that range from scalp dryness to decreased libido.