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Estimates are that over 50 percent of men will suffer from thinning hair during their lives and this is usually a result of inheriting the condition called androgenetic alopecia, or what is commonly known as male pattern baldness. There are 2 products approved by the FDA as baldness treatments for men and minoxidil is one of those products. But will minoxidil use reverse your thinning hair?

There’s dozens if not hundreds of baldness cures on the Internet. Apart from minoxidil and finasteride none of them are approved by the FDA for use as a baldness treatment, and minoxidil is the only product approved by the FDA for use as a balding treatment by women.

It therefore follows that these are the only 2 products which have scientific evidence of their effectiveness as baldness treatments which is sufficient to convince the FDA of their effectiveness, and only one, minoxidil, has sufficient scientific evidence of it’s effectiveness for women.

If any of the companies that make the miracle cures for baldness found on the internet could produce sufficient scientific proof that these products actually worked to reverse thinning hair you can be absolutely certain they would apply for FDA approval today. FDA approval for a product to treat hair loss is as good as a licence to print money, and if they had the evidence of the effectiveness of the product they would apply for FDA approval immediately.

But whilst minoxidil is the only FDA approved treatment of thinning hair in both men and women, you do need to understand a few things about using minoxidil before you start using minoxidil to treat your baldness problem.

Obviously minoxidil works to reverse thinning hair or the FDA would not have approved it. But just because it is proven to work doesn’t mean that it works for everybody. Just as there are cancer treatments which are proven to work to treat cancer, they do not work for everybody, and it is not realistic to expect minoxidil to be any different. Do not expect that just because it works for others that it will also work for you, though of course there is a good chance that it will.

Secondly you must understand that if you start minoxidil use to treat a hair loss problem you must commit to a minimum amount of time before you make any judgement about whether it is working for you. 2 months is not sufficient time to use a product before deciding whether it is working. You should commit to a minimum of 6 months and preferably 12 months before you make any decisions about whether minoxidil use is reversing your thinning hair.

And the third thing that you need to understand before beginning using minoxidil for a hair loss treatment is that even if you get an outstanding result you need to continue using the product to maintain that result. Dicontinuing minoxidil use, even amongst those with demonstrated reversal of hair loss, will result in the thinning hair returning.

Clearly using minoxidil works to reverse thinning hair in men and women but this does not automatically mean that it will work for you. You need to have realistic expectations and need to be prepared to commit to a sufficient trial before making any decisions on how minoxidil is working to you. There is now a new product available which combines minoxidil with a range of essential hair nutrients increases the likelihood that it will work for you, however this also is not guaranteed to work for everybody.

If you understand these 3 things about using minoxidil, and you’re interested to find the best hair Loss treatment which combines minoxidil with a range of essential hair nutrients you can find that product on my website.