Understanding The Term Common Baldness

When you suffer from hair loss there are may terms thrown at you including the term, "common baldness". When you hear this term you may think, hmmmmm baldness can't be that common. I am walking...

When you suffer from hair loss there are may terms thrown at you including the term, “common baldness”. When you hear this term you may think, hmmmmm baldness can’t be that common. I am walking around in a world where everyone else at my office, school etc., has hair. I feel so alone at my age and to be seeing a head in the mirror that is becoming balder every day! The term “common baldness” can be used to refer to a male or a female experiencing hair loss.

Other names given to the term, “common baldness” may include “male-pattern baldness” or “permanent-pattern baldness”. The most common of these is male-pattern baldness. Males who lose hair and the hair doesn’t grow back naturally on it’s own can start to experience this loss at an early age. These men tend to develop extensive baldness. The hair loss results in both receding hairline and baldness that appears at the top of the head.

Females who experience “female-pattern baldness” will notice that their hair will come in thinner over time but unlike “male-pattern baldness” if you are female this thinning hair pattern occurs all over your scalp.

Male common baldness may be the result of your diet, or it may be related to certain medications that you have been taking. Sometimes the baldness is the result of a recent illness or from experiencing stress in your life that is ongoing.

Female common baldness may result from her menstrual cycle, from a pregnancy, or later in life from menopause.

When common baldness is first noticed you will probably seek the advice of your doctor. Your doctor will physically examine you to see if you have any illness that may be contributing to your baldness. You will be asked about your hair care routine to see if anything there could be in any way connected to your experience of baldness.

There are treatments for common baldness available through your doctor. These treatments will be based upon the physical examination findings and the findings from any blood tests or biopsy of your scalp. The doctor will use these finding to identify the type of hair loss and try to pinpoint the cause of your hair loss so that the treatment will be effective.

There are medicines that can slow down the progress of the common baldness. There are even medicines available today that can prevent common baldness. Medicines such as Rogaine are available without needing to get a prescription from your doctor. Rogaine is applied directly to your scalp. Males and females can both use Rogaine if they are experiencing hair loss attributed to common baldness. Propecia is another popular hair loss medication that can only be used by males. It comes in pill form. These medications can take up to six months before they take effect, so you will have to be patient.

Alternative options to using medications are to experiment with different hairstyles to find one that covers your thinning or balding scalp. You can also make use of artificial hair, hair replacement, hair weaves, or hairpieces.

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