Future Treatments for Hair Loss
Currently, scientists are working hard towards making hair loss a thing of the past. In fact, scientists are in the research stages of a new gene therapy. This type of therapy would alter an individual’s genetic vulnerability to hair loss. This would mean that people predisposed to male pattern baldness or hair loss could stop the problem before it even occurred. However, this type of treatment is decades away from being implemented as an approved treatment for hair loss.
It is believed that, in the near future, drug treatments that inhibit the process of balding are much more realistic and promising. One of the drugs of the future was Propecia, which has been approved by the FDA to be taken orally by men. Propecia has not been approved for women or adolescents at this time.
Propecia is considered to be the most effective treatment available today for stopping the occurrence of further hair loss and re-growing hair. In addition to Propecia, another hair loss treatment of the future, not yet approved by the FDA, is Dutasteride. This is a hair loss treatment that inhibits the production of DHT, one of the main causes of hair loss. Ninety percent of DHT levels have been reduced in just two weeks. This treatment is very similar to already approved Propecia.
Only time will reveal what scientists come up with next. Scientists are working around the clock to stop male pattern baldness. For now, we have Propecia, which is highly effective for the vast majority of men. However, the future holds many promising developments that could end male pattern baldness from occurring.