This just in from ScienceDaily — Male pattern hair loss (MPHL) is a condition that affects as many as 50 percent of men by the age of fifty, but according to a new study, baldness may soon be a treatable condition.

Using pairs of identical twins, the study assessed the efficacy of dutasteride, a particular enzyme inhibitor, as a means of reducing hair loss and encouraging new growth, finding it to be an effective means of combating baldness.

In the study, one of each pair of twins was given 0.5 mg/day of …

Periodically I will post Patient Hair Loss stories on my blog so that everyone can learn from each patients experiences. This is Mike’s Hair Loss Story as he tells it. “My hair loss started in my mid to late twenties and it really bothered me. Oh, did it bother me, regardless of the things you would hear from friends and family like “it really didn’t matter”, or “bald is beautiful.” I didn’t buy any of it. Besides, almost all of the advice I got came from guys with thick, full …

My story is probably similar to many other people going bald, in that I don’t like it. Bald may be beautiful to some, but personally I would rather walk around without my pants on than be bald. Of course, we can always dress appropriately, but not having hair was difficult to work around. Since I started to lose my hair in my teens, I used different techniques on combing the few hairs I had left. I must admit that I got very good at trying to hide my bald head, …