For men seeking relief from hair loss in the middle and the middle front of the head, Propecia is a proven winner for regrowth in these areas. Depending on your priorities, it may be the product for you.

We aim here at providing unbiased information. We hope to help enable potential users of hair loss remedies to make informed decisions.

Who Makes Propecia?

Merck & Co., one of the giants of the pharmaceutical industry. The product is only available by prescription, so the retailer is your local pharmacy. There are no non-prescription versions available today. Viewed as an effective remedy for the loss of hair, it requires medical evaluation to access. Propecia is quiet potent but can carry undesirable and serious side effects. It is the only tablet for hair loss available in the United Kingdom.

What is it?

Approved by the FDA, Propecia was developed in order to reverse hair loss in the middle-front and on the top of the head. Its active ingredient is finasteride.

How does it work?

When hair loss outpaces new hair growth, the net effect is baldness. This natural growth cycle becomes tilted toward the negative when DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) builds up around the follicles. This build up shortens the hair growth cycle. Propecia blocks the formation of DHT. With less DHT in the body, less is available to form around the hair follicles on the scalp. This has the effect of decreasing hair loss.

Bad stuff about Propecia:

Because it acts on the body’s production of DHT, it is designed only for men. So women are not candidates for the use of Propecia.

While Propecia is quite potent, it is at the expense of possibly rendering the user somewhat impotent. Libido side effects occur in approximately 2% of men taking the drug, to whit: Because the triggering effect of the drug is a reduction of DHT, the sex drive may be severely affected. Semen count is also sometimes reduced. In more serious cases, men lose the ability to have an erection entirely while taking the drug. It’s not much good to attract women with your nice new head of hair if you can’t close the deal between the sheets, is it? These symptoms are not permanent, they only occur while the drug is being used. It’s an ironic circumstance, and a tough choice. However, it faces only a minority of users.

The drug takes up to 3 months to show results. For continued results, the drug has to be continued indefinitely — for as long as hair growth is desired, in other words.

Good stuff about Propecia:

It’s a proven winner. Hair growth is almost guaranteed when you are prescribed this drug.

Propecia has undergone many, many clinical trials and is therefore quite well known in terms of bodily effects. A doctor is unlikely, by and large, to be working with incomplete information when evaluating a patient for prescription of this drug. That is reassuring for anyone considering this solution.