Frontal Baldness

Frontal baldness

        If you look around in everyday life, in order to observe certain patterns of hair loss in men, you will notice that most men have some degree of hair loss in frontal-temporal region, also called as frontal baldness. Making this observation, you will notice that almost 90 per cent of the men affected by baldness have frontal baldness. Frontal hair loss is first identified by men as a regression of the hairline above the forehead (the free space on the sides). When you examine your own temporal regions, look for areas where the hair seems less thick, or thin. This is hair that is being attacked by DHT - the leading cause of genetic hair fall in men.

        Until recently it was thought that Minoxidil and Finasteride were not effective in treating frontal baldness. Recent studies show that this is not true.

Frontal baldness and minoxidil

        According to an article in "Dermatology Times", that detailed a recent study of minoxidil a frontal baldness, there were clear results which have shown that minoxidil is effective in treatment-not just the crown of the head, but also the frontal area of the scalp. "The results after 48 weeks show that visible improvements were held in frontal regions of the scalp in 51% of men who have used Minoxidil 5% , to 42% of men who have used Minoxidil 2% and to 13% of placebo users. Of these, improvements in hair growth, moderate to high were observed in frontal scalp regions of 19% of men who use minoxidil 5%, 10% of men who use minoxidil 2% and 3% of those who used the placebo".

Frontal baldness pictures

Frontal baldness and finasteride

       Finasteride is another hair loss treatment that was thought to have no effect on frontal baldness until a recent study showed otherwise. During the first year of conducting the survey 50% of men treated with finasteride have observed an improvement of hair growth in the front; to 70% of this group there was no decrease in the number of hairs from the frontal area. The ones who were taking placebo observed that the hair was still falling further in 56% of cases. The assessment made by the investigating committee, showed an important improvement in the group treated with finasteride compared to the one who received placebo, at all times of the assessment, from the third month.

       This improvement was increasingly higher over time. Until the 12th month, 37% of men were assessed to improvements in hair growth. In the 12th month it has been shown that men treated with finasteride had an average increase of hair on square centimeter, with 12% higher than the group that received placebo. "It seems that the early action of the finasteride is to slow down the thinning of the hair and to stimulate its growth. If you continue with the therapy, the new hair will be longer and thicker. Since hair growth cycle is slow, it is not surprising that these effects occur slowly over time ".

       There are several patterns of baldness: in some cases is being withdraw only the frontal hair line, forming a frontal baldness, but keeping the hair of the head; in other cases the hair falls remains an area of completely bald crown surrounded by hair, while in other situations may withdraw the frontal hair line with hair loss in the central area, resulting in an extended area of bald scalp. There are cases where the thinning of the hair produces all over the scalp without being able to identify a specific pattern, which however will progress to complete loss of hair.