Hair Loss Starter's Guide

Welcome to the Regrowth.com Hair Loss Starter's Guide.  Here you will find all the information you need to become educated about hair loss and the different options you have in dealing with it.  Each section of the Starter's Guide covers important information you will need to know to understand why we lose hair, what we can do about it, and how to avoid wasting money on products that won't work.  You will also be able to diagnose your own hair loss and receive information and tips about what to do for your degree of hair loss.  To get started, simply click on the Next link below or click on the section from the list below you are most interested in.

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Section	Description
Introduction to Hair Loss	This section contains the basic information you need to know about hair loss, including what hair is and why we lose it.  Knowing how hair grows and what the true causes of hair loss are will help you avoid products or treatments that won't work.
Option: Do Nothing	The cheapest and simplest method of dealing with hair loss, although it won't help you grow or keep your hair.
Option: Propecia	Propecia is the most recently approved treatment for hair loss in a pill form.
Option: Rogaine	Rogaine and Rogaine Extra Strength were the first treatments for treating hair loss using a topical lotion.
Option: Other Treatments	There are hundreds if not thousands of other treatments sold for hair loss throughout the world that are sold commercially and not regulated as medicines.
Option: Hair Transplantation	Hair transplantation moves hair from the back of the scalp to the top and front of the scalp to reduce or eliminate the appearance of hair loss.
Option: Non-Surgical Hair Replacement	Non-surgical hair replacement, also known as hair systems, hair pieces, wigs, or toupees, are a non-surgical and non-medicinal way to conceal hair loss using real hair.
Option: Cosmetic Concealers	Cosmetic concealers are another non-surgical and non-medicinal way to conceal hair loss by making your existing hair appear fuller and thicker without adding hair.
Buyer Beware: Avoiding Scams	There are many products sold that do not work for hair loss.  This guide will help you avoid them by telling you how to evaluate advertisements and product information.
Diagnose Yourself: Using the Norwood Scale	This scale is the most commonly used way to measure the degree of hair loss in males.  By clicking on the degree most closely matching your own, you will see Regrowth.com's tips for the options that may be most appropriate for your degree of hair loss.
Diagnose Yourself: Using Other Hair Loss Scales	There are other scales for measuring hair loss, including the Ludwig scale for measuring female hair loss and the Savin scales for measuring the degree of density, frontal hair loss, midpattern hair loss, and vertex hair loss.