A new study the University of Glasgow has suggested early man shed his hair gradually to cope with the heat of active, foraging lifestyle. Previously scientists have speculated that man first ’stood up’ as a means of keeping cooler.
Using a new computer model, researchers concluded that it was the other way round - standing up […]

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Those men who have resorted to taking hair transplant treatments have also shown increased sex drive, more energy and improved performance because of a specific drug prescribed along with treatment.
The treatment encompasses a technique, called follicular unit extraction, which takes individual follicles out of the back and sides of the head and implants them into […]

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Men should avoid having hair transplants until they are closer to the age of 30, a leading surgeon has warned.
Doctor Bessam Farjo told Newsbeat some clinics are not doing enough to warn under-30s about the long-term risks.
He said that while the publicity in celebrities like Wayne Rooney getting the procedure is making it more popular, […]

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A popular drug used by men across the country to treat pattern baldness could come with an unwanted side effect: an increased risk of breast cancer.
Although the apparent risks are low, Health Canada issued a warning Thursday telling consumers the drug, finasteride, could be potentially dangerous. The drug, which comes in one-milligram and five-milligram formats, […]

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According to a study released in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, the hair-growth drug finasteride, commonly marketed under the trademark name Propecia, can cause persistent sexual dysfunction well after you stop the medication.
Doctors have long known that finasteride can cause impotence and related sexual problems. Finasteride decreases the conversion of testosterone to the more potent […]

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New research from French concuded young men going bald early may have a bigger problem on their hands: the health of their prostate gland. French doctors seems to link early male pattern baldness with a higher likelihood of prostate cancer later in life. they say early male pattern baldness is associated with a malfunction of the […]

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A French study at the Paris Descartes University has found that men who start to lose hair at the age of 20 are more likely to develop prostate cancer in later life.However, if the men only started to lose their hair when they were 30 or 40, there was no difference in their risk of developing […]

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According to a new study at the University of Pennsylvania, an inability of stem cells in the scalp to develop into the type of cells that make hair follicles may be an underlying cause of male-pattern baldness.
Scientists say in people who are bald, hair follicles have shrunken and become microscopic. Thay long thought that bald […]

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According to statistics more than half (55%) of hair loss sufferers would be more inclined to consider having a hair transplant if celebrities or public figures were more open about hair restoration surgery, and men are more likely to be influenced than women (57% vs. 45%).
Over the last couple of years many male celebs have […]

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In men, hair loss is known as male pattern baldness, marked by the familiar receding hairline and thinning hair on top of the head - a condition that sometimes leads to complete baldness.
A new study at University of Pennsylvania reveals common baldness could have its roots in a newly identified stem cell defect.
Researchers say they discovered that a […]

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