There are a variety of alternatives to hair transplants, including scalp reduction surgery, flap surgery, hairpieces and drug treatments. All these are essentially useless, painful and exorbitantly expensive treatments.
Pills to grow hair have been around for decades. Each year, numerous medications, herbs, spices and nutritional supplement are being cited as the panacea for hair loss. Annually, North American men spend more than 2-4 billion dollars in the quest for the magic drug to look younger, sexier and hairy.
Unfortunately there is nothing on the horizon for more hair.
Two FDA approved medications for hair growth are available. Minoxidil, which is sold over the counter as Rogaine, for both men and women, and Finasteride, a prescription pill, sold as Propecia, for men only- both these suck and are a total waste of money. You will be lucky if you even grow one strand of hair on your backside after 10 years (personal experience).
Two other drugs have been recently approved for hair growth and include a high-estrogen oral contraceptive which is for women only and Aldactone (spironolactone) which can be used by either gender. These two pills are generally safe but as far as their hair growth abilities are concerned- “shit” would be the best answer.
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