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Medical Management for Male Pattern Baldness?

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    Drs. Siegel and Samadi break down options

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And back now an actress not a doctor -- in all her loss for men may be and in an inevitable part of life.

But there are some new medical ways that could potentially help men.

Manage pattern baldness -- some money I can actually do that -- my senator you have.

Look it's a common problem over fifty million are affected by this.

And it really doesn't matter what you do because a lot of good genetics plays a big role in this has called -- -- terror laws.

So testosterone the hormone that we talk about is -- big part of this.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Is that well known -- that causes hair loss it causes a muscle mass causes the growth of the prostate.

So a lot of treatment for hair loss is to bring down the level of DH -- -- that -- -- -- -- One of the -- was his -- did we hear a lot about me knocking them -- so they'll.

This is a topical.

Application -- -- -- game rate lowers at DHT.

Near the follicle the Harris you have to apply that twice today.

And its lifetime the minute you stop using it you're going to lose their hair.

-- metabolic therapy for this is something called Propecia.

This is a medication that's a smaller doze off yes there I don't post -- that we use in your logic people -- good for enlarged prostate.

And you have to take that once today again life time it's quite expensive.

And there are some mild side effects to it may be sexual dysfunction -- only 2%.

Or in large group of men's breast particle mass here.

Well for the most part he works really well.

And look most women think that.

Having a ball Perry's -- it's no -- -- if you absolutely have to do it these are the treatments.

-- I actually get this question all the time third with thirty year old men are coming into me all the time sitting duck we don't want -- end up looking like no we wanna keep I have a lot of and I'm saying get out.

-- -- -- I won't for the road game but when it comes to Propecia honestly yes it decreases in good fit to -- their testosterone in the -- 60%.

But there is a study in the journal of sexual medicine this year that it does have sexual side effects could possibly in a small percentage like David said.

With the libido with a look with erectile dysfunction so I wanna have that conversation -- you at least I wanna save you do you wanna take a slight risk of this.

You know do you want to go ahead with -- here's what you -- years.

And that's that's basically is one that -- decision's been.

I'd say -- finally put -- -- I don't mean that I wouldn't --

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