How to Get a Smooth Bald Head

When balding sets in, rather than treating the condition, many men simply shave the remaining hair and go bald. If you have been shaving your head for a while and have not achieved that smooth feel to your scalp, you are wondering how everyone else has it. Interestingly, this is not so hard to do….

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Stress Induced Hair Loss

Extreme stress can lead to a scientific condition known as Telogen Effluvium. While sounding scary, it simply means hair thinning because of stress. While stress itself does not cause hair loss, the habits formed when under stress can lead to hair loss. The following are some of those habits and ways to avoid them. Poor…

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Should the NIDA and NIAAA be merged?

The field of drug treatment might be turned on its ear if a recommendation by a special review board comes to fruition. ASAM News reports that the Scientific Review Management Board (SRMB), created by Congress in 2006 to provide oversight to the National Institute of Health (NIH), has recommended that the National Institute on Drug…

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DNA test for baldness

Instead of worrying whether the family genes will make you bald at some point in life, you can now take a DNA test that will tell you what the odds are of going bald before forty. The test, created by HairDX, a company based in Irvine, California searches for a genetic variant that is shared…

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Coffee could hold the cure for baldness

New research indicates that coffee could be the secret cure for male baldness. The new discovery reveals that caffeine stimulates the growth of tiny follicles in the scalp in men who are starting to lose their hair. This new finding could mean new treatments and procedures for a condition that affects almost 50% of British…

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How women really feel about dating bald men

Poor body image and low self esteem are usually associated with women, especially when portrayed on the media. Men however have it better. TV shows and movies show frumpy, overweight men with beautiful and successful women. However, men are extremely insecure about one thing, and that is baldness. Affected men are known to spend hours…

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