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Approved
There are only two drug treatments approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for male pattern baldness. These are minoxidil (Rogaine/Regaine) and finasteride(Propecia).
Finasteride is recommended as first-line treatment for male pattern baldness, however, if further regrowth is desired after 12 months, finasteride and minoxidil may be used in combination.
Minoxidil
Minoxidil (Rogaine) is a vasodilator originally used as an oral drug (Loniten) to treat high blood pressure. However, minoxidil was discovered to have the side effect of hair growth and reversing baldness. Consequently, in the 1980s, Upjohn Corporation received FDA approval to market a topical solution that contained 2% minoxidil to be used to treat baldness and hair loss as Rogaine, marketed as Regaine outside the USA.
Objective evidence shows that minoxidil is effective for treatment of male-pattern hair loss in both the frontal areas and the vertex area of the scalp. At the conclusion of a 48 week study, improvements were seen in the vertex area regions of 51% of men using 5% minoxidil, 42% using 2% minoxidil, and 13% of placebo users. Among these men, moderate to great increases in hair growth were seen in the frontal scalp regions of 19% of men using 5% minoxidil, 10% using 2% minoxidil, and 3% of placebo users.
The method of action for minoxidil is not known, but many speculate that by widening blood vessels and opening potassium channels, it allows more oxygen, blood and nutrients to the follicle. This can also cause follicles in the telogen phase to shed, usually soon to be replaced by new, thicker hairs. As this effect is temporary and does not seem to change the follicle in any other way, minoxidil needs to be applied regularly (once or twice daily) for hair gained to be maintained.
Finasteride
Finasteride (Propecia), initially marketed as the brand-name drugs Propecia and Proscar by Merck, is an aza-steroid drug. Finasteride is aninhibitor of 5 alpha-reductase, and was originally approved by the US FDA for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The drug works by binding to 5-alpha-reductase, the enzyme responsible for the conversion of free testosterone to DHT.
Merck sought to find the smallest effective quantity of finasteride and test its long-term effects on 1,553 men between ages 18 and 41 with mildly to moderately thinning hair. Based on their research, 1 mg daily was selected, and after two years of daily treatment, over 83% of the 1,553 men experiencing male hair loss had actually maintained or increased their hair count from baseline. Visual assessments concluded that over 80% had improved appearances.
In 1997, finasteride was approved by the US FDA for the treatment of male pattern baldness. A 5-year study revealed that 9 of 10 men taking finasteride (1 mg daily) experienced visible results (42% of men taking Propecia experienced no further hair loss while 48% experienced no further hair loss and hair regrowth). In clinical studies, finasteride, like minoxidil, was shown to work on both the crown area and thehairline area, but is most successful in the crown area.

Hair transplant is the only left method to get back the natural looking hairs if the medical approved above mentioned methods do not work. ILHT has been doing hair transplant in Pakistan since 2000.

Hair Transplant Surgery

Hair Transplant is a simple surgical procedure which is done by removing a strip of hair bearing scalp from the back or sides of the head where hair growth is permanent and not affected by Dihydrotestestosterone (DHT). A doctor or medical staff member then divides the hair bearing scalp into grafts. These grafts can vary in size but include: follicular (most common) micro, mini and sometimes even maxi size grafts.

hair loss affected region for graft implantation. Tiny incisions are made with a surgical instrument in the recipient area which is where your scalp will “receive” the grafts. Receptor sites are made in these types.

In the hairline area they are created using the titanium needles, these receptor sites can accept only single hairs behind the hairline, and depth controlled titanium micro punches are used to create a receptor site that can accept two-or three-hair follicular units. In the thinning area, special micro needles are used to avoid damage to the existing hair.

The procedure time depends upon the number of grafts required; usually a procedure for a thousand grafts takes 2-3 hours. 1,500 grafts take about 3-4 hours. If more than 2,000 are required the procedure would take about 5-6 hours.

Most of the transplanted hair goes through a healing phase of two months after that the hair starts growing at the same rate as your non-transplanted hair. The average rate of growth is half an inch per month.

The transplanted hair is permanent. They will continue to grow for the rest of your life, because they have different genetic makeup than the already lost hair and are genetically permanent.