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Note: Rogaine and Regaine refer to the same product. The brand name Rogaine is used in the United States and Canada while the brand name Regaine is used in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
This is one of the only products available today that has been approved by the FDA for treatment of hair loss. It has consistently performed well in clinical studies and could be the product you are looking for to restore your hair.
The drug that causes it to work is called Minoxidil. This ingredient began life in the 1980s when it was marketed as Loniten, a tablet used to treat high blood pressure. When some patients began to see hair growth on their hands, face and forehead as a side effect of using the medication, enterprising scientists went to their labs and reformulated it as a topical lotion. Their hunch proved correct and use of the lotion produced hair growth on the scalp. Soon after the product was released to the pharmaceuticals market.
Around 85 per cent of users see results from using the treatment twice a day. It will not restore a full head of hair overnight, but needs continued treatment to see results and maintain them. If you stop using the product, you will lose the hair growth between three and six months.
Minoxidil is a vasodilator, so it is thought that the treatment works by stimulating the blood flow to the scalp thereby improving the hair growth cycle and helping the body to produce thicker hairs from the follicle. It seems that the product helps to prolong the growth phase of the hair and keep it in the resting phase longer, before it falls out. More recent studies have also indicated that it helps the body to produce PGHS 1 (prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase-1), which stimulates hair growth.
These days the product is available for purchase from pharmacies in male and female formulas and with 2% or 5% strengths. It is a very safe product to use with only minor scalp irritation or itching reported among users.
If you begin using the product as soon as you notice hair loss, then you will experience better results than if you leave treatment until the problem is very noticeable. It sometimes works better on younger patients or when hair is thinning rather than pronounced bald spots. If your bald spot is less than 10cm wide you are more likely to experience good results.
Rogaine / Regaine has been proven to work through several scientific studies and millions of happy customers around the world. It is the only non prescription hair loss treatment that has been approved by the FDA. Try it, and you have everything to gain.
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