Receding temples
The hairline moves back at the corners first, deepening into an M shape. Usually the earliest visible stage.
Male pattern baldness treatment in Chennai
Male pattern baldness is an inherited sensitivity of the hair follicle to a hormone called DHT. Affected follicles shrink with every growth cycle, so the hair they make gets shorter and finer until it stops coming through. It begins at the temples and crown, spares the sides and back, and progresses over years rather than falling out suddenly.
Which type do you have?
Identifying the type matters, because each is treated differently.
Crown thinning
The whorl at the back opens out and scalp shows through under overhead light — often noticed first in a photograph somebody else took.
Combined pattern
Temples and crown thinning together and gradually meeting across the top. The sides and back stay, because those follicles are not DHT-sensitive.
Diffuse thinning with no recession
Loss spread evenly with the hairline intact. This is not the usual male pattern and needs assessment — thyroid disease, iron deficiency and a recent illness all look like this.
What causes it
- Inherited sensitivity of the follicle to DHT — the cause in most men
- Age, which the pattern follows: it deepens over the decades rather than settling
- Family history on either side, not only your mother's — the old rule is a myth
- Smoking, which some evidence links to earlier progression
- Iron deficiency, thyroid disease, illness and severe stress, which do not cause the pattern but add a layer of shedding on top of it
What actually helps
Confirm it is pattern loss first
Scalp examination and, where indicated, blood work for iron, vitamin D, B12 and thyroid function. Two things often run together — pattern loss underneath and a shedding trigger on top — and only one of them is corrected by a blood test.
Medical therapy is what holds the line
Prescribed topical and, where appropriate, oral treatment aimed at slowing miniaturisation and thickening the hair still growing. It has to be sustained: the gain is generally lost over the months after stopping, and that is said plainly before anything is started.
PRP or GFC in the right candidate only
These support a medical plan in early to moderate thinning, where follicles are miniaturised rather than gone. They do nothing for scalp that has been completely bald for years, and a clinic offering them for that is selling you a course you do not need.
Come in earlier than feels necessary
Keeping hair is far easier than recovering it. Once an area has been bare a long time there are no follicles left to respond, and the honest conversation then is about transplantation elsewhere rather than medical treatment here.
Treatments we use for this
Hair Loss TreatmentFind out why the hair is going before deciding what to do about it.PRP Hair TreatmentPlatelet-rich plasma from your own blood, used alongside medical treatment for thinning hair.GFC Hair TreatmentGrowth factor concentrate — a refined preparation from your own blood for thinning hair.
Common questions
Can male pattern baldness be reversed?
No treatment reverses it and nothing cures it. What treatment realistically does is slow the progression and thicken hair that has miniaturised but is still growing. Scalp that has been bald for years has no follicles left to respond, which is why the stage you come in at matters more than the product you choose.
At what age does male pattern baldness start?
Any time after puberty. Starting in the late teens or twenties is common where there is a strong family history, and early onset usually means a longer progression — which is an argument for being assessed rather than for waiting to see.
Does PRP work for baldness?
Evidence suggests it can help selected patients with early to moderate thinning, used alongside medical therapy rather than instead of it. Response varies between people, and it is reviewed on photographs before a course is continued.
Will I lose the hair again if I stop treatment?
Generally yes. Pattern hair loss is progressive, so treatment holds it rather than fixing it, and hair kept by treatment is usually shed over the months after stopping. That is worth knowing before you start, not afterwards.
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