Hair today, more hair tomorrow?
The balding pate can be treated with drugs, hair transplants — or both. But the search for the ultimate solution to hair loss goes on.
For men and women experiencing the most common type of hair loss — androgenetic alopecia, or pattern hair loss — and pondering what, if anything, to do about it, there's a mix of encouraging and discouraging news.
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