Hair thinning can be a great big setback for both men and women as they get older and can critically affect a persons confidence, particularly a girls. Even though hair loss is more common in men and can onset from a rather untimely age, it can also affect women.

There are some ways to stop baldness such as; Styling your hair to cover up baldness, wearing a hair extension, applying creams to help prevent and reverse baldness, there are even some fake hair powders and sprays that makes your hair appear thicker by clinging to existing hair.

another effectual invention on the hair loss market is the dermaroller. This is a little hand held roller with about 96 surgical steel tiny needles that you roll on your remaining hair to support hair growth and to thwart extra hair loss.

The dermaroller works by using acupuncture techniques to start the skins own healing abilities. It promotes an enlarged blood flow to pass on nutrients to the hair follicles as well as boosting the effectiveness of creams and lotions.

This practice has been tried and tested by a range of men, most people found that the derma roller stopped their hair loss (also known as alopecia) and more than half of these men found that their hair began to grow back.

The derma roller can also advance the effectiveness of creams and lotions as it improves the absorption of these creams. One individual cream that has proven helpful for combating hair loss when used with the dermaroller is Minoxidil.

The derma roller comes in various needle sizes; ranging from 0.5mm to 2.5mm. The 2mm and 2.5mm are, however for professional use only, for use by a skilled specialist in an approved clinic.

The derma roller has improved many peoples lives and frequently the only reason it is ineffective is if the individual stops using it, sometimes it can take a couple of months to see proper results.

One substitute to thwart and reverse baldness is the Scientia Hair Laser. This is a hand held laser for home use that you use in brush like strokes over your hair. This re activates latent hair follicles and speeds up the progress of functional follicles. While you are waiting for the derma roller or hair laser to start giving some results you may want to minimize the look of your thinning hair by using Scientia Hair Fibers to cover up the hairless areas and leave you with a full head of normal looking hair that can cope with all sorts of weather conditions and not be affected.