5 Natural Methods to Improve Hair Growth If you're like most guys, you're not exactly crazy about what's happening--or not happening--to your hair. What was once thick and full is, to put it politely, thinning. In the past, you might have scoffed at the wide array of products geared toward those desperate men willing to spend whatever it took to bring back their lost locks. However, now that a disturbing amount of your own scalp is showing, you’re wondering what all of these hair re-growth products are all about. What Causes Hair Loss in Men Let's start by calling it what it is: androgenetic alopecia , commonly known as male pattern baldness. This condition affects half of all men in the United States by age 50, Europeans more than Asians or Africans. It is triggered by a powerful hormone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT), although exactly how this occurs remains a mystery. What scientists do know is that DHT damages the hair follicles of those people who are genetical...