Hair Loss Tips and Tricks and Medicine

Hair loss

Want to treat male hair loss? From advice and support through to products and prescription medicine, our Hair Loss Clinic can help you discover your options.
Hair loss: Male pattern baldness

If you've spotted the telltale signs of hair loss, or are in the later stages, together we can help to get things under control.

Male pattern baldness is the most common form of hair loss, affecting 6.5 million men in the UK. The first signs are usually a receding hairline, which is followed by losing hair around the crown.

If you have started to lose your hair in this way, we know you might feel worried and anxious about it. This type of hair loss is largely genetic, so it may be that it runs in the family. It can start as early as in your teens, and can affect you at any time.

Unfortunately it is likely to get progressively worse in time but the sooner you seek help and try to control it, the more likely you are to keep the hair you have. Some men do experience some regrowth with certain medicines, but it is unlikely that all your hair will regrow.
Hair loss treatment at Boots

It may help to know that there are plenty of options available from cosmetic products, to over-the-counter solutions and prescription treatments as well as advice and support, both in our stores and online to help you make the most of the hair you have and feel more confident about how you look.

There are a number of things you can consider to help manage your hair loss, whether you'd like the support of our pharmacists, or you want to deal with it on your own:

    You can visit the health shop online for a selection of different hair maintenance products including shampoos, hair loss concealers, vitamins and supplements to help you look better or maintain the hair you have.
    There are also over-the-counter products such as Regaine , which contains Minoxidil. You must always read the label when using these products.
    There are three options if you need a prescription medicine for hair loss:
        You may already have, or can consult your doctor about, a prescription that can be dispensed privately at Boots or any chemist or from our online prescription service .
        You can seek a prescription treatment from the hair loss clinic online and get the treatment you need without visiting your doctor first, providing that you are eligible (subject to availability).
        The Boots Hair Retention Programme is available in more than 300 Boots stores across the UK and gives you access to treatment if appropriate and professional advice from a pharmacist.