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Answers to your questions about sex, hair, weight loss, and more-from Hims.
Hair

Scalp Reduction Surgery: How it Works and Alternatives

Today, a variety of treatments are available to treat male pattern baldness, from convenient medications like finasteride and minoxidil to highly effective surgical treatments such as hair transplant surgery. However, many of these treatments weren’t available until the last 20 years. Before this, men with hair loss relied on a ...

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Sex

Do You Really Need Erectile Dysfunction Drugs?

The following is informational only and does not constitute medical advice. Always talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of any treatment. Erectile dysfunction is a problem that has always existed but only since the 1990s has come to the forefront of health education. Since then, numerous medications ...

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Hair

Alopecia Barbae: Why Beard Hair Loss Happens and How to Treat it

Think of hair loss and you’ll usually visualize a receding hairline, thinning around the crown or diffuse hair loss that affects the entire scalp. However, not all hair loss affects your scalp. Alopecia barbae, an autoimmune condition, can cause you to lose hair from your face, resulting in hairless patches ...

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Hair

The Early Signs of Balding and How to Stop Them

One of the keys to stopping hair loss is noticing the signs of baldness and taking action as early as possible.

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Skin

Tretinoin 101: How it Works, Uses, Side Effects & More

Available as a topical cream, gel or liquid, tretinoin is a retinoid medication that’s widely used to treat acne and reverse many of the visual signs of aging. Tretinoin is also commonly known as ATRA, or all-transretinoic acid.

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Sex

What Are the Treatment Options for Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction has many potential causes, but most of them are treatable. Psychological causes for ED can be treated with psychotherapy and various non-medical treatments while physical causes for ED can be treated with drugs, surgery, or medical devices.

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Sex

Porn Induced Erectile Dysfunction: What Every Man Needs to Know

There is a phenomenon where healthy, sexually active men find themselves unable to perform when it comes to being intimate with a girlfriend or partner. A medical exam reveals nothing physically to be wrong which only leads to more confusion. It is only a review of personal habits that points ...

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Hair

Reversing The Signs of Balding

Take a Proactive Approach You’re not going to be able to preserve your head of hair if you don’t take action. The sooner you spot the problem and start a treatment program, the better your chances are to stop hair loss.

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Lifestyle

Natural Sleep Aids: Which Ones Really Improve Sleep?

We’ve dug into the scientific evidence for the most common natural sleep aids that are commonly marketed as helping to improve sleep.

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Sex

Debunking 5 Myths About Erectile Dysfunction

The following is informational only and does not constitute medical advice. Always talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of any treatment. When you hear the phrase “erectile dysfunction,” you probably have a pretty good idea what it means. Even if you’ve never been diagnosed or haven’t experienced ...

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