Hugh Dillon, second from right

baldness. There are some pretty sexy bald men out there. One, Canadian actor Hugh Dillon, has caught my eye. Others, not so much.

So, if you are losing your hair and you don’t want to be , do you have any options?

There are some medications that have been tried and some people have had success with them. One medication, Rogaine, is rubbed on the scalp to promote growth. The other is a pill that you take by mouth, Propecia. It will, of course, take a while to see if either of these are working. And then, there are transplants or “plugs.”

Here’s a video that explains what hair transplants are, who may be candidates and issues you should consider. Just click on the TV screen below:

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Video: Thinking of a hair transplant?

1. Smoking causes 87% of all lung cancer cases (source), and lung cancer kills more women than breast and ovarian cancers combined. (source)
2. Smoking causes wrinkles all over your body.
3. Smoking dramatically increases women’s risk of developing coronary heart disease (source), and heart disease is the leading killer of American women. (source)
4. Smoking turns your teeth yellow.
5. Women who smoke risk having a heart attack 19 years earlier than women who don’t smoke. (source)
6. Smokers are almost four times as likely to develop cervical cancer compared with nonsmokers. (source)
7. Women who smoke and use hormonal birth control methods (such as the pill or the patch) are nearly 10 times more likely to have a heart attack than nonsmoking women on birth control. (source)
8. Smoking causes baldness.
9. Smoking causes snoring, which in addition to being totally unsexy, also has major health effects, namely poor sleep quality and reduced oxygen flow to the brain, both of which are potentially very dangerous.
10. Compared with nonsmokers, smokers are more than twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s Disease (source), and half of all women age 85 and older will eventually develop Alzheimer’s (that is, if the lung cancer doesn’t kill them first). (source)

And if those aren’t good enough reasons for you, check out these lists:

• Top 10 Reasons to Quit Smoking
• 10 Overlooked Reasons to Quit Smoking
• 50 Reasons to Quit Smoking
• 20 Reasons To Quit Smoking

Finally convinced? Here are some resources to help you quit for good!

• Independence from Smoking: Free quit resources just for women
• Quit Smoking: Free quit coach, quit plan, educational materials, and more
• Why Quit: Free motivation, education, and support for cold turkey nicotine cessation
• QuitNet: Free online quit-smoking community

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10 Reasons to Quit Smoking Today