A recent study has found that balding in men reduces the risk of developing prostate cancer by around 50%.

Hair loss arouses many concerns for men, with a majority of those lamenting over looks while some others lose their self confidence. In most of the cases, baldness results from the excessive exposure of the hair follicles to dihydrotestosterone.

DHT is a chemical produced from by testosterone in males. Due to the excessive circulation of DHT in the blood of the males, the follicles shrink making the hair thinner and curbing their normal growth.

The study analyzed more than 2,000 American men aged between 40 and 47 years. 50% of these men are suffering from prostate cancer. The researchers came up with a comparison of the cancer rate in those who suffered hair loss at 30 years of age and in those who did not suffer hair loss at all.

The conclusions drawn by the researchers suggested those men who begin to suffer hair loss after turnings 30 were 45% less prone to prostate cancer.

"Although the downstream effects of these abnormalities may lead directly to disease, they also may increase susceptibility to the negative influence of environmental factors", the researchers wrote.