| 1 January |
Know More About Hair Loss |
Although perhaps not desirable, hair loss is quite normal. The causes are many and varied but one thing is for sure and that is untold millions of people of all sexes and ages are affected by it worldwide. The medical term for hair loss is Alopecia. Almost ninety five percent of cases of hair loss in men are hereditary and often referred to as male pattern baldness but the correct term is Androgenic Alopecia.
Some people only loss a small amount of hair and this is often down to a poor diet and is worth checking with you specialist. Exposure to chemicals or cosmetics, hormonal imbalance, stress, anxiety and mental tension are some of the other causes. Please note that if your hair follicles are undamaged then there is a good chance that your condition may only be temporary; it is only when the follicles are damaged that the problem can become permanent. It is not, surprisingly, purely the domain of men as many people think; in a America for example, up to forty in every hundred cases are women.
In fact, hair loss is also common among women as they age although with women a thyroid condition is one of the more common causes. By the age of sixty, four out of every ten women in the world will have experienced some loss. Some women also have a hair loss problem when they are pregnant; often lasting many months after the child is born. In the USA for example, around thirty million women suffer from female pattern hereditary baldness, something that is normally considered a male problem.
The best solution if you have permanent hair loss is to have it surgically restored and although a relatively new treatment has achieved considerable success. Healthy hair follicles are transplanted from one area of the scalp to an area where the hair follicles have died. The process only requires local anesthesia and is carried out on an out-patient basis but has become one of the most regular forms of hair restoration for men. However, hair restoration is also not only for men any more, hair transplants for women are also achievable today and is a frequent choice of women who have scarring from previous surgery, notably from facelifts.
When you are having hair transplant therapy it may be tempting to try and change your appearance but the best course of action is to try and stay as much like your original appearance. Before hair restoration is undertaken, the patient’s whole-body status must be considered and any underlying health problems addressed. Even though hair restoration is a cosmetic procedure, aspects involved are different from other forms of cosmetic surgeries. Fortunately, the science of hair loss and hair restoration is constantly advancing, so if you do not respond to other medical treatments, surgical hair restoration may be the only truly permanent solution to baldness.