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Hair Loss
What are
causes of Hair Loss? There
are many contributors to hair loss. Among them are:
scalp bacteria, stress, sebaceous build-up, poor
nutrition, slow cellular activity, genetic baldness,
hormonal imbalance and nervous disorders -- all of
which can affect both men and women. In many cases,
hair loss may be caused by a combination of these
factors. However, genetic pattern baldness is by far
the dominant contributor, accounting for nearly 95% of
all hair loss in men and also affecting millions of
women. Though pattern baldness is treatable, it cannot
be cured because it's genetically predetermined.
Women's Hair
Loss An unfair reality is that a
woman is gauged on her appearance and is expected to
maintain her luster and a youthful look. A woman's
hair is often her crowning glory. So, when she starts
to loose her hair, she often experiences feelings of
depression and mourning. She may feel isolated
socially, even though the cause of that isolation may
simply be that she doesn't feel comfortable in public
anymore. Women often start wearing scarves or hats to
hide their thin hair. The same is often true of young
men who cover their balding heads with baseball caps
and refuse to go places that require them to remove
their cap.
Baldness may occur as a result of an illness or of
heredity. It is not related to hair follicles being
plugged or a decrease in blood supply in the skin.
Hair loss may result from pregnancy, certain types of
cancer, uncontrolled diabetes and diseases of the
thyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands. This type of
baldness or hair thinning is often reversed with
medical help when the underlying condition is treated.
Since your appearance is largely defined by the way
your hair looks, an easy answer for many women is a
wig, hairpiece, hair extensions or weaving.
Hair Pieces
and Wigs Men's hairpieces can be
interwoven and bonded to create a natural look.
Customized human hairpieces can also be made.
Synthetic hair looks and wears like human hair. The
hairpiece can be attached easily and quickly. It can
be washed and worn while swimming or sleeping. The
open weave base allows air circulation to reach the
scalp.
Hair
Extentions and Weaving Hair
extensions, which are human hair wefts, can be woven
into your existing hair to lengthen, thicken, and add
texture and style to your hair. Hair weaving is a good
answer for filling in thinning hair. You can change
the existing color of your hair with highlights from
the extension. It is a quick and easy procedure that
is surprisingly affordable. The hair extension will
last as long as you take care of it. Usually 2 to 3
months. After 2 to 3 months, the hair weft can be
restyled. Do you want to change the color and form of
your hair style? It can be done using hair extensions.
Permanent Hair
Units A permanent hair unit is
like a second skin and is worn 24 hours a day. When it
is individually designed and styled, the look is great
and appears to be natural. The hair unit can be
customized, colored, formed, textured and blended to
match perfectly. The procedure is done in complete
privacy which makes the client comfortable. You can
have yourself new head of hair and a whole new
attitude. You can swim, sleep, shower or be as active
as you wish while wearing it. The permanent hair unit
is an affordable alternative to hair thinning or loss.
Depression and
Hair Loss in Young People Today,
hair still has enormous importance in defining who we
are and how we fell about ourselves. Psychologists
theorize that when a man starts to lose his hair, he
actually goes through a period similar to mourning or
grief. Thick hair is symbolic of youth. Hair loss in a
younger person can be doubly devastating. For young
people, hair loss is something that is supposed to
happen to older people, not them. A 21-year-old
college graduate just isn't ready to face what he
considers a middle-aged syndrome. Furthermore, a young
man's hair loss may make him look five to ten years
older than his peers, further separating him from the
age group he most closely identifies with.
What are my
options for balding? You have four options. Do
nothing. Get a hairpiece, treat it medically or have a
hair transplant. If you have already rejected the
first two, Rogaine can be used to slow down or halt
the recession but only grows hair in about 30% of the
cases. Hair replacement surgery is the only method
guaranteed to put hair into balding areas that looks
natural and continues to grow. The newest technique
uses grafts of 1 to 4 hairs, which eliminates the
clumping effect. We can do 1000 or more grafts in a
single session, after which there is no pain, bleeding
or big bandages. The patient can wash his hair and go
to work the next day. A good hair transplant surgeon
must have an aesthetic eye and plan for future hair
loss and future sessions.
Improvements
on Hair Replacement A vast improvement in hair
replacement technique came about 5 years ago with the
use of tiny hair grafts of 1 to 4 hairs. These mini
and macro-grafts eliminate the clumping, corn-row look
and give a completely natural appearance. There is no
bulky bandage afterward and the patient can wash his
hair and style it the next day. The new hairs grow in
a natural direction and the patient can have
additional sessions every 4 months or longer if
desired. It looks so natural that many times barbers
can't even tell. There is no pain. We give a light
sedative before we numb the scalp, and there is very
little, if any, discomfort afterward.
Patients remark what a pleasant experience it is.
Touch ups can be done or repairs on transplants done
with older larger grafts that may have been placed
incorrectly or too far apart.
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