Healthy Living

Although perhaps not desirable, hair loss is quite normal. There are too many reasons to list here as causes for but be assured it affects many, many millions of men, women and children around the world. Alopecia is the general medical term for hair loss of any type. 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.

However, it may be that your diet needs attending to if your hair loss is only moderate. Exposure to chemicals or cosmetics, hormonal imbalance, stress, anxiety and mental tension are some of the other causes. No matter what the reason, it is worth remembering that it is only if the hair follicles are damaged that can make the condition 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. If you always thought that patterned hereditary baldness was a male problem then you will be surprised to learn that in America approximately 30 million women also suffer from this condition.

People who suffer with permanent hair loss now have a relatively new but popular treatment called surgical hair restoration which is considered to be the ultimate solution to an increasing problem. Healthy hair follicles are transplanted from one area of the scalp to an area where the hair follicles have died. Now the most common hair transplant treatment for men, it is carried out as an out-patient basis under local anesthetic. 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.

The most successful hair transplants are those where the recipient tries to maintain his original looks and not to attempt to appear like someone else. For a person planning on having hair transplant surgery, all current health issues must be cleared up before any treatment can commence. Hair restoration therapy comes under the general umbrella of cosmetic surgery but aspects of it are completely different form other cosmetic treatments. 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.