Can you predict hair loss?
The most common form of hair loss is androgenic alopecia, which is a hereditary condition. This means that to a certain extent it’s always been possible to predict at least the potential for hair loss. …
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Is a REAL hair loss cure likely to exist anytime soon?
Anyone suffering from hair loss will understand how difficult it can be to accept. We regularly meet clients who are suffering from an extreme lack of confidence and low self-esteem, effects that sometimes result in…
How to treat Alopecia Mucinosa
Alopecia Mucinosa is an abnormal accumulation of a normal substance, mucin, in hair bearing skin. For some unknown reason (thought to be related to our immune system) cells in the hair follicle produce an abnormal…
What is Telogen Effluvium?
When the hair cycle functions normally, we are kept in a constant state of rest and regrowth; with 80% of our hair in the growing phase and a measly 20% kept in a dormant phase…
How to treat seborrhoeic dermatitis
Seborrhoeic dermatitis is a type of skin inflammation, sometimes called seborrhoeic eczema. It mainly occurs in young adults with a peak around the age of 40. About 1 in 25 adults develops this condition. It…
How to treat alopecia areata
Alopecia areata can be particularly aggressive in some cases, and manifests itself in the losing of ones hair in patches of varying sizes. Alopecia areata can affect men, women and children of all ages and…
Nell Bryden on dealing with Alopecia
‘I grabbed Dad’s hair clippers to take control of my alopecia’: Determined musician Nell Bryden refused to let hair loss ruin her life. Sitting in front of the mirror in my New York apartment, I…
Does Minoxidil actually help to combat Alopecia?
It is common for doctors and other medical professionals to recommend that Alopecia sufferers start using Minoxidil. But does it actually work? Minoxidil claims to improve hair growth by increasing the supply of blood and…
‘Henna Heals’ for cancer and alopecia sufferers
A photographer is using her work to transform the lives of women with cancer and genetic alopecia with the ancient art form of henna. Frances Darwin launched Henna Heals last year to allow women dealing…
Wig gives girl with alopecia a new lease of life
Cassie Blackstock is over-the-moon that she can now be like ‘any other teenager’ thanks to her new hair system. The wig, which is a breathable mesh cap with real hair weaved into it, costs £3000…
Does anesthetic cause hair loss?
Hair loss after surgery is an unusual but not uncommon concern. There are two types of hair loss that may occur following anesthesia, Pressure Alopecia and Telogen Effluvium. Pressure alopecia This form of hair loss…
Living With Alopecia – A Technological Revolution
Jana Bühlmann is used to strangers staring at her. Having been bald for almost three decades, the 41-year-old Burnaby resident is also used to people thinking she’s going through chemotherapy. “People come up to me…