About 90 percent of hair on the scalp grows continually. The other 10 percent of scalp hair is in a resting phase that lasts two to three months. At the end of the resting stage, this hair is shed. Shedding 50 to 100 hairs a day is normal. When a hair is shed, it is replaced by a new hair from the same follicle and the growing cycle starts again. Scalp hair grows about one-half inch a month.
Hair loss is believed to be primarily caused by a
combination of the following:
aging
change in hormones
illness
family history of baldness
burns
trauma
The interest in hair replacement has significantly increased over the past ten years. Two out of every three men and one in five women suffer from hair loss. For men, the main cause of a diminishing hairline is heredity.
There are a number of hair replacement techniques that are available, although hair replacement surgery cannot help those who suffer from total baldness. Candidates for hair replacement must have a healthy growth of hair at the back and sides of the head. The hair on the back and sides of the head will serve as hair donor areas where grafts and flaps will be taken.
There are four primary different types of hair replacement methods, including the following:
hair transplantation
During hair transplantation, the surgeon removes small pieces of hair-bearing scalp grafts from the back or sides of the head. These grafts are then relocated to a bald or thinning area.
tissue expansion:
In this procedure, a device called a tissue expander is placed underneath a hair-bearing area that is located next to a bald area. After several weeks, the tissue expander causes the skin to grow new skin cells. Another operation is then required to place the newly expanded skin over the adjacent bald spot.
flap surgery:
Flap surgery is ideal for covering large balding areas. During this procedure a portion of the bald area is removed and a flap of the hair-bearing skin is placed on to the bald area while still attached at one end to its original blood supply.
scalp reduction:
Scalp reduction is done in order to cover the bald areas at the top and back of the head. This technique involves the removal of the bald scalp with sections of the hair-bearing scalp pulled together filling in the bald area.
Non-surgical hair replacement with medication:
Finasteride (Propecia鈩?
Finasteride, produced by Merck and Company under the name Propecia, was approved by the FDA in December 1997, as a treatment for male pattern baldness. It is the first drug available in pill form for the treatment of baldness.
In men with mild to moderate hair loss, clinical trials showed that 83 percent of the male patients had kept their hair or grown more after one year of treatment. Propecia (finasteride) works by blocking an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase, which is responsible for the formation of dihydrotestosterone in a man's body. The enzyme converts testosterone to DHT (dihydrotestosterone). It is believed that DHT is a key factor in male pattern hair loss, and finasteride decreases the concentration of DHT in a man's scalp.
Finasteride is available by prescription only.
minoxidil (Rogaine鈩?
Minoxidil, a drug produced by Upjohn under the name of Rogaine, has been available since 1988 for the treatment of hair loss. It is currently available as an over-the-counter drug.
Minoxidil is topical solution that must be applied by applicator or fingers to the balding area twice a day, every day. Decreasing the dosage to once a day results in some hair loss, and discontinuing application causes regression to pretreatment baldness.
Good luck!Hair loss solution needed, I am a perfectly healthy man facing significant hair loss since 2 years, now i am33
Since hormones stimulate hair growth, they have the biggest impact on hair loss, and can affect man and woman.
So, I think you can't regrow lost hair.
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Unfortunately there is no way to reverse hair loss. The best thing you can do is promote healthy hair by eating a diet rich in B vitamins, omega fatty acids and protien. If you really want more hair, hair plugs are the way to go. Hair loss products like Rogaine aren't effective because once you go off, the hair starts to fall out again. Stay away from drugstore products because some can clogg the hair follicle which may contribute to hair loss. Use professional salon products. A good one is Nioxin.
This is going to sound incredibly cruel. I am 33 and balding. My advice; get over it. It's nature. If you are balding it is probably due to you being a studly bastard with too much testosterone. Your perception of balding is the problem. Every man I ever saw fight balding enede up looking like an idiot for his efforts.
i think you should deffiently just accept it and shave it off, it is soooooo sexy.
go bald its sexy..........its almost summer.....and wear cool hats in winter..........
My best friend takes Rogaine and swears by it. Now he has a full head of hair.
It all depends on how much you want to spend
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