Motorcycles have been around for more than a century already, and they are not going away. But is your hair going to be affected if your lifestyle involves a lot of motorcycle riding? There’s a common belief that wearing a motorcycle helmet causes hair loss. However, it is a little more complicated than that. To fully understand the factors at play here, you need to know the reason why hair loss happens. Motorcycle Helmet and Hair Loss A couple of…

The state of our hair can say much about us and our overall health situation. A headful of shiny, healthy hair is seen as a sign of good health and vitality.  In addition, there are several things that can happen or that we can do to our hair to alter its state. Many states of hair are only a by-product of a cosmetic treatment we are applying that is necessary to achieve the intended effect. Some of the things we…

When it happens, baldness is one of the nondeadly conditions that have a strong psychological effect on people. We, as a society, put so much emphasis on the appearance of others when forming opinions about them. This is instinctive and won’t easily change. Thus, when someone undergoes major changes in how they look, this concerns them a lot. They will likely start asking around to every doctor if there is a way to reverse baldness. It turns out there is…

The short answer would be “no,” genetic hair loss is not curable at all. But there are some treatments that can remedy its effect to a degree.  If you understand the causes of genetic hair loss, you’ll find that the answer to “Is genetic hair loss really curable?” is a bit more complex than a simple “no.” What Causes Genetic Hair Loss? As the “genetic” part of the name implies, the cause of this hair loss rests on the genes…

People suffering from androgenetic alopecia often ask any doctor if there is a cure for hereditary baldness. If they knew the mechanisms behind the process of hair loss, they would know the answer already. Why Does Hereditary Baldness Happen? Hereditary baldness, as the name indicates, is a hereditary condition, inherited from one or both parents via genes. The genes that cause this condition make you more sensitive to the effects of the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT), even in small quantities. DHT…

The forties are the beginning of middle age and right around the time when people usually start to lose their hair due to androgenetic alopecia. It should not be shocking. But some cannot believe it has actually happened and the time has come to start considering a new look without any hair. Not without reason, the loss of hair is one of the triggers of a middle-age crisis, in which people get into denial stage about their age. Nowadays, scientific…

Hair loss is something that can happen to everyone, almost anytime too. While the onset of the condition is normally expected to happen as you turn forty years of age, it can happen sooner also.  People as young twenty-four years of age can experience hair loss just as, if not more, aggressively than a middle-aged adult. This is not something new, either. There are records of people experiencing this all the way back to Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece.  There…

Hair loss may not be a fatal condition, but it is a life-altering condition. The importance we put around having thick, luscious hair is enormous. For humanity, looks do matter; it is instinctual. It is then not surprising that many people are deeply affected by experiencing the loss of their hair. If you are balding or know someone who is, knowing the psychological effects hair loss can have in a person will allow you to better deal with it, for yourself…

Due to recent innovations in hair transplants, people now hold many beliefs and expectations that no longer reflect the facts. When it comes down to it, people have to know the necessary hair transplant facts vs expectations for the sake of the would-be patients.  The following are some of the common expectations and the actual facts of the procedure. Your Hair Will Look Just Like It Did When You Were 18 Hold your horses—that is a bit much. While restoring…

Since the moment you take off the bandage after your hair transplant procedure, you can appreciate the delicate grafts inserted in place. From the moment of grafting, they are attaching themselves firmly in your scalp and can look rather frail during the first weeks. Their appearance leads to patients asking the question, “When can I use normal shampoo after hair transplant?” fairly often. We’ll address when and how it’s appropriate to get back to washing your new hair with normal…