General Dynamics
Today, more than 50 million men and 30 million women suffer from hair loss worldwide. Hair loss could be seen in any age. Perhaps you might have heard from your relatives, closed ones, or your family that they have been losing their hair. Although it is seen in both men and women, men are likely to experience this condition more than women. According to some sources, 90 percent of people who have hair transplants are men. The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery indicates that the number of people had hair transplants increased about 60 percent over the past few years. A questionnaire that was carried out with people who had hair transplants by the same organization resulted in this way. Participants stated reasons behind their surgeries as “social/dating” (37%) and “career/professional” (35%). These answers remained two of the most popular among others.
To the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), it is normal to shed from 50 to 100 hairs each day. And the shedding is likely to occur as brushing, washing, or just laying your finger among your hair. Some people get rid of this situation with minimum damage, such as the only breakage around their hairline or a small amount of thinning. However, some people can’t get rid of that easy and lose a huge part of their heads. In the beginning, their hair might get in M shape, and sometimes it stays in that shape. But in most cases, this M shape turns into baldness of the upper head. Hair shedding does not occur in only your scalp. It might also occur in your beard, eyebrows, eyelashes, or even in pubic hair. One way to stop further loss is to realize early.
Importance of Realizing and Taking Action Early
Although in hair loss condition, realizing it early could make a great difference, it might not be possible in all types of alopecia. Alopecia is referred to as hair loss from your hair to the entire body. There are a few types of alopecia. One of them, and among others, one of the most common is male pattern alopecia. It is also known as androgenic alopecia and it might occur even at an early age. Symptoms start mostly as thinning hair on your upper hair and noticeable or unnoticeable receding hairline. Sometimes both of them are seen in one person. Of course, this receding hairline does not stay constant, and it develops through the upper side of your scalp. In time, it moves from M shape to total baldness. Unlike men, the female type of alopecia is a bit different than men. Their hairline doesn’t recede, but their hair structure gets thinner and might cover all around their head.
To overcome this issue, one of the core rules is realizing your loss. Of course, realizing does not occur by itself, it requires knowledge for symptoms. Either way, in order to examine your hair structure and hairline better, you can compare your old and new photos. Look carefully, maybe you could see receding hairline through the upper side, from your past to the present day. Once you are sure about your loss, another core rule remains: seeing a dermatologist. The dermatologist will the one who could examine your loss, diagnosis (which kind of alopecia) and offer you the best and most suitable treatment. Perhaps he or she could prescribe you to have corticosteroid, immunosuppressant, antimalarial drugs, or intravenous drugs. But remember, these would be most likely to get slower your loss. They wouldn’t stop it. One permanent choice in this condition is having a hair transplant.
Besides these, remember, the sooner you realize and take a step to solve your hair loss problem, the better chance to find the most suitable treatment for you and gain your old, strong hair.
The Best Way to Solve Hair Loss Permanently
Hair transplant technology has reached its highest point in the past few years. As two of the most popular and effective ways, Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) and Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) are chosen by millions of people today. A great proportion of these numbers consist of celebrities. Dr. Craig Ziering, who is a famous dermatologist in the U. K. says: “There are so many celebrities who want to refresh their hair that they come to my office on a weekly basis.” Although both of the methods are popular, in fact, people tend to choose FUE mostly. Whereas FUE uses your own hair follicles to implant them into your lost area, FUT uses available hair follicle tubes and inject them into your scalp. Perhaps people tend to choose FUE more just because it uses your own hair. So with that way, the chance your shed area is likely to accept follicles more than foreign tubes.
One kind of alopecia is alopecia areata. It is an autoimmune condition, so it starts with sporadic patches on your scalp. It occurs mostly as coin-sized round or oval areas. But due to it is not seen only in the head (it could be seen also in your eyebrows, eyelashes, beard, or genitals), it might be hard to detect. And as an autoimmune disease, it attacks your hair follicles. Put differently, different types of T cells (NKG2D+ T cells) gather together and they interrupt the hair-producing cycle.
Slight Progression
We mentioned the importance of early treatment. When we consider treatment, we see that the dynamics of all of them differ. Although most of the treatments make shedding only getting slower, and the only permanent solution is having a hair transplant; still, it can be expected from other treatments to the slight progression of the shedding area. It might even regrow some, but it usually remains unlikely.
Of course, medical condition based hair losses, such as thyroid disease, iron deficiency, or anemia is likely to solve by treatment. On the other hand, in one type of alopecia, which is called postpartum alopecia, you don’t have to get any special treatment. It occurs in women due to hormonal changes after giving birth. So the best treatment with postpartum alopecia would be caring about you well and eating healthy as much as possible.
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