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Hair Restorations – Explaining How They Work!

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One of the psychologically toughest things that will ever happen to you, is finding out that you are starting to lose your hair. As of yet, science hasn’t found a way to prevent this from ever happening. But thankfully, there is a good way of reversing your hair loss, at least partially. Thanks to the hair transplant, many people are able to improve their looks. Take a look at Bill Self’s hair transplant if you’d like to see an example. Another nice one is Shaun Williamson’s hair transplant. By checking out some more celebrities who’ve had this procedure done, you can get a good idea of what is realistically possible nowadays. But you have to keep in mind that not everybody’s results are going to be equally impressive.

Many people are curious to find out how hair transplants work, exactly. The answer is simpler than you think. Your very own hair is used to repopulate the areas where your hair has gone either very thin or where it is completely gone. So basically, you are going to be your very own donor. The donor hair is going to come from the back of your head, because this is where your hairs are the thickest. These hairs are completely resistant to dihydrotestosterone, the hormone that made you go baldin the first place. Once transplanted, these hairs will continue to grow like they always have.

The donor hairs that come out of the back of your head, are excised in strip form. This strip is then dissected into little bits of tissue called grafts. The grafts are basically just fragments of skin tissue that contain a couple of hairs, but never more than four. These grafts will be placed back into your head in a balding area, where the laser has made recipient sites for these grafts. Once the grafts are in place, they are going to heal and become a part of the surrounding skin. From this point on, they will continue to grow normally like they have also done in the past!

3 Great Hair Removal Methods

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With the exception of our scalps and eyebrows, we don’t really like having hair on our bodies. We shave our armpits, wax our legs, and even remove hair from our bikini area. We want a flawlessly hairless skin, but all these hair removal methods are either painful, time-consuming or temporary.

This article will tell you of 3 methods for hair removal many people haven’t tried, be it due to lack of knowledge or funds. Continue reading →

Male Pattern Baldness Affects Women Also

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Female hair loss is often a neglected topic. Like most health issues concerning women, the balding and thinning of hair seems inappropriate to be discussed in public. Most women have to face this issue on their own and they often resort to covering up this problem with a hat, scarf or a wig. On the other hand, men are luckier because they have several options for hair restoration which are only available for them.   Historically, women needing female hair restoration have had no available option.

This is so unfair to women especially when everyone knows that the major cause of hair loss among men and women is the same. Androgenic alopecia is a genetic condition inherited by a man or a woman. As a result, the man suffers from male pattern baldness while the woman suffers from female pattern hair loss. Other factors that can cause hair loss in women are improper dieting, imbalanced hormones and harmful chemicals from hair care products, but majority of women’s hair loss is caused by this genetic condition. However, this was not realized immediately because the effect of Androgenic Alopecia differ between the two genders. Males experience hair loss at their hairline which is above their forehead or on the crown of their heads. The back of their heads and their sides still usually will have abundant hair growth. Females, on the other hand, have hair loss over their entire scalp instead of just developing bald spots. Sometimes bald spots are present but these are rare. Because of improvements in genetic science, it was finally determined that the hair loss cause of men and women was actually the same.

Through this finding, some options for hair restoration become accessible to women. One of the most effective female hair restoration products is the topical medication called Minoxidil. This FDA approved drug was initially developed for the treatment of high blood pressure but, during its clinical trials, it was recognized that it improved hair growth and lessened the effect of male pattern baldness. After testing it with women, it was also determined to be an effective hair loss treatment for them too. The difference between the sexes when using this topical application is that men are allowed to use an application with a 5% concentration of Minoxidil while women are only allowed to use a 2% concentration.