Is Hair Loss Giving You The Blues?
Posted by Keith | Posted in Hair Loss Articles
Are you worked up and tense due to hair loss? You are not the only one, a lot of people face hair loss due to ageing. Don’t get so worried, there are solutions to your problem. The treatment options depend on the age, sex, cause of hair loss and the amount of hair the person has lost.
The medication minoxidil is one remedy which is popular and easily available. It has the brand name of Regaine and you can buy it off the shelf from any chemist. It is effective for both men and women. All they have to do is apply it on the scalp, twice daily. As the name indicates, it helps you to regain lost hair and prevents hair loss too.
However, minoxidil has its limitations. It works only as long as you are you are using the medication and has been ineffective in some cases. The regrowth may not be as full and voluminous as it had once been.
In men, it has been found that testosterone converts to dihydrotestosterone and this causes baldness. A medication called finasteride or Propecia has been effective in the treatment of baldness in such cases. Women are advised to refrain from using this as it is can harm a male child in the womb. 89 per cent of the men using this have been able to control hair loss or at least reduce the amount of hair lost with this and in a few cases, growth of new hair has also been seen.
Cortisone has been beneficial to many who suffer from hair loss. It is sometimes given in a cream form to rub onto the scalp but better hair stimulation of hair growth has been found when cortisone injections are given on the scalp and repeated for a few months.
Caution is advised when any medical treatment is taken for hair loss because the risk of side effects always remains. First try out the safer and traditional methods of preventing hair loss. In case these remedies fail, surgery can be considered. There are two types of surgical procedures gaining popularity – hair transplants and scalp reduction.
In a hair transplant surgery, the bald patch is covered with skin and hair from another area, often the back of the head where there is better hair growth. After this new patch with well growing hair gets firmly affixed and takes root in the bald area, there is fine hair growth in the previously bald patch, just as in the back of the head.
Scalp reduction is another method to treat hair loss. The skin with hair loss is surgically removed from the scalp. Then the other skin of the scalp which has good hair growth is stretched to cover the bald area. It requires some time for the incision to heal and the stretched skin to settle down. Then hair growth is normal.
If you wish to treat hair loss with surgical methods, weigh the pros and cons well and discuss the side effects with the doctor. If you think it is right for you, go ahead with confidence.
