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The basics about hair loss

06.05.2010 in TRICHOLOGIST

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Are you as a man or women suffering from hair loss or thinning hair? If so do not feel alone, thousands of hair loss sufferers exist in every town, city and in every country around the world

A diagnoses from a hair loss professional or trichologist is always recommended before embarking on any hair loss treatment or surgical hair restoration procedure. The Hair Centre of  Trichology is a good places to find a trichologist who can evaluate your hair loss condition.

The first thing you need to to is to lean more about the causes of hairloss also collectively known as Alopecia. Male Pattern Baldness or MPB is the most common type of hair loss afflicting most men at some point in their life.

If you are losing your hair in the traditional male pattern you can evaluate your own hair loss pattern by consulting one of our trichologists.

Male Hair Loss Scale

If you are a woman losing your hair then you can check the female hairloss scales that determine the level of diffuse hair loss that you may have.

Female Hair Loss Scale

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Stress and diets can cause hair loss

02.02.2010 in TRICHOLOGIST

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Old wives tale: Worry will make you lose your hair?  Ture or false?

We lose about 100 to 120 hairs a day. Sudden changes like yoyo dieting and stress can lead to temporary and permanent hair loss.

The world of Cinema and Music with its stars have raised the standard for hair BIG HAIR but to maintain those long lustrous locks you have got to eat correctly.

Fad and crash diets and cleansing diets are all robbing your body of the natural nutrients you need and can lead to hair loss. This will cause your hair follicles to go into a resting phase and in turn the natural progression then is that they would fall out and shed dramatically. Too much stress in your life will cause you to see more hair clogging up the shower drain. You may be suffereing from physical stress or it could be emotional stress. Even the climate with these all to common extreme weather changes can play there part on your premature hair loss.

Of course when you’re stressed you use medication, tagamet causes hair loss, there is a lot of cholesterol lowering drugs are known to cause hair loss. The worrying thing is these can all be bought over the counter. Many of these drugs say that hair loss is a side effect when using them, so make sure you read the warning label and information provided in the packet.

How do you I know if I am losing hair?

Do a Trichological test. Try the pull test. Take a couple small group of hairs and then just pull very lightly. If none come out your fine. If you get more than five hairs then that would be abnormal. Next step is to see a Westminster Trichologist. 

You will probably have to lose at least 25% of your hair before you see any change in your overal appearance cosmetically. When your hair falls out there is a rest phase of between 3 to 6 months and then it can take up to another six months for your hair to grow back to where was before you had a problem.

It is very important not to just leave this problem and think that you know best so seek advice immediately if you are even slightly concerned. You don’t want it to go on for more than six months or it could lead to permanent hair loss, and this must be avoided at all costs.

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Lady GaGa burns arm by a hair curling iron

28.01.2010 in TRICHOLOGIST

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British pop star Lady Gaga is nursing an injury on tour after burning her arm by a hair curling iron.

The singer prompted speculation when she was spotted on stage in New York last week, sporting several large burn marks on her left arm.

It was suggested GaGa may have hurt herself swinging from ropes during her energetic stage routine, but the star’s publicist has revealed she suffered the injury backstage while styling her own hair, reported contactmusic.com.

“The burns were caused by a curling iron,” said her spokesperson David Tomberlin. 

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Switch of blood pressure drug might help with hair loss

25.01.2010 in TRICHOLOGIST

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I am a 39-year-old nurse who is experiencing drastic hair loss. I started taking atenolol for high blood pressure about four months ago. One month after beginning the med, I started losing hair.

I have asked the doctors that I work with, and their only advice is to start exercising and try to get off the atenolol altogether. I am going to take that advice, because my biggest fear is losing my hair.

No wonder you worry. Losing a lot of hair is not a pleasant experience. A surprising number of medications can cause hair loss as a side effect.

As you have concluded, atenolol is probably the culprit in your case. What’s more, there is considerable controversy about the effectiveness of atenolol for treating hypertension (The Lancet, Nov. 6, 2004). If diet, exercise and other natural approaches are not adequate for blood pressure control, there are other medicines for hypertension that may be less likely to cause hair loss.

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