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Gary is using the prescribed treatments listed below:
Vitastim 15% Hair Regrowth Stimulant and Hair Loss Stabiliser
This stimulant is recommended to help stabilise hair loss and strengthen existing hair. It is a natural hop-based solution that works as a vasodilator to increase blood circulation in the scalp and so enable healthy hair growth.
Biostim 15% Hair Regrowth Stimulant and Hair Loss Stabiliser
This stimulant contains a multi-vitamin complex to stimulate the hair follicles and increase hair cell production and proliferation. It is also designed to prolong the hair growth cycle, promoting increased hair growth and density.
(BEFORE TREATMENT 11th MAY 2007)
(AFTER TREATMENT 16th APRIL 2008)
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This 39 year old man started treatment with us in January this year. He was diagnosed as suffering with Androgenetic Alopecia or Male Pattern Hair Loss (MPB).
Androgenetic Alopecia has a characteristic pattern of hair loss; it begins with a slight recession at the front hairline and is followed by thinning on the crown of the head. This hair loss results from a complex chemical reaction when the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase converts the testosterone in the system into DHT or dihydrotestosterone. The hair follicles are genetically predisposed to be oversensitive to the DHT and become smaller and smaller with time, leading to the eventual hair loss.
FEBRUARY 2008
SEPTEMBER 2008
John is using the prescribed treatments listed below:
Minoxidil 5% + Medroxy Progesterone Hair Growth Stimulant: Minoxidil is a vasodilator and dilates the blood capillaries responsible for blood supply to the hair follicles, thus allowing more blood to reach the hair follicles and encourage hair growth. Medroxy Progesterone is a synthetic hormone designed to block the conversion of testosterone to DHT or Dihydro-Testosterone.
Biostim 15%: This stimulant contains a very effective natural 5-alpha reductase inhibitor. It reduces the amount of 5-alpha reductase in the scalp and thereby reduces the formation of DHT, stabilising hair loss and encouraging a healthy growth cycle.
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FEBRUARY 2008
SEPTEMBER 2008
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The most commonly used chart for men is the one developed by Dr Hamilton and then later modified by Dr O’Tar Norwood (1975) called the Norwood-Hamilton scale.
NORWOOD-HAMILTON SCALE/CLASSIFICATION OF HAIR LOSS IN MEN
In this classification various patterns of hair loss are shown starting from a full head of hair to complete male pattern baldness. In all of these cases there is a bridge of hair between the front and crown areas as hair loss occurs at the front and crown areas independently. These are the most regular patterns for male pattern baldness.
Class I represents an adolescent or juvenile hairline that is not balding. The adolescent hairline generally rests on the upper brow crease.
Class II shows the adult hairline that sits one finger’s width (1.5cm) above the upper brow crease, with some temporal recession. This also is not considered as balding.
Class III is the earliest stage of male hair loss and shows a deepening temporal recession.
Class III Vertex represents early hair loss in the crown area (vertex balding).
Class IV shows further frontal hair loss and enlargement of the vertex balding. However, a solid band of hair exists across the top separating front and vertex areas.
Class V shows the bald areas in the front and crown continue to enlarge with the band of hair separating the two areas beginning to break down.
Class VI occurs when the connecting band of hair disappears leaving a single large bald area on the front and top of the scalp. The hair on the sides of the scalp is still relatively high.
Class VII shows the extensive hair loss with only the strip of hair remaining at the back and sides of the scalp. This is the final stage of hair loss and most bald men are left with this. However, in some men there is total hair loss which leaves a completely bald scalp.
A second classification (Norwood Class A) exists for male pattern baldness where hair loss starts at the front and progresses backwards towards the crown. Most men (over 90%) will experience the regular pattern of hair loss rather than Norwood Class A.
NORWOOD CLASS A
In this classification the hair loss progresses from the front to the vertex area and there is no bridging area as in the regular pattern (where hair loss occurs at the front and at the vertex simultaneously).
Men experiencing male pattern baldness of Norwood Class A generally have less hair loss in the crown (vertex) area, but hair loss at the front is severe making the baldness appear more extreme than it actually is.
Some men are seen to exhibit hair loss similar to the ‘diffused hair loss’ that occurs in women, where the hair thins out across the top of the head (from the front to vertex and temple to temple).
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