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Wigs

13.06.2008 in Uncategorized

Wigs are a common treatment choice in patients with alopecia areata. You can get some wigs on the NHS. However, this needs a referral to hospital as only a skin specialist can sanction the prescription of a wig on the NHS.

Other treatments
Various other treatments may be used or advised. These include the following:

Special light therapy or phototherapy (PUVA) has been used with some limited success. This treatment requires many light therapy sessions in a hospital out-patient department.

The immunosuppressant medicine called ciclosporin usually works well to cause hair re-growth in extensive alopecia areata. However, its use is limited by potential side-effects. Also, hair loss often recurs when the medication is stopped.

Dermatography (tattooing) can be used to simulate eyebrows that have fallen out.

Counselling is sometimes helpful for people who find it difficult to cope with hair loss.

Remember to use sun block or a hat to protect bald patches when out in the sun.
There is not enough evidence to say how effective complementary treatments are in treating alopecia areata. (For example, acupuncture, aromatherapy, etc.)

Further help and advice

Alopecia UK (online)
Web: www.alopeciaonline.org.uk.
Alopecia UK is a registered charity that supports people living with alopecia areata by providing information, support and advice. It also works to raise public awareness and understanding of alopecia areata throughout the UK and supports and funds research.

Alopecia Awareness
162 Manor View, Par, Cornwall, PL24 2EN
Tel: 01726 814 371
Web: www.alopecia-awareness.org.uk.
Provides a range of help, information and support to anyone associated with hair loss.

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Mens Health:Trichologist Gary Heron – Splitting hairs: We sort fact from fiction when it comes to your hair. Can baldness be cured?

10.06.2008 in HAIR LOSS CLINIC REVIEWED, TRICHOLOGIST

Splitting Hairs

We sort fact from fiction when it comes to your hair

Can baldness be cured?

“Take the legs of a newt, the fingernails of an insurance salesman…” Amid the bogus pills, internet potions and improbable scalp-weaves there’s genuine hope for the six million Brits afflicted by male pattern baldness (MPB). “Among the estimated 300,000 hair loss treatments available, two have been clinically proven to slow MPB and help re-growth,” says Gary Heron, trichologist at The Hair Centre in London. They are finasteride (available as the one-a-day private prescription pill Propecia) and minoxidil, an externally applied solution sold as Regaine. Research in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology  found 80% of men using finasteride retained more hair than placebo-takers, and two thirds actually re-grew hair. Roughly half of men using minoxidil staved off further balding, and 15% recorded re-growth.

Does baldness come from my Mum’s side?

Tony Soprano could pin plenty on his ma, but like any thinning man he can’t let the maternal side of the family take the full rap for his forehead expansion. “Genetics do play a major part in male pattern baldness, but the gene can come from either parent,” says Heron. Just because your Dad’s as bald as Britney in breakdown, it doesn’t mean you will be, but your grandma’s wispy moustache doesn’t mean she’s in the clear: “MPB can often skip a generation,” adds Heron.

Click on to:

http://www.menshealth.co.uk/Style-&-grooming/men%E2%80%99s-hair-products,-men%E2%80%99s-hairstyles,-hair-loss-treatment/v3

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Hear Trichologist Gary Heron On BBC "The Breakfast Show" Talking About Hair Loss, Baldness and Cures

09.06.2008 in HAIR LOSS CLINIC REVIEWED, TRICHOLOGIST

The Andrew Peach Show

BBC Radio Berkshire 104.1, 104.4, 95.4 & 94.6 FM
‘People you Know, Travel you Trust.’

Every weekday BBC Radio Berkshire’s breakfast show presenter Andrew Peach focuses on a new subject for discussion.

Today Andrew Peach and Gary Heron discuss Hair Loss, Baldness and Cures.

Click on and listen:

baldness_part_one

baldness_part_two

http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/

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Hear Trichologist Gary Heron On BBC “The Breakfast Show” Talking About Hair Loss, Baldness and Cures

09.06.2008 in HAIR LOSS CLINIC REVIEWED, TRICHOLOGIST

The Andrew Peach Show

BBC Radio Berkshire 104.1, 104.4, 95.4 & 94.6 FM
‘People you Know, Travel you Trust.’

Every weekday BBC Radio Berkshire’s breakfast show presenter Andrew Peach focuses on a new subject for discussion.

Today Andrew Peach and Gary Heron discuss Hair Loss, Baldness and Cures.

Click on and listen:

baldness_part_one

baldness_part_two

http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/

Do you have Hair Loss Problems, read our Hair Loss Help

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More treatment options for alopecia areata

06.06.2008 in ALOPECIA AREATA, Uncategorized

BEFORE AND AFTER TREATMENT AT THE HAIR CENTRE 

These results were achieved with a combination of treatment therapy.

Topical immunotherapy

It is thought that topical immunotherapy is the most effective option for people with extensive alopecia areata. However, this treatment is only done by some skin specialist and so you will need to be referred to one of these specialists for it.

How topical immunotherapy works is not clear. A substance is put on affected skin to to make the skin react like an allergy. The most commonly used substance is DPCP (diphencyprone). Increasing strengths of this substance are placed on the affected skin once a week over several weeks until the skin looks like it has mild dermatitis (eczema). The skin reaction seems to affect the process involved in causing alopecia areata in some way to allow hair to re-grow. Side-effects from topical immunotherapy can be troublesome. For example, some people develop severe skin reactions. Treating children with topical immunotherapy is controversial.

In a large study of people with extensive alopecia areata, topical immunotherapy caused good hair re-growth in 3 in 10 cases after six months which increased to nearly 8 in 10 cases after 32 months of treatment. (It worked less well in people with alopecia totalis or alopecia universalis.) In those where it works, initial re-growth does not occur for 12-24 weeks. Once re-growth occurs, treatment can be stopped but in many cases the hair loss then recurs. Therefore, in many cases, regular maintenance treatment is needed to keep the hair loss from returning.
 

Dithranol

Dithranol is thought to be less effective than topical immunotherapy, but works in some cases. It is applied each day to the whole scalp if there is extensive hair loss and left for 20-60 minutes before washing it off. One study showed that it helps hair re-growth in about 1 in 4 cases, but takes many weeks of treatment. Side-effects such as itchiness, redness, and scaling are common with dithranol. Dithranol is not widely used for alopecia areata because it is messy to use.

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