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Hair Loss in Women

11.02.2010 in FEMALE HAIR LOSS, HAIR LOSS [ PHOTOS ] TREATED

I began losing my hair more than 10 years ago after having an allergic reaction to a hair conditioner.  After having surgery for ovarian cysts I lost most of the hair in my crown and have a receeding hairline. Some of the hair has returned on my crown but it is very thin won’t grow.  My scalp becomes very tender right before each time I have more significant hair loss.  Can you suggest anything to help regrow and keep my hair?

The advertisements for treatment of balding and hair loss in men can’t be missed. These ads might lead one to believe that hair loss is generally an issue affecting men. However, the fact is that as many as two thirds of all women experience hair loss at some point.

Fortunately, hair loss in women typically does not result in complete baldness, as is often the case with men.

Androgenetic alopecia in men is what is known as male-pattern baldness: hair loss that starts at the front of the scalp and recedes backward over time, and hair in the center of the scalp thins and falls out.

In women, this instead results in uniform hair thinning. Women who develop androgenetic alopecia may be suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome.

August 2009 (5)Feb 2010

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Scientists reconstruct ancient man from his own hair

11.02.2010 in HAIR LOSS SCIENCE
An artist's impression of the iceman: a Danish-led team of researchers has used remains found in permafrost at Qeqertasussuk, Greenland, in 1986, to study aspects of the Saqqaq culture.

An artist's impression of the iceman: a Danish-led team of researchers has used remains found in permafrost at Qeqertasussuk, Greenland, in 1986, to study aspects of the Saqqaq culture.

DICK AHLSTROM Science Editor

A few strands of hair was all it took for scientists to reconstruct both physical characteristics and a family tree for a man who lived in Greenland 4,000 years ago.

We know he was likely to have had brown eyes and type A positive blood. He had non-white skin and square front teeth shaped like shovels. These he used to chew up dinners heavily dependent on seal meat.

He had thick, dark hair but might have been unhappy to know he would be prone to early baldness.

All of this was gleaned when scientists used just a few tufts of hair to reconstruct a DNA profile of the man, named “Inuk” by the research team. The scant remains were dug out of the permafrost back in 1986 at Qeqertasussuk on the western edge of Greenland, according to the Danish-led research team which reported their discoveries this morning in the journal Nature.

The hairs are one of the very few examples of ancient human remains left behind by the Saqqaqs, the first humans to occupy Greenland. The freezing permafrost was enough to preserve Inuk’s DNA over the 4,000 years that it lay hidden in the soil with other waste next to a buried reindeer skull.

The team used the latest techniques to recover the DNA and ensure it was not contaminated with modern DNA. This is the first time that a near complete, high-quality genetic blueprint has been recovered from ancient human remains, the authors write.

It has also delivered an astounding avalanche of information about Inuk and the earliest human settlers in the North American Arctic.

The researchers were able to compare small lengths of Inuk’s DNA with modern human DNA to winkle out specific physical characteristics, for example hair and skin colour. The 4,000-year-old DNA told the team Inuk was slightly inbred, to the degree expected should two first cousins mate.

DNA from chromosome 16 told them that Inuk had a “dry type” of earwax, typical of Asian and Native American populations. The team also showed that he possessed both a metabolism and body mass index typical of a person adapted to living in a cold climate.

But the ancient DNA record told them more, settling a long-running dispute over the degree of relatedness between the Saqqaq people and modern Amerindians and Inuit.

Physical characteristics suggested they must be related but the DNA told a different story, one of a previously unknown human migration out of eastern Asia to the New World as many as 5,500 years ago.

Inuk’s DNA showed he was not closely related to Amerindians or Inuit but to Old World Arctic populations, the Koryaks and the Chukchis, the authors write.

This means there must have been a separate migration from Siberia into the New World, independent of the one that brought ancestors of the Inuit.

Effectively, this work shows that ancient DNA “can be used to identify important . . . traits of an individual from an extinct culture”, the authors conclude.

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Husbands 'clueless' on basic facts about their wives, poll finds such as real hair colour

10.02.2010 in HAIR LOSS FACTS

Millions of men are clueless about what size clothes their wives wear, her favourite perfume and even what her natural hair colour is, a poll has found.

Researchers revealed while 6 out of 10 husbands believe they know their spouse inside out, the truth is they are in the dark about almost everything.

One in ten have no idea what their wife’s date of birth is, eight per cent don’t know their natural hair colour and 12 per cent don’t know their eye colour or natural hair colour.

One in three have absolutely no idea what her favourite perfume is.

The statistics emerged in a study of 2,000 men for The Perfume Shop. Spokeswoman Michelle D’vaz said: ”The results of this survey are actually quite shocking.

”The basic details like date of birth and natural hair colour are what you expect your partner to know about you, but it seems many men don’t.

And 80 per cent believe that if the tables were turned, women would know everything from eye colour, natural hair colour to the name of the aftershave their man wears.

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Pityriasis amiantacea

04.02.2010 in SCALP PROBLEMS

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I recently discovered as I was doing research for my mother who suffers from pityriasis amiantacea. Not until recently she has suffered hair loss as a result of it. She has seen numerous doctors but none have been able to succesfully treat it. She is interesed in trying some of the scalp treatments you offer but I am emailing to ask what the prices are of the scalp cream treatments and ways of ordering.
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Sophie

Pityriasis amiantacea begins with a swollen, discoloured and weeping scalp, which causes the hairs to stick to each other and to the scalp. Following the first stage, the scalp begins to produce a thick layer of silvery white or dull gray scales that pile up along the hair shafts. Although the patches may often be found next to a hair part, the back of the head is a common site. Rather than spreading to the rest of the scalp, a fine, branny scale appears over the unaffected area.

Complaints of the hair and scalp are very common and we would always recommend that you treat any problem as soon as it appears as a minor problem can develop into a more serious condition if left untreated. Early diagnosis will give us the best possible opportunity to help you by providing you with the most effective and up-to-date trichological medication.

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It's OK to Be Fat, Just Not Bald

04.02.2010 in HAIR LOSS FACTS

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Now a US survey conducted on behalf of Rogaine (which probably sounds familiar because of The Hangover) has revealed that 40 percent of Americans would rather their spouse be overweight than balding. Perhaps even more concerning is that, of the 1,001 Americans surveyed, 75 percent incorrectly cited stress as the main cause of hair loss, with 35 percent believing that wearing a hat thins hair. In fact, “hereditary hair loss accounts for 95 percent of all hair loss,” according to Dr. Robert Leonard who sits on the board for the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery. Do you agree, is it preferably for your partner to be overweight than balding?

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