Global Scene Magazine

Although perhaps not desirable, hair loss is quite normal. There are too many reasons to list here as causes for but be assured it affects many, many millions of men, women and children around the world. Alopecia is the general medical term for hair loss of any type. Male pattern hair loss is the most common form, representing close to 95 percent of all cases in men; and due to a hereditary condition: Androgenic Alopecia. Provillus users do report improvement in only 2 weeks, most men take 1-3 months before significant increases in hair count occur.

If your hair loss is more moderate, however, it’s possible your nutrition and diet have a something to do with it. The reason for your condition may be at your work place if you deal with chemicals or cosmetics but some others may as a consequence of personal situations such as stress, mental tension or a hormonal imbalance. Permanent loss usually occurs when the hair follicles themselves are damaged. Surprisingly, women account for nearly 4 in every 10 sufferers in America today; so it is not, as commonly thought, a male problem.

Many women’s hair loss may be caused by a thyroid condition which seems to affect them more often later in life. It is not just in America where four in every ten women will suffer from it because this is a global figure for women by the time they reach sixty. Some women also have a hair loss problem when they are pregnant; often lasting many months after the child is born. Approximately 30 million women in the United States experience female pattern, hereditary baldness.

A new but a treatment that is becoming increasingly popular is surgical hair restoration; it is considered the ultimate solution for those who suffer with permanent hair loss. The treatment uses a technique to transplant hair follicles from a healthy area of the scalp to an area where the follicles are dead. Hair transplants have become the most popular form of hair restoration treatment for men with the entire procedure done under local anesthetic and on an out-patient basis. However, hair restoration is also not only for men any more, hair transplants for women are also achievable today and is a frequent choice of women who have scarring from previous surgery, notably from facelifts.

When you are having hair transplant therapy it may be tempting to try and change your appearance but the best course of action is to try and stay as much like your original appearance. A consideration before any hair transplant surgery is commenced is the physical and mental well being of the recipient. Hair restoration therapy comes under the general umbrella of cosmetic surgery but aspects of it are completely different form other cosmetic treatments. Fortunately, the science of hair loss and hair restoration is constantly advancing, so if you do not respond to other medical treatments, surgical hair restoration may be the only truly permanent solution to baldness.