BALDNESS TREATMENT
BALDNESS MEANING:
✔Baldness refers to excessive loss of hair that usually affects the scalp it is considered normal to shed about 50 to 100 hairs daily with a new growth replacing these hairs. However, if the lost hair is not renewed or comes back thinner than the one that was shed. It eventually leads to baldness.
BALDNESS CAUSES:
GENETICS:
✔Genetics plays a significant role in developing baldness. Men and women can inherit the gene baldness from either parent. you are more prone to developing baldness if your father, mother or close relatives experienced hair loss.
ILLNESS:
✔Hair loss can develop after a significant illness. The stress from illness, surgery may prompt the body to temporarily cease such tasks as hair production.
MEDICATION AND SUPPLEMENTS:
✔Hair loss may result from the use of certain medications such as those used for treating cancer, high blood pressure, arthritis, heart problem.
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE:
✔Rare autoimmune disease knows as alopecia areata causes the immune system to attack hair follicles can lead to hair loss.
HORMONAL CHANGES :
✔Changes in the level of certain hormones in men and women can lead to hair loss. Androgen is a baldness pattern baldness. A tumor of the pituitary gland that secretes androgen may play role in hair loss.
AGEING AND MENOPAUSE:
✔In women, the female baldness pattern becomes more common after menopause. This occurs because the estrogen in the body decrease.
✔some other causes such as syphilis, iron deficiency, thyroid disorder, some certain type of cancer can trigger hair loss.
BALDNESS SYMPTOMS:
✔Baldness in men appeared as a bald patch on the top of the hair, receding hair reduction in density of hair.
✔Baldness in women is excessive loss of hair, overall thinning of hair, reduction in hair density.
BALDNESS TREATMENT:
✔Your doctor will perform a physical exam on your scalp to see a pattern of hair loss and review your medical and family history. The doctor may also carry an underlying may also carry test uh as a blood test to uncover underlying medical conditions that may be related to your hair loss.
SCALP BIOPSY:
✔Scalp biopsy where few hairs are plucked from your scalp to examine the hair root. This helps to determine whether hair loss is due to certain infections.
PULL TEST:
✔Your doctor pulls multiple hairs to see how many comes out. The stage of the shedding process.
Treatment is available and may depend on the cause of your baldness.
RESULT OF MEDICAL CONDITION:
✔If your baldness is caused by an underlying medical condition, treatment for such condition may be of significant importance. If excessive hair loss is caused by a certain medication that you are using, your doctor may stop using, such medication for a while.
RESULT OF GENE :
✔That was passed from your parent(genetics), medications are available such of medication include minoxidil, approved by the U.S food and drug administration(FDA) to treat pattern baldness in men and women. Minoxidil is a topical medication applied to the scalp that stimulates the hair follicle grows to new hair.
✔Finasteride and dutasteride are approved by FDA to treat hair loss in men. They are not approved for women. This is an oral medication that is taken daily.
✔Spironolactone is one medication used to treat female pattern baldness.
RESULT OF IRON :
✔Your doctor may prescribe an iron supplement.
LASER THERAPY:
✔Laser comb and helmet which works by emitting low levels of laser light, help to stimulate hair regrowth are used. This treatment is FDA approved.
HAIR TRANSPLANT:
✔Some people may choose a hair transplant. During a hair transplant, hair is removed from another with healthy hair growth and a transplant is made to the spot where the hair is missing. Such a procedure to treat baldness is expensive with a possible risk of bleeding and scarring.
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