Fate’s Acquittal

Hair loss, no matter how undesirable, is inevitable and quite natural. Men, women and children can all be affected and many millions worldwide are, but the list of reasons for this occurrence is very long. The correct term for hair loss is Alopecia. Almost ninety five percent of cases of hair loss in men are hereditary and often referred to as male pattern baldness but the correct term is Androgenic Alopecia.

What most people don’t know that is if your hair loss is only moderate, it may be that your eating habits are causing the problem and your diet needs to be assessed. Exposure to chemicals or cosmetics, hormonal imbalance, stress, anxiety and mental tension are some of the other causes. Please note that if your hair follicles are undamaged then there is a good chance that your condition may only be temporary; it is only when the follicles are damaged that the problem can become permanent. Surprisingly, women account for nearly 4 in every 10 sufferers in America today; so it is not, as commonly thought, a male problem.

In fact, hair loss is also common among women as they age although with women a thyroid condition is one of the more common causes. By the age of sixty, four out of every ten women in the world will have experienced some loss. Pregnant women are sometimes susceptible to some hair loss often lasting until after the child is born. Also surprisingly, it is not only men that suffer with hereditary baldness because in the USA, around 30 million women also suffer problem.

The best solution if you have permanent hair loss is to have it surgically restored and although a relatively new treatment has achieved considerable success. The treatment uses a technique to transplant hair follicles from a healthy area of the scalp to an area where the follicles are dead. Today hair transplant surgical hair restoration is an out-patient procedure requiring only local anesthesia and is becoming one of the most popular procedures for men today. 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.

It is important to try and keep your appearance as close as possible to your original when having hair transplant therapy and not try to look like someone else. Existing medical conditions could cause problems so these must be sorted out before any hair transplant treatment is considered. Even though hair restoration is a cosmetic procedure, aspects involved are different from other forms of cosmetic surgeries. New hair restoration techniques are being discovered all the time but if you have not found success then perhaps hair transplant therapy might be your only course of action for your hair loss.