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Hair loss, baldness or alopecia refers to abnormal or excessive hair loss from your scalp. Androgenetic alopecia is the most common cause of baldness seen in both men and women that is the result of a combination of genetic and environmental factors that center around increased androgen hormone levels associated with aging, some ovarian cysts, medications including birth control pills, pregnancy and menopause. Fortunately, this form of baldness can be treated.

Some people allow their progressive hair loss to run its course without treatment and left unhidden. Other people may cover their hair loss with hairstyles, makeup, hats or scarves. Another approach for camouflaging large areas of baldness include wigs, natural or synthetic or concealing powders, lotions or sprays. Unfortunately, some of these attempted hairstyles or synthetic remedies may worsen the baldness.

Finally, many people will seek other “medical” solutions that would prevent further hair loss and restore grow of new hair including medications, oral or topical, lasers, injection with platelet rich plasma or hair transplantation surgery.

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Hair loss will present in different ways

Gradual hair thinning on top of head: This is the most common pattern of hair loss seen in both men and women as they age. This gradual form of hair loss is a hereditary condition called male pattern baldness or female pattern baldness.

In men, the hair thinning begins at the forehead and recedes in a line that resembles the letter M.

Women tend to maintain their frontal hairline (forehead) but have a widening in the part of their hair.

Treatment Options: topical and oral medications, lasers, platelet rich plasma injections (PRP) , hair transplantation.

Patchy hair loss (alopecia areata): This form of baldness is an autoimmune disorder where your immune system attacks your hair follicles. Some people will experience large coin sized bald spots across the scalp and sometimes eyebrows or beards. You might also note itchy skin or discomfort before experiencing hair loss. Hair transplantation is NOT indicated.

Sudden loss of hair with diffuse hair loss (not patchy): A physical or emotional stress can cause hair loss which can be temporary and reversed if recognized and treated early. Handfuls of hair may come out with hair brushing, combing, washing or even gentle tugging. Traction alopecia is a result of excessive hairstyles that pull your hair tight. Hot oil hair treatments and other chemicals can cause inflammation leading to hair loss. Treatment: hair loss is usually reversible if physical or emotional stress is removed. Physical shock with radiation therapy to the back of the head or hot oil/chemicals to hair creating scarring might produce permanent hair loss

Full body hair loss: some conditions and medical treatments such as medications for various illnesses and chemotherapy for cancer can produce hair loss all over your body. Treatment: hair usually grows back once these treatments are stopped

Patches of scaling that spread across the scalp: Ringworm is a type of fungal infection that causes hair loss, disrupted hair follicles, redness, swelling and sometimes oozing of the scalp. Treatment: oral medications and medicated shampoos to eradicate the fungus.

Treatment of Androgenetic Alopecia: Male pattern baldness and female pattern baldness

• Medications: Minoxidil topical and finasteride oral are the only two drugs that currently have FDA approval for treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Minoxidil shampoo acts by increasing blood flow to hair follicles and appears more effective on the top of the scalp. Oral finasteride has been shown to improve hair growth on the top of the scalp as well as the frontal scalp in men (not women). Other medications include ketoconazole (anti fungal) shampoos, topical finasteride (for men) and progesterone (for women) sprays.
• Low light laser therapy(red light therapy) has been shown to improve overall hair growth through increased blood flow to the hair follicles
  Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) has been shown to be effective in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. When injected into areas of thinning scalp, PRP will stimulate hair growth by increasing anagen hair follicles (actively growth) and decreasing telogen hair follicles (at rest).
• Surgery: Hair transplant follicular unit extraction (FUE) procedure involves transplanting very tiny patches of hair follicles from the back of your scalp and relocating them to areas of baldness or hair thinning. The analogy is similar to transplanting some of your tulips in the backyard to your front yard to make your home look more attractive.

There are other types of hair restoration procedures including strip method hair transplantation, flap surgery, tissue expansion of the scalp and scalp reduction surgery.

The strip method has the advantage of transplanting a greater number of hair follicles at the cost of a potentially long unsightly scar as well as longer recovery. The final hair results between follicular unit extraction (FUE) versus strip method is the same.

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