Archive for February, 2012
Scalp Hair Tattoo (Micropigmentation) – a New Solution to Male Hair Loss
Are you upset about going bald? You’re not alone. Apparently losing their hair upsets men more than bankruptcy or remaining single in their later lives. But don’t worry, because a new company has just the thing to save you from complete embarrassment.
Recent research has revealed that facing baldness can in fact be more disturbing than facing a life threatening illness, losing a loved one, becoming unemployed, or missing out on the love and affection of your life. As a result, many men can suffer an increasing loss of confidence as balding progresses.
With the intent of tackling the situation to good effect, HIS (Hair-Ink-Skin) Hair has come up with a fairly revolutionary and innovative technique to camouflage baldness, an ultra-unique kind of tattoos.
HIS Hair is a ‘hair’ salon with a difference. Rather than offering you a wig or a comb over, it uses a new technique to disguise baldness – it tattoos hair onto your head. Yes, seriously.
It gives the appearance of a short, cropped ‘buzz’ hair - cut by applying different shades of specifically blended pigments to the scalp to replicate the size, shape and density of micro hairs.
Viviscal – Hair Loss Treatment Review
Viviscal is a hair supplement which has received broad attention as a hair loss and balding treatment far beyond what it deserves.
It has received this attention in part because it has been misrepresented in the media by the likes of Tabatha Coffey and Dr. Oz, to mention but a few.
Whether this misrepresentation has been the intentional marketing goal of the organisation behind Viviscal, I cannot say, however when you read the fine print on the Viviscal website, it makes it abundantly clear that this product CANNOT and DOES NOT treat male pattern baldness or female pattern hair loss, or any other genetic hair loss conditions.
The Viviscal website states the following:
"These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease."
Toppek Review – Hair Thickening Tonic For Fuller Hair
Toppek Hair Fattener is a novel product because it does not claim to regrow hair nor does it stop hair loss.
However, it does the almost impossible, depending on the amount of hair you have left, by making a genuinely convincing cosmetic difference to how thick and full your remaining hair looks.
It must be stated however that this tonic works best with men who have only recently developed pronounced thinning, however what it can't do convincingly is hide an already receded hairline.
Having said that, Toppek has in fact altered the "look" of quite a number of my patients from "balding" to having a full head of hair, and provided them up to two years extra of breathing space where they have continued to live life as one of the lucky men with a full head of hair.
Auto Immune Response May Be Underlying Cause of Male Pattern Baldness: Study
The role of inflammation and immunity in the pathogenesis of androgenetic alopecia.
Magro CM, Rossi A, Poe J, Manhas-Bhutani S, Sadick N.
Abstract
Background: Female pattern hair loss affects many women; its pathogenetic basis has been held to be similar to men with common baldness.
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the role of immunity and inflammation in androgenetic alopecia in women and modulate therapy according to inflammatory and immunoreactant profiles. Materials and
Methods: 52 women with pattern hair loss (AA) underwent scalp biopsies for microscopic assessment and immunofluroescent studies.
In 18 patients, serologic assessment for antibodies to androgen receptor, estrogen receptor and cytokeratin 15 was conducted.
Results: A lymphocytic folliculitis targeting the bulge epithelium was observed in many cases.
New Neograft Procedure Takes Hair Transplants into The Future
Revolutionary vacuum technology could provide new hope for men who are suffering from male pattern baldness.
Meet Clay Johnson, an average guy trying to fight the inevitability of genetics.
To stop his receding hairline, he shaved his head.
Clay Johnson said, "It was worth it."
You could say the 36 year old is giving himself a clean slate in order to try something new.
What he is actually trying is a revolutionary type of hair transplant procedure that replaces a scalpel with a vacuum.
Johnson said, "No one can really tell after a few weeks what you've done."
Finasteride in the treatment of men with frontal male pattern hair loss
The long quest for an effective hair restorer entered the realms of folk medicine, quack pharmacy and even the magical. Indeed, the fact that men are willing to try unpleasant, expensive and, sometimes, frankly absurd traditional remedies underlines the impact that hair loss can have on self-esteem and quality of life.
Fortunately, recent studies show that modern drugs - such as finasteride and minoxidil - can either restore or prevent hair loss in male pattern baldness. For example, a recent study underscores finasteride's effectiveness in men with vertex male pattern hair loss. But what about frontal hair loss?
Finasteride specifically inhibits type II 5alpha-reductase. As a result, finasteride decreases serum and scalp dihydrotestosterone. And clinically this seems to restore hair.
Gender And Ethnicity May Determine Choice Of Techniques For Hair Restoration
People of Asian descent, black people and females may require different surgical techniques for hair restoration than the typical standards used for Caucasian males, according to a clinical study presented to the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS).
Hair restoration specialists use a variety of transplant techniques to harvest groups of individual hair follicles from a denser area, usually the fringe above the ears and around the back of the head and graft those into a thinning area, most commonly the crown and front of the scalp.
"While hair transplantation for blacks, Asians and females is quite similar to that used for Caucasian males, there are several differences that must be considered to ensure the best results," said Pierre Bouhanna, M.D., Expert Aupres du Ministere de la Sante and Attache de Consultation a L'Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France. "Many parameters of the scalp and the hair shaft have to be carefully determined in order to choose the surgical techniques that will be most effective. Patients in these groups should ask their hair restoration specialist about these special considerations."
