Many guys believe that by shaving their heads, hair will grow back thicker and fuller. This is a total myth. There’s no scientific or medical evidence to support this claim. The most common cause of early hair loss is adrogenetic alopecia, meaning baldness. Both men and women can suffer from hair loss. Sometimes after you [...]
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Male and female pattern baldness
Male pattern baldness or hair loss is really common. But there are also female pattern baldness. Just like male pattern baldness, female baldness also can lose hair at the crown or hairline. In most cases, female baldness is thinning of hair all over the head. It is permanent and unfortunately there are still not many [...]
Does hair dye cause hair loss?
Most people start getting gray hair around the age of 35. Around 40 many people, especially women start dying their hair to cover up the gray hair. However, many younger women also dye their hair just to get a different color. But does hair dye really cause hair loss? Yes, it can cause hair loss. [...]
What are other possible causes of hair loss?
Hair loss can be caused by many things, including some medications, high fevers, hormonal changes, pregnancy, surgical shock, transplant surgery, poor diet (lacking in essential fatty acid, biotin, zinc, iron deficiency), anemia, aging, male pattern baldness, thyroid disease causing decreased thyroid levels (hypothyroidism), severe emotional stress, and autoimmune disease (disease that affects the body’s ability [...]
Health-Related Hair Loss
While hair loss is more harmful to the psyche than anything else, some of the causes of baldness may represent serious health problems. That’s why it’s important to talk about hair loss with a physician. One problem, says FDA’s Cook, could be a condition called alopecia areata. It’s an autoimmune disease of unknown cause in [...]
Hairpieces for Baldness – Toupees and Wigs
If you prefer to dodge the pain, time and cost of surgery, there’s always the old, reliable hairpiece. Obviously, all toupees and wigs are not created equal. Just as the transplant is only as good as the surgeon, the hairpiece is only as good as the person creating it and the materials used. There are [...]
Baldness affects 40 million men and 20 million women
When discussing baldness, which affects an estimated 40 million men and 20 million women in the United States, the topic is generally about a hereditary condition called androgenetic alopecia. Ninety-five percent of hair loss is of this variety. Male-pattern baldness refers to the upward retreat of the hairline from the forehead, as well as an [...]