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Can your hairloss be genetic?

July 03, 2018

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2 effluviums - a must read

Dear readers, There is Anagen effluvium and telogen effluvium. Both of these are not classic male pattern baldness. However, its very important to understand about them. A lot of hair loss happenings/coincidences can be explained if these 2 are understood. First, we shall talk about telogen effluvium Telogen effluvium (TE) In animals, hair/fur goes into synchronized telogen and are shed. This is called telogen effluvium. It occurs in humans during phases of extreme stress, malnutrition, post pregnancy or when under certain drug therapy. For telogen effluvium to occur a significant proportion of hair have to switch from anagen to telogen at the same time. The hair are shed 2 to 3 months later. Telogen effluvium may be acute or chronic. When hair sheds persistently for more then 6 months, its termed chronic. Chronic telogen effluvium is more common in females. Acute Telogen effluvium is seen in many infants as a band of hairloss around the occiput that occurs 2 to 3 month

Trimming of grafts v/s placing them direct

Dear readers, This is another interesting topic. Once the grafts are extracted, should they be implanted as such or should the excess tissue be trimmed. This is even more important for the grafts extracted by the fue method. In my opinion, and experience, it would be very bad if the grafts were not trimmed of excess tissue. The reason is very simple. In older times, recipient holes were made. Nowadays we make recipient slits . There is a crucial difference between the two. When making a hole, tissue is taken out (much like digging a pit in ground). When making a slit, no tissue is taken out (somewhat like an injection needle going in and coming out). So, when a recipient slit is made and filled with an untrimmed graft, one is putting in excess tissue which may likely lead to cobblestone appearance (you are stuffing up a hole that does not exist). One needs to put in the bare necessary minimum to acheive the most aesthetic result. So, in my personal opinion, if someone says

Is my hair loss genetic?

This is another oft-asked question. Many people want to believe that their hair loss is due to a disease and will be reversed completely by curing the disease. That may be the case in some. Unfortunately, not in all. I have found an easy way to help differentiate and explain the type of hair loss is by understanding the concept of pattern hair loss. Androgenic alopecia or the commonest form of balding follows a pattern. The hair loss starts in the temples, hairline and/or the crown. There will be variations, but it almost never effects the sides and the back of the scalp Diseases usually do not follow the same pattern. Some diseases where you may experience hair loss but which are not androgenic alopecia are - * Alopecia areata, globalis and universalis . For further reading see this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata * Psoriasis . Additional pictures and information is available at https://www.psoriasis.org/home/ * Hormonal imbalances (especially

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